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Post by essexstokey on Jan 9, 2021 11:18:33 GMT
Indonesia passenger plane missing after take-off link |
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Post by alsagerstokie on Jan 9, 2021 13:05:31 GMT
Unfortunately this says it all.
Indonesia, though, has a relatively poor record on aviation safety. For more than a decade carriers from the region were banned from flying into the EU. Until recently, the perception had been that standards were improving, and in 2018 all Indonesian airlines were removed from the EU's blacklist.
That, however, was before the loss of a Lion Air 737 Max in October 2018. Although the design of the aircraft is widely believed to have been the main cause of the accident, investigators also highlighted issues such as poor maintenance procedures and inadequate flying skills as contributory factors.
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Post by scfcbiancorossi on Jan 9, 2021 13:19:32 GMT
Scary stuff.
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Post by wagsastokie on Jan 9, 2021 14:08:39 GMT
Well I can safely say the only way I will be killed by a plane
Is if one of the buggers land on my head
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Post by spiderpuss on Jan 9, 2021 14:46:18 GMT
Well I can safely say the only way I will be killed by a plane Is if one of the buggers land on my head Greta Thunberg likes this. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2021 21:53:46 GMT
Well I can safely say the only way I will be killed by a plane Is if one of the buggers land on my head Have to admit, I think I could quite happily go the rest of my life without flying again. Yes, I know that, statistically, large planes are one of the safest forms of travel, but I can’t imagine that is ever much consolation as you realise you’re going to die a shitty violent death in the next few minutes. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2021 22:31:36 GMT
Well I can safely say the only way I will be killed by a plane Is if one of the buggers land on my head Have to admit, I think I could quite happily go the rest of my life without flying again. Yes, I know that, statistically, large planes are one of the safest forms of travel, but I can’t imagine that is ever much consolation as you realise you’re going to die a shitty violent death in the next few minutes. It must be one horrific way to go mate. I fucking hate flying with a passion, I simply cannot relax while I'm 35,000 feet in the air in a big metal tube. |
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Post by zerps on Jan 10, 2021 7:39:30 GMT
Luckily none of us will ever be allowed to fly ever again
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Post by henry on Jan 10, 2021 11:56:31 GMT
Have to admit, I think I could quite happily go the rest of my life without flying again. Yes, I know that, statistically, large planes are one of the safest forms of travel, but I can’t imagine that is ever much consolation as you realise you’re going to die a shitty violent death in the next few minutes. It must be one horrific way to go mate. I fucking hate flying with a passion, I simply cannot relax while I'm 35,000 feet in the air in a big metal tube. 6 tins of 330ml Stella at £8 a chuck help |
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Post by foster on Jan 10, 2021 18:52:31 GMT
Well I can safely say the only way I will be killed by a plane Is if one of the buggers land on my head Had a really bumpy flight coming back from a stag weekend in Riga about 20 years ago. It was 3 hours of hell, gripping the arm rests, eyes tightly shut, sweating and muttering to myself to stay calm. Ever since I've hated take offs and struggle with turbulence. I don't take any meds or anything on flights but after these past few years and seeing what's happened with Boeing, I've just taken a conscious decision not to fly again. Car, coach, ferry, train all fine. I can live without going long distance or just make a long distance vacation into a road trip. |
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Post by Mason_Stokie on Jan 10, 2021 18:58:16 GMT
Over the last 20 years I've taken 50 - 100 flights yearly. I still hate turbulence. I always check turbulenceforecast.com to see if there is any rough air. Helps me to prepare.
Worst was a flight from Graz to Frankfurt. A ton of thunder storms around. Spent the whole flight weaving through them. About 15 mins from landing the captain comes on the radio and tells us how we've missed all the storms, so far, but there is one between us and the airport. We go through it and hit a huge downdraft. Anyone who wasn't buckled in hit the ceiling (there were a few) as did the Twix on the seat next to me.
The next flight from Frankfurt to Brum was one of the smoothest I've ever been one!
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Post by franklin on Jan 12, 2021 12:14:39 GMT
Over the last 20 years I've taken 50 - 100 flights yearly. I still hate turbulence. I always check turbulenceforecast.com to see if there is any rough air. Helps me to prepare. Worst was a flight from Graz to Frankfurt. A ton of thunder storms around. Spent the whole flight weaving through them. About 15 mins from landing the captain comes on the radio and tells us how we've missed all the storms, so far, but there is one between us and the airport. We go through it and hit a huge downdraft. Anyone who wasn't buckled in hit the ceiling (there were a few) as did the Twix on the seat next to me. The next flight from Frankfurt to Brum was one of the smoothest I've ever been one! I had a similar experience flying from Philadephia to LA somewhere around Denver the lightning 🌩 scared the shit out of me but fortunately it was over in about 30mins. |
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Post by mattyd2 on Jan 12, 2021 16:42:09 GMT
Turbulence Schmurbulence.
Anyone nervous take a peep at this....Actually...Don't.
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Jan 12, 2021 16:45:08 GMT
Anyone flown into Singapore? I did twice and both times were horrendous on the approach, mental thunderstorms and turbulence
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Post by mattyd2 on Jan 12, 2021 16:46:05 GMT
St Martens Airport.
Just why the fuck would you.
Not just the danger, but breathing in all them fumes.
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Post by mattyd2 on Jan 12, 2021 16:46:42 GMT
Anyone flown into Singapore? I did twice and both times were horrendous on the approach, mental thunderstorms and turbulence Always tricky there. My worst one was KL. |
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Jan 12, 2021 16:47:33 GMT
Anyone flown into Singapore? I did twice and both times were horrendous on the approach, mental thunderstorms and turbulence Always tricky there. My worst one was KL. Kuala Lumpur? |
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Post by mattyd2 on Jan 12, 2021 16:54:03 GMT
Always tricky there. My worst one was KL. Kuala Lumpur? Yup. Took a short flight from Bangkok to Kuala Lumpur, terrible weather, we aborted 1 landing just a few feet off the ground, circled for a while, then diverted to Penang... |
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Post by flea79 on Jan 12, 2021 17:16:53 GMT
Well I can safely say the only way I will be killed by a plane Is if one of the buggers land on my head Have to admit, I think I could quite happily go the rest of my life without flying again. Yes, I know that, statistically, large planes are one of the safest forms of travel, but I can’t imagine that is ever much consolation as you realise you’re going to die a shitty violent death in the next few minutes. would be a dreadful and slow ending. the challenger space shuttle that broke up on take off is case in point, it is believed that the shuttle suffered catastrophic damage in the blast but was not blown up and at least some of the crew remained conscious as it continued to rise then fell like a stone, it was a number of minutes of freefall (maybe 6) and during this time the ones who were awake tried to help the others and the captain tried to pilot it down as certain switches were on that could not have been on unless pressed by human hands, the impact of them hitting the sea killed them all instantly sadly |
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