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Re:Why hasn't commercial air travel gotten any faster since ... by boomboomsubban on Monday February 10, 2025 @10:55PM (#43008772)
>When planes crash, they often hit people on the ground

Do they? Other than 9/11, I'm personally unaware of this ever happening. 20 seconds searching says there was an airplane that crashed into a DC bridge in the 80's killing 4 motorists, and a couple of similar incidents, but it seems rare.

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Re:Why hasn't commercial air travel gotten any faster since ... by shinypenny on Monday February 10, 2025 @11:43PM (#43009053)
Lockerbie in Scotland is one quite well known instance:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_Am_Flight_103

11 residents killed by falling debris.

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Re:Why hasn't commercial air travel gotten any faster since ... by dinkumthinkum on Monday February 10, 2025 @11:19PM (#43008919)
Now, I just wonder if it might be rare because plane crashes themselves are rare?
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Re:Why hasn't commercial air travel gotten any faster since ... by dreamcompiler on Tuesday February 11, 2025 @12:55AM (#43009432)
It happens. PSA 182 for example killed everybody on board plus seven people on the ground.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Southwest_Airlines_Fli...

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Re:Why hasn't commercial air travel gotten any faster since ... by valleyer on Tuesday February 11, 2025 @02:20AM (#43009948)
American 587, a month after 9/11, killed five people on the ground.
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