Boeing 747 Cargo Plane Crashes in Afghanistan

[Oberon]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Don't go saying that, I'm flying in a few weeks time

Funny you should say that, they've booked me to pilot a flight to Turkey around then....

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by JU_88

The odds of dying in a plane crash are supposedly about 1 in 22.8 Million, where as its estimated that someone dies in a car accident every 12 minutes ...
So I think you should be fine Jim

Aye but more people survive car crashes than those involved in plane crashes

Originally Posted by Oberon

Funny you should say that, they've booked me to pilot a flight to Turkey around then....

In that case I'll have the seat that's on top of the black box

[Herr-Berbunch]

Originally Posted by Julhelm

Actually you can stall even FBW aircraft which is what happened to that Air France flight that went down in the South Atlantic a few years ago.

That's what you get when you think you know better than the aircraft systems. Unfortunately that wasn't the only crew to either fight with each other (controls, not literally), or to keep pulling back despite the stall warnings.

Originally Posted by JU_88

The odds of dying in a plane crash are supposedly about 1 in 22.8 Million, where as its estimated that someone dies in a car accident every 12 minutes ...
So I think you should be fine Jim

Jim is now setting off to get to the airport on foot.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

Jim is now setting off to get to the airport on foot.

Tis 16 miles...would kill me now

[Dowly]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Tis 16 miles...would kill me now

Better ease off the spam and start exercising then.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Dowly

Better ease off the spam and start exercising then.

Not feeling the love here.