How safe is flying.....

[Daz66]

I'm not keen on it myself, but everyone says its the safest form of transport, but is it??

I saw most of the Tenerife disaster programme last night, it really is a case of your life in someone elses hands

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/planecrash/risky.html


According to this website its on a par with driving, only at 35,000 feet.

 

[bernardgreen]

I'm not keen on it myself, but everyone says its the safest form of transport, but is it??

I think yes it is. It just sounds bad because once a year or less often a lot of people die at the same time. But more people die each year on UK roads but we don't put them together as a single accident.

I saw most of the Tenerife disaster programme last night, it really is a case of your life in someone elses hands

No more so than being in the hands of the drunk driver coming towards you or the impatient idiot 10 feet behind you at 70 MPH

 

[Daz66]

I tend to disagree Bernard, this captain was rude, impatient, arrogant and ignored protocol. According to the programme and reports he decided to take off without proper clearance.

He was responsible for over 300 lives, not many pileups have caused that much death in one go.

A drunk driver is breaking the law and social taboos getting behind the wheel, his judgement is impaired as is his decision making skills, he is only responsible for those in his car (other road users are not his consideration).

The stats say that there are 1.3 deaths per 100 million miles driving and 1.9 deaths per 100 million miles flying.

don't even ask about motorbike, I'm thinking of selling mine

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

The stats say that there are 1.3 deaths per 100 million miles driving

Really, that sounds a bit low?

 

[JohnD]

'Mmmmmm.

"...The decline in the casualty rate, which takes into account the volume of traffic on the roads, has been much steeper. In 1964 there were 240 casualties per 100 million vehicle kilometres. By 2005 this had declined to 55 per 100 million vehicle kilometres."

"The United Kingdom has a very good record for road safety compared with most other EU countries. In 2004 it had one of the lowest road death rates in the EU, at 5.6 per 100,000 population. The UK rate was also lower than the rates for other industrialised nations such as Japan (6.96 per 100,000 population), and substantially lower than that of Australia (8.15) and the United States (14.66)."


http://www.statistics.gov.uk/CCI/nugget.asp?ID=1208&Pos=6&ColRank=2&Rank=224

You can look for the air deaths yourself

 

[masona]

I'm not keen on it myself, but everyone says its the safest form of transport, but is it??

I believe the highest death rate are anything to do with sea water, fisherman, boating, cruises etc.

I can't remembered where I first read it sometime ago, someone may correct me on this

 

[clf-gas]

My wife flies several times a week working as cabin crew. don't know about the statistics but, on many occasion she has come home with tales of close calls, some on the ground, some in the air and some coming in to land. She can often relate the tales of pilots of whom are the ones who see and here more.

Seems flying is safe, as long as your not involved in an accident

The trouble with incidents involving aircraft is the number of souls involved at ant one time. Vehicular accidents only make news if many numbers or fame/notariorty involved.

 

[Moz]

Daz66

was it *seconds from disaster * sky show ..?

if yes ...
they can be lil sensationalist in their productions , imagine a *Scum journo* producing it an you get the idea ..

 

[Moz]

Craig
Please tell me she dont work for Ryan air ..lol..lol

 

[Trazor]

You should never be frightened of flying.....







What you should be frightened of is not flying...............

 

[clf-gas]

Craig
Please tell me she dont work for Ryan air ..lol..lol

No Moz.

First choice out of manni


Not my choice, going off the tales.

 

[Moz]

...manni eh ?

Manc...... you mean ?

how did she get messed up with a *nipple tweaker/doggie member * like you ?

*roppies* only work for a night dont they ..lol..lol

or is it ...
*look into my eyes , not around the eyes ,into the eyes , an your Under , when you awake ....*

 

[clf-gas]

Manc...... you mean ?

No! meant Manni Airport, Monkeytown boy.

how did she get messed up with a *nipple tweaker/doggie member * like you ?
*look into my eyes , not around the eyes ,into the eyes , an your Under , when you awake ....*

In one Moz, theres no kidding a Salford boy is ther, LOL,LOL

 

[Moz]

Is she a scandi ?

you done WELL for a lancs lad ...

I went to Sweden awhile ago/couple year ago ...
Mates wedding ......
brill do ...
an them scandis CAN SUPP ....
necking big glasses of different Absoluts
an a bit tasty for it ..lol......would of been coolies if not married ..lol

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

What you should be frightened of is not flying...............

Flying will never kill you, its the plummeting vertically towards the ground in an out of control plane and slamming into the earth that'll kill you!