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Could it be that rather than a distinction between the big airlines and the small airlines, the author was attempting to make a distinction between flights with
by brown9-2 13y ago
Could it be that rather than a distinction between the big airlines and the small airlines, the author was attempting to make a distinction between flights with large amounts of passengers (100-200+) and flights of smaller size (50ish)?
I think the point is that there was a streak of 12 years with no fatal incidents of a large-size jet.
- jcdavis 13y ago...in North America, which is just more fact-twisting by the author. Lets not forget that 228 people perished when the flight crew of Air France 447 flew the plane straight into the ocean.
- 2mur 13y agoWell didn't really fly so much as fell out of the sky into the ocean. Absolutely terrifying.
- gonzo 13y agoIf by "flew" you mean "stalled", then yes.
- hga 13y agoWell, it wasn't your standard controlled flight into terrain, but since one of the pilots was pulling back on his hand stick for the entire time.... (e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_France_Flight_447#Sullenberger https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_France_Flight_447#Sullenbe...).
- redblacktree 13y agoOf course, he could have said that instead.