Plane crashes in Taiwan, killing 51 people

[CAMAROBOY69]

http://news.msn.com/world/plane-crashes-in-taiwan-emergency-landing-51-killed

 

[Furinkazen]

Not another plane down. RIP

 

[Robin]

Yeah just heard about this, bad year for the airline industry and more tragic news for someone's family.

 

[AnthonyD1993]

An already rough year for the airline industry just got worse. The article in the OP states that 58 were on board (54 passengers and 4 crew) at the time of my posting. Hopefully, the seven who made it out injured survive so there can at least be some survivors. RIP to the 51 who were killed.

 

[TenEightyOne]

This type of plane (the ATR-72) has a pretty good safety record. It seems it was making an emergency landing possibly related to a typhoon in the area,

The METARS for RCQC weather station (close-ish to the mayday field) show very heavy storms (-TS, thunderstorms) in the area right now.

 

[Xilor]

I'm due to start flying myself as early as next week, all of these plane crashes are making me feel a bit uneasy.

RIP to all and condolences to their families

 

[Michelin]

Gosh, another one? RIP to those who died in the accident and my condolences to the families.

 

[MoLiEG]

Another plance crash???

This is unreal... RIP...

 

[TenEightyOne]

Another plance crash???

This is unreal... RIP...

Sadly the average for "major incidents" worldwide is around one-per-month.

Still safer than trains or buses.

 

[a6m5]

Very sad news. My thoughts are with the victims, their friends & families.

 

[CinnamonOD]

Sadly the average for "major incidents" worldwide is around one-per-month.

Still safer than trains or buses.

And they're more noticeable because the first malaysian plane disappeared from the face of earth, and the second one was shot down by somebody in Ukraine, this is the "every few months" plane crash yo see on the news

 

[Turtle]

This isn't helping my fear of flying. Even the statistics that say it's safe provide little comfort.

RIP

 

[LMSCorvetteGT2]

I'm due to start flying myself as early as next week, all of these plane crashes are making me feel a bit uneasy.

RIP to all and condolences to their families

What do you mean all these?

 

[a6m5]

Guys, what TenEightyOne said. Do the math.

 

[Keef]

Sadly the average for "major incidents" worldwide is around one-per-month.

Still safer than trains or buses.

And trains and buses are already on the ground. Hell, trains are on rails. They can't go anywhere else!

 

[TenEightyOne]

And trains and buses are already on the ground. Hell, trains are on rails. They can't go anywhere else!

Amazes me that in Britain you're frowned on for not wearing a seatbelt in a car... but none of our trains have them?! One of the reasons I refuse to use them, apart from the fact that they rarely reach where they're meant to go at anything near the time they said they might

 

[SnakeOfBacon]

And trains and buses are already on the ground. Hell, trains are on rails. They can't go anywhere else!

Well, they try not to, but sometimes they just can't help it.

Damn adventurous trains.​

 

[PeterJB]

It's like The Little Mermaid in reverse.