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U.S. Airline Deaths Stay Low

#1 Postby chadtm80 » Tue Jan 04, 2005 12:11 pm

U.S. Airline Deaths Stay Low
Tuesday, January 04, 2005

WASHINGTON — Only 34 people have died in U.S. commercial airline crashes in the past three years, making it one of the safest periods in aviation history even as more Americans than ever travel by air.

On Oct. 20, a Corporate Airlines (search) twin-engine turboprop crashed into the woods on approach to the Kirksville Regional Airport in Missouri, killing 13 people. Those were the only fatalities aboard U.S. scheduled airlines for the year.

National Transportation Safety Board (search) chairman Ellen Engleman Conners, noting that some 42,000 people die every year on the roads, said, "I hope all modes of transportation could replicate aviation's safety record."

The last U.S. crash of a jumbo jet was Nov. 12, 2001, when American Airlines (search) Flight 587 lost part of its tail and plummeted into a New York City neighborhood, killing 265 people. Safety investigators concluded that the crash was caused by the pilot moving the rudder back and forth too aggressively, which put more pressure on the tail than it could bear.

Last year, the number of fatal accidents per 100,000 departures was .015. Air travelers are estimated to have boarded planes 685 million times in 2004, a 3 percent increase over 2000, the previous busiest year, according to the Air Transport Association (search).
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#2 Postby Lindaloo » Tue Jan 04, 2005 12:25 pm

Sad there was even 34 but that is a low number. Glad to see people are traveling by plane again even though you would never catch me on one.
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#3 Postby chadtm80 » Tue Jan 04, 2005 12:25 pm

Lindaloo wrote:Sad there was even 34 but that is a low number. Glad to see people are traveling by plane again even though you would never catch me on one.

Why?
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#4 Postby Lindaloo » Tue Jan 04, 2005 12:26 pm

Because if they crash, you are dead.
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#5 Postby chadtm80 » Tue Jan 04, 2005 12:29 pm

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#6 Postby Lindaloo » Tue Jan 04, 2005 12:30 pm

I will proudly wear that suit when it comes to flying. Thanks!! :lol:
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#7 Postby j » Tue Jan 04, 2005 12:33 pm

Lindaloo wrote:Because if they crash, you are dead.


I feel safer in a plane than on the roads of SC.
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#8 Postby Skywatch_NC » Tue Jan 04, 2005 12:35 pm

I miss those days of flying in a Cessna plane with pilot friends in Ohio. :wink:

Eric 8-)
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#9 Postby HurricaneGirl » Tue Jan 04, 2005 2:10 pm

I almost got killed by some idiot on the way to work this morning! :eek: :roll: Some freaking people don't deserve to have a drivers license.
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#10 Postby depotoo » Tue Jan 04, 2005 2:16 pm

i love to fly - was flying 3 weeks after 9/11. can't keep me away if i have the chance! understand your fear lindaloo but the odds are worse on the road than in the air. i have been in more accidents on the road than probably 5 people should be in their life times! lol and only one was my fault - it didn't do any damage either. feel much safer flying! lol
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#11 Postby Brent » Tue Jan 04, 2005 2:17 pm

Your MUCH safer in a plane than you are just travelling to the airport BY CAR.

You give me a choice and I'm taking a plane. It's faster as well.
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#12 Postby Lindaloo » Tue Jan 04, 2005 2:20 pm

Brent wrote:Your MUCH safer in a plane than you are just travelling to the airport BY CAR.

You give me a choice and I'm taking a plane. It's faster as well.


I will take my chances. At least if you are in a car accident a seatbelt saves your life. If you are in a plane crash, nothing will save you.
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#13 Postby James » Tue Jan 04, 2005 2:22 pm

The benefit of air travel is that the pilots don't have to worry about other idiots who can't fly and don't deserve a pilot's license. Plus, the passengers don't have to worry about the pilot getting 'air rage'.
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#14 Postby Lindaloo » Tue Jan 04, 2005 2:29 pm

James wrote:The benefit of air travel is that the pilots don't have to worry about other idiots who can't fly and don't deserve a pilot's license. Plus, the passengers don't have to worry about the pilot getting 'air rage'.


I am still taking my chances. :lol:
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#15 Postby James » Tue Jan 04, 2005 2:33 pm

Well, I can start driving in a couple of months, so for the time being I'll side with you and cars. :wink:
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#16 Postby alicia-w » Tue Jan 04, 2005 2:37 pm

Brent wrote:Your MUCH safer in a plane than you are just travelling to the airport BY CAR.

You give me a choice and I'm taking a plane. It's faster as well.


my mother hated to fly. she would always say, No one ever fell 20000 feet out of a Buick....

I dont have any choice. Two or three business trips a month and none within driving distance. Several to Europe this year and one to Japan. UGH
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#17 Postby James » Tue Jan 04, 2005 2:42 pm

How long does a flight to Japan take these days?
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#18 Postby chadtm80 » Tue Jan 04, 2005 2:45 pm

16 Hours or so?
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#19 Postby James » Tue Jan 04, 2005 2:47 pm

:eek:
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#20 Postby alicia-w » Tue Jan 04, 2005 2:51 pm

that's how long it took when we flew over there several years ago....

not looking forward to that at all, especially since it doesnt include the hours of flying to the US west coast!

and then you get there and they're all speaking another language and driving on the wrong side of the road (sorry, James). Oh MY!
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