747 Crash in Afghanistan
747 Crash in Afghanistan
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- CygnusZero40
There's really no reason to fear flying. I once read something like 10,000 flights take place in the US every day. When is the last time you heard about a major airline crash in the US? I cant even remember the last one. Maybe that one that happened in New York after 9/11/01? Even worldwide, you dont hear about major airline crashes very often. It's extremely rare compared to how many flights actually take place.
I think the whole thing is there actually isnt much that can bring a modern plane down. There are so many backup systems and ways to deal with problems without losing the entire plane. It actually usually ends up needing to be a series of problems to take the whole thing down.
- Yes, it's always a chain of errors that causes failure - that's how the systems are designed, to require as manymikotondria3
- 10,000?
closer to 80,000 i thinkelektro - things as possible to go wrong to affect the stable flow of rapidly moving air over the wings.mikotondria3
- 80,000? Maybe worldwide. Sounds like way too much per day in the US. Not sure though.CygnusZero4
- single engine failure at that unusual climb rate would do it.fadein11
- there are commercial, private and millitary flights .. hard to know how many there really is per day.elektro
- there are commercial, private and millitary flights .. hard to know how many there really is per dayelektro