another plane crashes in ocean

dannyjo22 · 30 Jun 2009 at 11:04

Simmz said:
I fly to Tenerife on Saturday, lets just hope Easyjets planes are running fine

Where from at what time? I will come and open up the engine cowls and get a load of us to stand there pointing and shaking our heads.

dannyjo22 · 30 Jun 2009 at 11:05

Spawn said:
Just another reason why i wont fly in those crappy Airbus's...seems that they are always the ones crashing...think ill stick to Boeing plus i prefer Boeing aircraft...the only Airbus id fly is the A380...which my bro flew back in April on his honeymoon to Bali and Singapore..said it was nice plane...lots of room in econo class.

lol, you prefer boeing. You know nowt about either to make a decent decision. Look up boeing crashes.

Simmz · 30 Jun 2009 at 11:07

Gatwick early hours of the morning. Shake your head all you want, I'll probably be asleep

dannyjo22 · 30 Jun 2009 at 11:08

Simmz said:
Gatwick early hours of the morning. Shake your head all you want, I'll probably be asleep

Not with all the banging I'm going to be doing with a 3lb copper hyde mallet

Yas786 · 30 Jun 2009 at 11:13

dannyjo22 said:
lol, you prefer boeing. You know nowt about either to make a decent decision. Look up boeing crashes.

Probably not but what i do know is that i prefer Boeing over Airbus. And i do know that Boeing have had their fair share of crashes :rolleyes:

Simmz · 30 Jun 2009 at 11:16

dannyjo22 said:
Not with all the banging I'm going to be doing with a 3lb copper hyde mallet

I'll just put some form of heavy metal on my ipod, will sound exactly the same

dannyjo22 · 30 Jun 2009 at 11:22

Spawn said:
Probably not but what i do know is that i prefer Boeing over Airbus. And i do know that Boeing have had their fair share of crashes

So what reason do you prefer Boeing? Interior layout excluded as thats airline specific.

You said crappy airbus keep crashing, well the safety record is better than boeings the last time I looked and besides half the time it's pilot error anyway.

Just looking at 737 there have been two lost this year already...

29 Apr 2009; TL-ADM, 737-200Adv, 22264/753, Del 3/4/81, Trans Air Congo; Near Kinshasa, Congo:
The Boeing 737 was flying from Bangui, capital of Central African Republic, to Zimbabwe for a maintenance check and was carrying 2 crew and 5 mechanics when it crashed at 0600h local time around 210 km (125 miles) east of Kinshasa. All 7 on board died.

25 Feb 2009; TC-JGE, 737-800, 29789/1065, Del 27/3/02, Turkish Airlines; Amsterdam, Netherlands:
The aircraft was making a coupled ILS to runway 18R when the Captains radio altimeter erroneously indicated ground level. The autothrottle retarded the thrust levers as though for an autoland which was not noticed by the crew. 1m40s later at 100kts the stickshaker activated and the F/O started to recover; the Captain took control but did not notice the autothrottle again retard the thrust levers. The aircraft impacted tail first and broke into 3 pieces. 9 of the 134 on board died.

Blinkz · 30 Jun 2009 at 11:29

dannyjo22 said:
You said crappy airbus keep crashing, well the safety record is better than boeings the last time I looked and besides half the time it's pilot error anyway.

Lies!!!! Its always the engineers!!

ok ok so maybe not

As has been said, Airbus are better then Boeing in every conceivable way...but then I might be a little biased.....

willy · 30 Jun 2009 at 11:30

It's scary. So many crashes recently. I'm flying abroad in 2 weeks for 14 hrs flight :rolleyes:

eXor · 30 Jun 2009 at 11:33

I may be flying in a few weeks. If my plane goes down, I hope it's quick and painless.

I can think of nothing worse than drowning.

( Assuming I survive the initial impact )

dannyjo22 · 30 Jun 2009 at 11:38

Blinkz said:
Lies!!!! Its always the engineers!! ok ok so maybe not

As has been said, Airbus are better then Boeing in every conceivable way...but then I might be a little biased.....

Always point the finger at the Bus driver before the oily rag

http://www.planecrashinfo.com/cause.htm

Thats why you boys get the big bucks and the chicks

Participant · 30 Jun 2009 at 11:39

eXor said:
I may be flying in a few weeks. If my plane goes down, I hope it's quick and painless.

I can think of nothing worse than drowning.

( Assuming I survive the initial impact )

Most people assume that the death is instant but in reality (I'm totally guessing) I'd imagine that there is plenty of slow burning, blood loss from dismemberment, partial decapitation, drowning, etc. However this is no different to some car crashes.

Wicksta · 30 Jun 2009 at 11:41

Robbie G said:
Most people assume that the death is instant but in reality (I'm totally guessing) I'd imagine that there is plenty of slow burning, blood loss from dismemberment, partial decapitation, drowning, etc. However this is no different to some car crashes.

There's nothing like putting a positive spin on something.

Yas786 · 30 Jun 2009 at 11:47

dannyjo22 said:
So what reason do you prefer Boeing? Interior layout excluded as thats airline specific.

You said crappy airbus keep crashing, well the safety record is better than boeings the last time I looked and besides half the time it's pilot error anyway.

Just looking at 737 there have been two lost this year already...

29 Apr 2009; TL-ADM, 737-200Adv, 22264/753, Del 3/4/81, Trans Air Congo; Near Kinshasa, Congo:
The Boeing 737 was flying from Bangui, capital of Central African Republic, to Zimbabwe for a maintenance check and was carrying 2 crew and 5 mechanics when it crashed at 0600h local time around 210 km (125 miles) east of Kinshasa. All 7 on board died.

25 Feb 2009; TC-JGE, 737-800, 29789/1065, Del 27/3/02, Turkish Airlines; Amsterdam, Netherlands:
The aircraft was making a coupled ILS to runway 18R when the Captains radio altimeter erroneously indicated ground level. The autothrottle retarded the thrust levers as though for an autoland which was not noticed by the crew. 1m40s later at 100kts the stickshaker activated and the F/O started to recover; the Captain took control but did not notice the autothrottle again retard the thrust levers. The aircraft impacted tail first and broke into 3 pieces. 9 of the 134 on board died.

No particular reason really, just prefer flying them...ive flown in a few Airbus planes myself...notably the A300 and A310 a long time back, ancient by todays standards and it was ok but if i had the choice 10/10 times id fly a Boeing rather than an Airbus. In fact i actively make sure that everytime i fly its a Boeing rather than an Airbus although sometimes it cant be helped if its only an Airbus flying that route. Thankfully BA fly only Boeings on my flights over to Canada so im pretty much sorted there.

knowledge123 · 30 Jun 2009 at 11:53

Robbie G said:
Most people assume that the death is instant but in reality (I'm totally guessing) I'd imagine that there is plenty of slow burning, blood loss from dismemberment, partial decapitation, drowning, etc. However this is no different to some car crashes.

Unlikely, but it would be dependant on altitude. At cruising altitude as soon as the plane broke up you'd lose oxygen and black out, at (early/mid) take-off/(mid/late) landing your scenario would be more likely, imho.

chrismox · 30 Jun 2009 at 12:36

Blinkz said:
As has been said, Airbus are better then Boeing in every conceivable way...but then I might be a little biased.....

Lies!!

NiCkNaMe · 30 Jun 2009 at 15:24

Apparantly a child has survived :eek:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/8126576.stm

The article quotes very rough seas as well. Crazy.

Participant · 30 Jun 2009 at 15:40

Justin said:
Apparently the 'survivor' found is a toddler.

NiCkNaMe said:
Apparantly a child has survived

dannyjo22 · 30 Jun 2009 at 15:52

That unbelievable. If I was that 5 year old I'd never fly again.

Iraklis F.C. · 30 Jun 2009 at 16:42

Spawn said:
No particular reason really, just prefer flying them...ive flown in a few Airbus planes myself...notably the A300 and A310 a long time back, ancient by todays standards and it was ok but if i had the choice 10/10 times id fly a Boeing rather than an Airbus. In fact i actively make sure that everytime i fly its a Boeing rather than an Airbus although sometimes it cant be helped if its only an Airbus flying that route. Thankfully BA fly only Boeings on my flights over to Canada so im pretty much sorted there.

There have been so many accidents with Boeing aircraft , afaik both companies follow the same safety regulations and standards when designing their aircraft so you shouldnt be worried so much.