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> "martin" etiqa.co.uk> wrote in message
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>> Mike P wrote:
>>

>>> That's the main problem. When an airliner crashes, there rarely is time.
>>> I can't think of any crash where having a parachute would have made
>>> much, if any difference to the amount of fatalities. They don't just
>>> glide down from 35,000ft and hit the water or ground.

>>
>> I can think of exactly one.

>
> I can think of the Sioux City crash, but no others..

> allan tracy wrote:

>>>> Remember, the most dangerous part of your flight is the
>>>> drive to and
>>>> from the airport.

>>> So, how many people actually die on their way to the airport
>>> as compared
>>> to those who die in the aircraft.
>>>
>>> I'd like citations please. I'm fed up with this being quoted
>>> as fact
>>> when it's a load of bollocks.
>>>

>>
>> Actually, it's probably worse than the statistic I quoted
>> because the
>> road statistics include urban buses (which are very safe) take
>> those
>> out of the figures and the car would come out much worse. ...

> "Mike P" privacy.net> wrote in message
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>>
>> "martin" etiqa.co.uk> wrote in message
>> news:48b066f9$0$26085$db0fefd9@news.zen.co.uk...

>>> Mike P wrote:
>>>

>>>> That's the main problem. When an airliner crashes, there rarely is
>>>> time. I can't think of any crash where having a parachute would have
>>>> made much, if any difference to the amount of fatalities. They don't
>>>> just glide down from 35,000ft and hit the water or ground.

>>>
>>> I can think of exactly one.

>>
>> I can think of the Sioux City crash, but no others..

>
> That wasn't a glide, the plane was under power the whole way down. Dammit,
> that't the only thing they had to control it. ...

> Mike P wrote:

>>
>> "martin" etiqa.co.uk> wrote in message
>> news:48b066f9$0$26085$db0fefd9@news.zen.co.uk...

>>> Mike P wrote:
>>>

>>>> That's the main problem. When an airliner crashes, there rarely is
>>>> time. I can't think of any crash where having a parachute would have
>>>> made much, if any difference to the amount of fatalities. They don't
>>>> just glide down from 35,000ft and hit the water or ground.

>>>
>>> I can think of exactly one.

>>
>> I can think of the Sioux City crash, but no others..
>>
>> Mike P

> that makes two Gimli Glider - damn they were luck - compared to your
> example ...

> On Sat, 23 Aug 2008 18:13:52 +0100, allan tracy
> hotmail.com> wrote:
>

>> A major air disaster then suddenly every minor aircraft technical
>> difficulty starts making the headlines.
>>
>> This is very much non-news.
>>
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7578428.stm
>>
>> Remember, the most dangerous part of your flight is the drive to and
>> from the airport.
>>
>> On a train or aircraft you're statistically about 15 times safer then
>> when you're in a car.
>>
>> Road safety is an oxymoron there's hardly any safety culture on the
>> roads compared to the airline or rail industries. ...

> On Sat, 23 Aug 2008 11:23:54 -0700 (PDT), allan tracy
> hotmail.com> wrote:
>

>> Believe it or not, I quite like speed cameras.

>
> Why? They're nothing whatsoever to do with road safety, and
> everything to do with revenue generation.

> middlelight@googlemail.com wrote:

>> On Sat, 23 Aug 2008 11:23:54 -0700 (PDT), allan tracy
>> hotmail.com> wrote:
>>

>>> Believe it or not, I quite like speed cameras.

>>
>> Why? They're nothing whatsoever to do with road safety, and
>> everything to do with revenue generation.

>
> Perhaps he's employed by one of the "safety" camera partnerships.

> A major air disaster then suddenly every minor aircraft technical
> difficulty starts making the headlines.
>
> This is very much non-news.
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7578428.stm
>
> Remember, the most dangerous part of your flight is the drive to and
> from the airport.

> So, after having stood and watched me render
> the vehicle safe from any explosion risk, whilst
> remaining effectively trapped beneath it, and
> observed the way I single handedly freed myself
> after - after effectively having laid machinery for
> legal proceedings

>COPYRIGHT (C) 2008 SIPSTON

> On Sat, 23 Aug 2008 18:13:52 +0100, allan tracy  
>
>
>
>
>
> hotmail.com> wrote:

>> A major air disaster then suddenly every minor aircraft technical
>> difficulty starts making the headlines.

>

>> This is very much non-news.

>

>>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7578428.stm

>

>> Remember, the most dangerous part of your flight is the drive to and
>> from the airport.

>

>> On a train or aircraft you're statistically about 15 times safer then
>> when you're in a car. ...