[kirklancaster]

Originally Posted by Nedusa

They hit a mountain at 460 mph Kirk, not much chance of any survivors I'm afraid....

Terribly sad.

Sorry Nedusa, I didn't realise it was at that speed. I feel so sorry for the passengers families. Terrible.

[kirklancaster]

Originally Posted by bobnot

Out of the 85 million flights a year what do you consider a lot?
Put me on a plane any day rather than in a car.
Plane deaths are far more newsworthy than car deaths just because they are far far far far more rare so you hear about them on the news every time it happens.

Good point Bob - it probably is the fact that plane crashes are deemed more newsworthy because of the high death toll than car crashes, so that's why we are more aware of them. Thank God they're rare.

[LeatherTrumpet]

Originally Posted by Vanessa

OMG Two babies were on board.

and 16 children

[BigSister]

Just so so sad. RIP to everyone who died.

[arista]

They must find out if the Plane was at Fault
as loads of those planes are flying today

[Cherie]

It is more likely to be pilot error as they were descending for 8 minutes and there was no distress call, or the plane was hijacked by terrorists who slammed it into a mountain, although I would have thought if it were terrorists they would have downed it in a residential area for maximum mayhem.

RIP to all on board.

[arista]

It Exploded in to bits (it may have)

Pilot Error?


Or a Bomb
on a timer that went to soon?

Terrorists could get on it
as it started in dodgy Spain

[Cherie]

Not followed the story didn't realise it exploded, but wouldn't it have exploded anyway if it hit a mountain? They are not very hot on security in Spain I agree

[DemolitionRed]

I'm watching the news now and it isn't saying anything about the aircraft exploding. Contact (air traffic control sighting) with the plane dropped off at 6000ft but that doesn't mean the plane exploded, it just means they were no longer able to see it on their radar.

[arista]

Originally Posted by DemolitionRed

I'm watching the news now and it isn't saying anything about the aircraft exploding. Contact (air traffic control sighting) with the plane dropped off at 6000ft but that doesn't mean the plane exploded, it just means they were no longer able to see it on their radar.

Yes true

Black Box Found by France
good news on that

[DemolitionRed]

It looks like the plane came down in a culvert and culverts are particularly hazardous at this time of the year because of major rock fall. Its going to be a risky recovery operation.

[arista]

Originally Posted by DemolitionRed

It looks like the plane came down in a culvert and culverts are particularly hazardous at this time of the year because of major rock fall. Its going to be a risky recovery operation.

I hope the Black Box now found
will tell us why it went down fast

[arista]

[DemolitionRed]

Originally Posted by arista

I hope the Black Box now found
will tell us why it went down fast

I'm sure we will hear something fairly soon.

Those poor relatives and friends

[Cherie]

I know it's heartbreaking for all the victims families but I feel particularly sad for the families of the school children who were on a trip, I can only imagine how excited they were to welcome them home only for this horror to happen.

[Anaesthesia]

Flying over the Alps always makes me have my heart in my mouth, it's actually pretty scary. But I do agree with Niamh that aviation accidents do seem to have been more frequent in the last year...

[Vanessa]

Originally Posted by Anaesthesia

Flying over the Alps always makes me have my heart in my mouth, it's actually pretty scary. But I do agree with Niamh that aviation accidents do seem to have been more frequent in the last year...

OMG I fly over the alps all the time!

[Anaesthesia]

Originally Posted by Vanessa

OMG I fly over the alps all the time!

I take my hat off to you! On the rare occasions we ski in Europe I practically sh*t myself on those flights My bf flies over them a lot more than me, he is from Turin...I usually excuse myself from those trips.

[smudgie]

So sad.

RIP to all the passengers and crew.

[Vanessa]

Originally Posted by Anaesthesia

I take my hat off to you! On the rare occasions we ski in Europe I practically sh*t myself on those flights My bf flies over them a lot more than me, he is from Turin...I usually excuse myself from those trips.

I might take the train next time!

[DemolitionRed]

Originally Posted by Vanessa

OMG I fly over the alps all the time!

Me too. I love flying over the mountains and looking down at the glacial ice and its amazing when you fly just above the cloud and see the top of the Matterhorn.

My flights are nearly always London to Turin.

[waterhog]

Originally Posted by kirklancaster

I agree Niamh - It does seem to be anyway.

you may think it - but factually - airplanes are a very safe way of traveling. statistically proven.

[the truth]

the numbers of deaths and crashes has fallen consistently and considerably for years. the worst periods were the 1940s 70s 80s and a bad year around 2000 so overall youd have to say the planes are in fact safer than ever......this is no consolation to these victims and their families. heartbreaking tragedy

[Anaesthesia]

Originally Posted by the truth

the numbers of deaths and crashes has fallen consistently and considerably for years. the worst periods were the 1940s 70s 80s and a bad year around 2000 so overall youd have to say the planes are in fact safer than ever......this is no consolation to these victims and their families. heartbreaking tragedy

Depends I think on how you view the stats. If you takr them 18-month period by 18-month period then recently they are shocking as a percentage of flights within the same period.

If you take them as a long average, things are definitely looking up.

And nothing could ever be a consolation to victims of families, numbers or no.

[arista]