plane crash
Oct. 3rd, 2006 12:38 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rmhttp://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/03/business/03road.html
The odds of this happening at all are infintessimal.
That one plane landed safely and happened to contain a NYTimes airtravel journalist is beyond bizarre.
If flying freaks you out, you probably shouldn't read this. If you're interested in hearing about pilots in a context other than being overworked, underpaid or drunk in the air (which seem to be the only pilot news stories one ever sees), you should absolutely read it.
Basically, that plane that crashed in Brazil? It collided with another plane. The journo was on that surviving flight.
The odds of this happening at all are infintessimal.
That one plane landed safely and happened to contain a NYTimes airtravel journalist is beyond bizarre.
If flying freaks you out, you probably shouldn't read this. If you're interested in hearing about pilots in a context other than being overworked, underpaid or drunk in the air (which seem to be the only pilot news stories one ever sees), you should absolutely read it.
Basically, that plane that crashed in Brazil? It collided with another plane. The journo was on that surviving flight.
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speaking of bizarre
Date: 2006-10-03 04:48 pm (UTC)this
Date: 2006-10-03 05:57 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-10-03 07:15 pm (UTC)Damn those were some cool pilots though. That's brilliant.
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Date: 2006-10-04 04:57 pm (UTC)I'm not kidding.
I worry about radar systems failing and low visibility. Last time we flew, I totally grabbed Mira's sleeve and said "There's another plane! We're not supposed to be able to SEE another plane!"
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Date: 2006-10-04 04:58 pm (UTC)