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Algeria 'loses contact with plane'
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Sickboy007
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And that is different from distance travelled...how? And I wouldn't say it's useless, you just have to take it into consideration. I'm sure they already do for accidents on the airstrips etc.
Tizoc
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Safe trip man =)
Good luck
User 100115
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I ...can't argue with that.
Same here, awaiting news of this because damn it, we need some good news and people survive plane crashes all the time. Give us some hope, world!
wut. You don't ride planes because stuff like this? You okay with not going anywhere far? No travel. The sorry feeling is mutual.This is just fucking ridiculous. I feel sorry for people who choose to ride planes.
:\ Taking an MD83 in a few weeks.
This is just fucking ridiculous. I feel sorry for people who choose to ride planes.
Wat. I feel so much safer on a plane than I do going down the freeway. This scared of being on a plane thing is ridiculous.
Do you see how many are in the sky and how rare a crash is? Come on.
Wat. I feel so much safer on a plane than I do going down the freeway. This scared of being on a plane thing is ridiculous.
Do you see how many are in the sky and how rare a crash is? Come on.
word
This is just fucking ridiculous. I feel sorry for people who choose to ride planes.
Are you scared of cars, boats and pretty much any form of transportation?
Sorry, didn't want to scare you. I was talking by comparison to an Airbus 320. Most of them have more modern weather radars and clear rules to avoid storms. And the crash numbers are still very low reported to the number of flights.
This is just fucking ridiculous. I feel sorry for people who choose to ride planes.
This may actually be dumber than climate change denial.
No worries. Wasn't really worried. I know the statistics and enjoying flying.
Wat. I feel so much safer on a plane than I do going down the freeway. This scared of being on a plane thing is ridiculous.
Do you see how many are in the sky and how rare a crash is? Come on.
I'm still amazed that so many planes are in the air at anytime and thus so many people are flying at every moment considering how expensive flying is. I'd think with how expensive the prices are these days, and the economy still just recovering from the recession that hundreds of thousands of people wouldn't be affording $500-2,000 flights on a daily basis.
But it might be that I'm just grumpy that airplane tickets are always a huge hit on the wallet whenever I want to go somewhere >_<
I've flown the day after the plane was shot down.
The plane made so scary noises during take off.
wind_steaker
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FYI I get flights regularly around Europe for less than $100, and many routes are crazy cheap, eg. £20 from many parts of the UK to Dublin.
User 100115
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Damn it
. RIP
Arozay
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This is just fucking ridiculous. I feel sorry for people who choose to ride planes.
It's usually safer to be inside of the plane than on top of it.
freenudemacusers
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i'd much rather fly than be on the ground, and the only thing that freaks me a little bit is riding a small regional prop plane in heavy winds. poor thing gets battered around like crazy.
edit: very sad update.
edit: very sad update.
Vicetrailia
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Wat. I feel so much safer on a plane than I do going down the freeway. This scared of being on a plane thing is ridiculous.
Do you see how many are in the sky and how rare a crash is? Come on.
I rather be in a car accident than a plane crash though.
MikeHattsu
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Damn
Updated the OP with the latest.
I get that some people are scared of flying, but if it's crashing you're afraid of, do you bother driving or riding in a car? I've seen a train derailed with a few deaths before as well, but that wouldn't stop me from getting on a train because of the very minute chance of something bad happening. The same applies to planes and when you think about how many flights there are each and every day, you'd see just how rare a crash really is.
I hope people don't miss out on anything just because of that line of thinking. People die in accidents every day and if you avoided everything that could kill you, you wouldn't be doing much at all, especially since many things have a higher chance of killing you than a plane.
Don't get me wrong, I'm afraid of sharks and wouldn't want to swim with them, but flying today is so routine that you shouldn't be setting there crunching numbers trying to figure out what the odds of your plane crashing are. Then again, I joined the Air Force so I'm a little biased when it comes to my love of planes.
Anyway, R.I.P. to the victims of this crash.
As much as I like to take advantage of good deals from time to time, I can't bring myself to fly on budget airlines without thinking that they're cutting back on certain important things to drive the cost down. I've heard enough crazy things about Ryan Air and Easyjet to convince myself to fly with a better airlines like KLM/Air France etc or just go via train/bus/ferry.
chugen
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chugen
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TheContact
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Ugh. Rip
cebri.one
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Wow, it must had crashed at a very high speed.
That doesn't look like a crashed landing, but rather a direct dive into the ground. RIP
Let's see what info they can get from the black box.
Edit: wonder what it is with the additional 2 people on board.
RandyBobandy
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Geez...
Bodies must've been incinerated
Bodies must've been incinerated
SymbiantXenos
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Terrible news that there's no survivors. RIP
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