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Continental Airlines jet bound for Houston crashes upon takeoff

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by Lady_Di, Dec 22, 2008.

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  1. Lady_Di

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    #1 Lady_Di, Dec 22, 2008
  2. WhoMikeJames

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    Oh wow, I heard about this yesterday, but since you just posted it, I figured there was another one...

    The description from the passengers is pretty crazy. It backed up my opinion, that when things like this happen, people go nuts.
     
    #2 WhoMikeJames, Dec 22, 2008
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    I was on that flight the day before coming home from university of colorado. I'm glad I didnt stay an extra day
     
    #3 rhino17, Dec 22, 2008
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    That's terrifying. I'm going to be flying to New York soon. I don't think anything will happen, but this certainly isn't the kind of news you want to hear so soon before a trip.
     
    #4 mic, Dec 22, 2008
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    Thats crazy. I fly Continental all the time and just this Friday I flew over here to Los Angeles.
     
    #5 BrieflySpeaking, Dec 22, 2008
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    Look at it this way: the odds of a plane crashing are like one in a million, so there's still about 999,999 more successful flights before you need to start worrying about another one crashing.


    *I'm not a Statistics major.
     
    #6 Grandpappy, Dec 22, 2008
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    Thanks for the reminder LD :(

    I'm flying there via Continental. Hey did you hear about the meteor thats going to slam into the earth?.....................soon.
     
    #7 MoBalls, Dec 22, 2008
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    Odds of being on an airline flight which results in at least one fatality:
    Top 25 airlines with the best records: 1 in 6.06 million
    Bottom 25 with the worst records: 1 in 546,011

    Odds of being killed on a single airline flight
    Top 25 airlines with the best records: 1 in 10.46 million
    Bottom 25 with the worst records: 1 in 723,819

    Continental is 5th safest airline overall.

    *Source: OAGback Aviation Solutions & PlaneCrashInfo.com accident database, 1988 - 2007
     
    #8 LegendZ3, Dec 22, 2008
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