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Re:EU safety agency suspends Pakistani airlines' European au... by ClumsyPilot on Friday July 03, 2020 @01:51PM (#23725977)
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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Re:EU safety agency suspends Pakistani airlines' European au... by iso1210 on Friday July 03, 2020 @04:50PM (#23727488)
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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Re:EU safety agency suspends Pakistani airlines' European au... by occamrazor on Saturday July 04, 2020 @02:51AM (#23730632)
We are discussing high altitude flyovers here.
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Re:EU safety agency suspends Pakistani airlines' European au... by iso1210 on Saturday July 11, 2020 @12:43PM (#23803454)
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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Re:EU safety agency suspends Pakistani airlines' European au... by ithkuil on Saturday July 04, 2020 @01:59PM (#23733837)
Scenario: inexperienced/bad pilot misjudges fuel consumption (badly manages energy / height transitions) and requires emergency landing somewhere in EU because it cannot reach London
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