Plane crash in Taiwan
Discussion
toohuge said:
Agree me too.
I'm just waiting for the usual 'You are more likely to be struck by lighting than be involved in a plane crash' brigade. But I don't stand outside for 10 hours in a thunderstorm....
Chris
UK planes haven't had a fatal one since 1989 and the scenario there was so daft that it should never ever repeat. It's still ridiculously low odds even on the dodgiest of carriers so get gone on hols I'm just waiting for the usual 'You are more likely to be struck by lighting than be involved in a plane crash' brigade. But I don't stand outside for 10 hours in a thunderstorm....
Chris
I used to be st scared and it took a few years of self therapy to rationalise and eventually get over the fear, so I fully understand how sick it can make people feel.
Mephistofleas said:
UK planes haven't had a fatal one since 1989 and the scenario there was so daft that it should never ever repeat. It's still ridiculously low odds even on the dodgiest of carriers so get gone on hols
I used to be st scared and it took a few years of self therapy to rationalise and eventually get over the fear, so I fully understand how sick it can make people feel.
Do you mean planes operated by UK airlines or planes in the UK?I used to be st scared and it took a few years of self therapy to rationalise and eventually get over the fear, so I fully understand how sick it can make people feel.
BHC said:
Mephistofleas said:
UK planes haven't had a fatal one since 1989 and the scenario there was so daft that it should never ever repeat. It's still ridiculously low odds even on the dodgiest of carriers so get gone on hols
I used to be st scared and it took a few years of self therapy to rationalise and eventually get over the fear, so I fully understand how sick it can make people feel.
Do you mean planes operated by UK airlines or planes in the UK?I used to be st scared and it took a few years of self therapy to rationalise and eventually get over the fear, so I fully understand how sick it can make people feel.
Appreciate a few foreign carriers have managed a few fatals on our soil as well as a few of our smaller domestic carriers such as LoganAir (who could singlehandedly blow my assertion out the water )...
Moonhawk said:
It's human nature - we are geared to see patterns.
However - randomness is inherently lumpy. I'd be more concerned if planes came down routinely once every couple of months.
More that its judged as more newsworthy and hence more visible following MH17/MH370.However - randomness is inherently lumpy. I'd be more concerned if planes came down routinely once every couple of months.
This time last year it would have been buried on a regional news page.
Crafty_ said:
Legend83 said:
Bloody hell.
This week is doing nothing for my fear of flying.
Just consider that your chances of being in a crash are decreasing This week is doing nothing for my fear of flying.
Anyway, another ATR down. They do seem to crash quite frequently. Is it the aircraft design or the environment they
operate in ? I flew on a couple in Myanmar this year. You seem to land at an incredible speed with a lot of roll but that might
just be the ground effect as you skim in over the mountains / water etc.
V41LEY said:
Anyway, another ATR down. They do seem to crash quite frequently. Is it the aircraft design or the environment they
operate in ?
The ATR(s) are susceptible to icing problems, unstable in crosswinds and have a narrow track undercarriage which makes them hard to handle in windy conditions on the ground. Apart from that they're great. operate in ?
Seriously though. I expect it's more to do with the airlines in question and the pilots operating them.
Never been a big fan of the ATR series. However, they are still a basically safe aircraft. Because of the nature of the routes on which many are operated - short, feederline type, they are a bit more exposed to the circumstances in which accidents sometimes occur - icing, more landing and takeoffs, operating in and out of less well equipped airports etc.
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