Re:EU safety agency suspends Pakistani airlines' European au...
by ClumsyPilot on Friday July 03, 2020 @01:51PM
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I think the real danger is to passengers of the plane. It is very rare for a plane crash to kill anyone on the ground.
Noth of earth surface is not cities, its water/farmland/etc
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by iso1210 on Friday July 03, 2020 @04:50PM
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More common than you'd think as most crashes are on takeoff or landing, which tend to be in more built up areas.
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by occamrazor on Saturday July 04, 2020 @02:51AM
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We are discussing high altitude flyovers here.
Re:EU safety agency suspends Pakistani airlines' European au...
by iso1210 on Saturday July 11, 2020 @12:43PM
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Exceptionally unlikey a pilot would be able to crash a plane at 30,000 foot. Far more likely that a medical emergency would lead to a pilot landing at an unfamiliar airport and crashing the plane into block of houses.
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by ithkuil on Saturday July 04, 2020 @01:59PM
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Scenario: inexperienced/bad pilot misjudges fuel consumption (badly manages energy / height transitions) and requires emergency landing somewhere in EU because it cannot reach London
In that sense, I don't want PIA planes falling on my own or anyone else's head, land, or property, anywhere in the world.
There's no reason to allow pilots and airlines to behave like that, and lots of reasons to sanction them very harshly if they do. After all, who's to believe they're current on their maintenance if they can't even make sure pilots respond when hailed?