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Originally Posted by xxweekxx
yea i know it might seem ironic that the show on plane crashes shows how safe airplanes are, but honestly they are very fucking safe..
90%+ of the crashes could have been prevented... most people are afraid of both engines failing in the airplane, but there are other things to be worried about....
Even though airplanes do crash, the rate is so low.. in the USA alone there are thousands of flights a DAY, yet theres maybe 1 crash a year...... and its always some stupid pilot error or maintenance error or some silly shit that could have been prevented.
Maybe then again im biased cause i love airplanes and ive taken a few flight lessons.lol
Those single propeller engine airplanes scare the fuck out of me though. I rather be in an airbus A380 or a Boeing 767  Safe as heck |
There is a lot more than one crash a year in the US, it's just most involve small private aircraft. Not many big jets crash though, which is kind of amazing when you do think about how old many of them are and how many flights there are.
The problem with aircraft though is they aren't built to crash, so when they do it's pretty much a done deal that everyone on board is gonna be dead. That one in NY that landed in the river was a one in a million event.
On the flip side this vid was posted here a while back but this is a pretty good one where the pilot was on the ball and did it right.