People can misread that as saying "you are much less likely to die in an airflight than if you stayed at home instead" but that's not what it says.
You could equally well say that the reduction in life expectancy from swallowing nails is much less than from hammering nails. That's because most people don't swallow nails. It doesn't tell you that swallowing a nail is safer than hammering it.
Robert
Yes, I also wondered about that. But given the option, I would go for the gravity thing.
--=20 Davey,
I definitely clapped after ending up 6 feet from the end of the Guernsey runway after a roller coaster ride in a force 7 crosswind.
I always applaud real skill.
It's safer to belly land than to land on partially locked gear. If the gear partially collapses after landing, it gets very nasty, very quickly. With no gear down, the behaviour of the aircraft is predictable to a degree.
I understand it's common in Russia.
On Friday 18 January 2013 16:51 Davey wrote in uk.d-i-y:
That just gives me this mental image:
Another case of trial by media IMHO. I am fairly sure that Boeing and the regulators were well aware of the risks. When you take design into new territory, sometimes things go wrong. Think of the Comet, the carbon fibre fan blades on the RB211, Deepwater Horizon. While the chauvinist in me would like Airbus to succeed over Boeing, we all benefit in the long run from innovative engineering.
And in the case where all the engines fail at once. Yes, it does happen:
- the 747 around Indonesia and the volcanic ash
- the Gimli Glider
I see Speedbird 9 (747 around Indonesia) actually had a working generator despite all four thrust engines being out.
I encounter it a lot in Latin America too.
Nick
That is the sort of thing that justifies paying airline pilots lots of money to be good at their jobs.
Colin Bignell
You should read 'Fate is the hunter'..by Ernest K Gann..
somewhere there is a quote that says that for 364 days and 23 hours an airline pilot is grossly overpaid. In the other hour he is worth ten times his salary..
Given the condition of Russian aeroplanes, that's little surprise. The victims^Wpassengers are just glad to have got to their destination alive.
It (applause on landing) used to be common in the States, but seems to have died out.
Fairly standard in Italy.
Yes, I was talking about engine failure specifically.
In message , Mike Tomlinson writes
Dread to think of the outcome if drivel were driving his Prius when .. Woosh
" ... and one chicken korma for the monkey"
Put sails on them and let the wind do the rest
In message , tim..... writes
I would doubt it, that's what the APU is for - the thing normally placed in the tailplane that makes that high pitched whine while you are boarding
Saves the weight of the cranking handle ...
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