If it was the Airbus 310, that's an older type of plane. (at least 20+ yrs old) RIP to the victims. Really sad though. What's happening this year will all these accidents, deaths, etc?
I was thinking, I know nothing about the airline industry. How often are new planes put into commission? Could all these crashes be results of old planes?
I have only flown a few times, but every Airbus I have been on must have been old because they seemed like pieces of crap. I searched the internet about Airbus and frequently came across a saying...."if it ain't Boeing, I ain't going" My last flight was in first class on an older Airbus and the plane made crazy weird noises and the lights flickered on and off all of the time. The flight attendants were sitting a few feet from me and I heard one tell the other how much she hated this specific plane, she called it a piece of shit. MADE ME FEEL COMFORTABLE for the rest of my flight.
I've flown probably a couple hundred thousand miles on Airbi, and not found them to be any more (or less) offensive than Boeings. Old planes are kind of scary because they rattle and creak and smell nasty, but I'd guess brand new planes are probably actually higher risk, assuming the old plane has been properly maintained. I'm looking forward to, and dreading, flying the 380 and the 787. barfo
bah....there's so much riding on the 787 that it's probably going to be the most-tested plane in history. Ok, slight exaggeration. But just slightly.
Yes, that makes sense. But at the same time, it has the most new technology in it of any plane in recent history. barfo
What's strange to me is that we've had two airline crashes that have happened during cruising altitude. Most airline crashes seem to happen on either takeoff or landing.
It was a long time ago, but I remember a documentary about early jet planes in France that pretty much exploded in the sky. It was really interesting and scary at the same time.
One website I remember going to was a forum for airline pilots. I have no info other than what I read but the pilots seemed to think the Airbus planes took more engine just to keep in the air while the Boeings could glide easier. I could be way off, but coasting is one reason I will never ride in a helicopter..because they don't coast.
That could be right, but I suspect gliding isn't actually very relevant in terms of commercial airline crashes. How many recent crashes involve failure of all engines as the primary cause? I can only think of the US Airways flight that went into the Hudson - and that was an Airbus and it had a happy ending. barfo
lol, yeah I'm not scared at all. Accidents happen, flying is still the safest way of transportation. And BM, the A310 started flying 1983, last delivery of those type of planes came out on 1998. About 200+ are still in operation, mostly in Asia and Africa. (no American airlines fly them, basically very old) The A330 with Air France, that was different story, they're top of the line aircraft, basically first accident where they've had casualties for that type of plane.
Yeah, glad that you mentioned that. Both Boeing and Airbus are safe, Boeing is here in the US, while Airbus is owned by Germany and France.
Mother Nature is getting us pumped up for 2012... This is shitty though. I fly thousands of miles a year and I'm not too worried... Shit happens.
I'm flying to Palm Springs in August... hate flying... in fact I can barely handle the I-5 bridge that goes from the west to the east side of Portland over the Willamette. It's too high. Freaks me out... Now I'm going to have 6 weeks to dread it and work myself into a paranoid frenzy about flying. I really didn't need to know this.