Eeek, I flew with them less than 2 months ago. =\n
2014: Horror year in aviation.
2014: Horror year in aviation.
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I do wonder if it is like in that AirFrance article, pilots simply do not have enough practical understanding of handling airplanes in difficult condition because they fly on autopilot. And why are airlines consistently not being aware of avoiding bad weather when this is clearly the only major real cause of concern? Why even take the chance?
Quote: (12-28-2014 10:12 AM)berserk Wrote:
Not good. I always considered Air Asia safe, but are there even any airlines left in the world which haven't crashed lethally?
I do wonder if it is like in that AirFrance article, pilots simply do not have enough practical understanding of handling airplanes in difficult condition because they fly on autopilot. And why are airlines consistently not being aware of avoiding bad weather when this is clearly the only major real cause of concern? Why even take the chance?
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Quote: (12-27-2014 11:48 PM)Kaizen Wrote:
I'm always a bit uneasy about using discount airlines.
Missing children reports often have happy endings. I don't think the same for missing airplane reports.
Missing children definitely give happy endings in Asia.
Quote: (12-29-2014 11:39 AM)aSimpNamedBrokeback Wrote:
Quote: (12-28-2014 01:28 PM)berserk Wrote:
check for Western/Northern Euro pilots who are not afraid to question superiors.
Made me think of this clip at JFK.
Quote: (12-30-2014 03:56 AM)RioNomad Wrote:
Has there been any instances of a plane crashing like this, and people surviving?
I know the Hudson River landing, but what about a plane going down from high altitude and people actually living to tell about it?
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The miracle boy in Libya is thought to be only the world's 14th sole survivor of a major plane crash.
Six were children and four were flight crew.
Some of the others include:
June 29, 2009: Yemenia Flight 626. French schoolgirl Bahia Bakari, 13, survived when Airbus A310 crashed into the Indian Ocean, killing all other 152 people on board. Rescued after 13 hours clinging to aircraft wreckage.
March 6, 2003: Air Algeria Flight 6289. Youcef Djillali, a 28-year-old soldier lived after flight crashed on take-off in the southern Algerian city of Tamanrasset, killing 102 passengers and crew.
March 17, 1995: Intercontinental Airlines Flight 256. Erika Delgado, nine, was the only survivor after a mid-air explosion near Cartegena, Colombia. She was thrown from the plane as it made an emergency landing that left 51 dead.
August 16, 1987: Northwest Airline Flight 255. Toddler Cecelia Cichan, four, survived when all 154 other people on board - including her parents and 6-year-old brother - plus two people on the ground were killed when flight crashed after take-off in Saginaw, Michigan.
January 26, 1972: JAT Yugoslav Airlines Flight 367. Flight attendant Vesna Vulovic, 22, was lone survivor when plane plummeted 33,000 feet into the snow in Czechoslovakia after a bomb exploded, killing 22 passengers and five other crew members.
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The sole survivor was 17-year-old Juliane Koepcke, who fell 2 miles (3 km) down into the Amazon rainforest strapped to her seat and survived the fall, and was then able to walk through the jungle for 10 days until she was rescued by local lumbermen.
Quote: (12-28-2014 10:12 AM)berserk Wrote:
Not good. I always considered Air Asia safe, but are there even any airlines left in the world which haven't crashed lethally?
Quote: (12-30-2014 01:06 AM)AntiTrace Wrote:
This is all 100% legal. I don't know why he declared the emergency (controller gave me a semi crosswind landing, he instead went for a runway damn near directly into the wind. wind was gusting to 35 which isn't an issue for a 737, but who knows), but he was well within his right as the pilot in the command to do so.
Quote: (12-30-2014 01:35 PM)LeBeau Wrote:
Quote: (12-28-2014 10:12 AM)berserk Wrote:
Not good. I always considered Air Asia safe, but are there even any airlines left in the world which haven't crashed lethally?
By this logic, you should be swearing off cars, trains, etc.
"Are there even any car companies left in the world that haven't had a lethal crash?"
The statistics for air travel speak for themselves, just think rationally about things, this crash is nothing to get spooked about.