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AF447 crashed 2009 on its way from Rio to Paris. Co-Pilot error, wiped out all 228 onboard. Armchair experts tallyho!
by pinaceae 13y ago
AF447 crashed 2009 on its way from Rio to Paris. Co-Pilot error, wiped out all 228 onboard.
Armchair experts tallyho!
- chaz 13y agoThe article's statement is more qualified. "the first multiple-fatality crash involving a major airline in North America since November 2001"
- pinaceae 13y agowell sure, but why even make this geo distinction? it was a Korean airliner on an trans-continental flight. hence the multi-national news this is making (vs. the even more recent crash in Alaska that killed more passengers but is indeed a local event). and this was not exactly a minor crash, it broke the spines of several passengers for chrissakes. the evacuation was top notch, even if the rescuers rolled over one of the victims. and a lot of luck, if that plane had turned on its head during the stumbling phase, the evacuation wouldn't have gone so fast.
- smackfu 13y agoI feel like if you are following your "first" with that many qualifiers, it starts losing meaning.
- mikeash 13y agoThe first multiple-fatality crash involving a major airline in North America with an airliner carrying over 100 passengers and at least five kosher meals, not arriving on a Tuesday.
- marvin 13y agoAnd the best part is, in the huge amount of speculation around that crash, I never heard anything that came even close to what turned out to be the real cause of the accident. Which is part of the reason I think people should really stop speculating about this crash.