Terrible news that an Airbus carry 148 passengers plus crew has come down in a remote area of the French Alps after leaving Barcelona flying to Düsseldorf.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/32030778
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/32030778
Alps Plane Crash
- Thread starter Fish
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Rooter
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Wow. unbelievable. Hope they manage to find some survivors, but seriously doubt it. Have flown with these guys before, they are the no frills arm of Lufthansa. thoughts are with the families of those missing. Being a very frequent flyer around europe, you just dont expect this these days.
SugarPenguin
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terrible news. Happening too often at the moment. It really is not acceptable
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Awful news - hope they find survivors but sadly seems unlikely 
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Snelly
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Tragic.
Not massively enthused at the prospect of getting on an A320 tomorrow at 8am now either.
Not massively enthused at the prospect of getting on an A320 tomorrow at 8am now either.
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Just heard about this on the news , absolutely tragic.
JackieD
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Mornic reporting by the BBC;
"what do you think went through the captains head as the plane crashed?"
"what do you think went through the captains head as the plane crashed?"
chrisd
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Having flown from Barcelona on an Airbus on Saturday it does make you think.......
Grogger
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They seriously asked that question?!?!
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I see the OP has been blackballed again, now what has he done??
ColchesterFC
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How do you know if someone has been black balled?
chrisd
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It says so just under his name
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Look next to his name at the top of this thread, says it there. I reckon he is trying to get out of a losing HFH bet
ColchesterFC
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Doesn't show up on the Kindle. It just has his name like usual. Did notice his profile pic had gone though.
SwingsitlikeHogan
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Airbus technical accidents so damn rare that I expect you'll never be safer flying in one tomorrow.
chrisd
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That's no bad thing though, I kept a copy on the mantelpiece to keep the kids away from the fire!
Beezerk
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Terrible accident, the missus worked for a summer in Barcelonette near where the plane came down and she says it's absolutely stunning, just mountains with the odd lake.
Strange how the pilot didn't send out a message prior to the crash, or at least that is what's been reported.
Strange how the pilot didn't send out a message prior to the crash, or at least that is what's been reported.
Break90
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Stat on sky news today that an A320 either takes off or touches down EVERY 2 SECONDS somewhere in the world, and that there have been 11 reported fatal incidents involving A320 aircraft.
ScienceBoy
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The old adage of "The more its reported on the news the less frequent it actually happens" being true never takes away from the pain the loss of a loved one or someone you know.
The facts are flying is far safer than getting on a bike or in a car but I still feel for the people involved, having never known loss under circumstances like that I cannot imagine how they feel or anyone feels at times like that.
Blue in Munich
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Statistically you're absolutely right; logically there's a sense of survivability in car or bike crashes that doesn't seem to apply to plane crashes so they just feel worse, despite being statistically less likely.
