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brooklynite

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7. Yes -- in the early period when the information about the copilot's actions weren't known

Reply to mnhtnbb (Reply #5)

Thu Mar 26, 2015, 02:03 PM

Mar 2015

I ALSO saw discussions about how the age of the aircraft was middle-of-the-road compared to other airlines, the plane was maintained by Lufthansa, which has a great safety record, and the plan had just been inspected.

I fly 10-15 times a year, including international flights. Statistically speaking the risk is negligible. I've never been worried.

Last year there were 15 crashes out of 59 M scheduled flights, or 0.0000002%

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Two pilots and the same plane -- Airbus 320--US Air 1549 and Germanwings 9525 [View all] mnhtnbb Mar 2015 OP

Yes, cwydro Mar 2015 #1

I used to laugh about the Delta pilots who landed at the wrong airport. mnhtnbb Mar 2015 #4

Two pilots, and the plane was irrelevant brooklynite Mar 2015 #2

Yes, but didn't you see all the talk about the age/make of the plane? mnhtnbb Mar 2015 #5

Yes -- in the early period when the information about the copilot's actions weren't known brooklynite Mar 2015 #7

The truth is that airplane accident on commercial airliners are rare, and what happened to this still_one Mar 2015 #3

Yes, but the scary thing is that pilot screening did not pick up this guy's problems. mnhtnbb Mar 2015 #6

Thousands. GeorgeGist Mar 2015 #8

Human behavior is too variable. still_one Mar 2015 #9

Precisely Sherman A1 Mar 2015 #10

It was either terrorism or the result of a very depressed individual. Baitball Blogger Mar 2015 #11

if it was terrorism wouldn't they want others to know why they are doing what they did ? JI7 Mar 2015 #13

exactly, it's not the plane but the pilots. maybe they will require psychological examinations JI7 Mar 2015 #12