Statisticly speaking the chance of a 18 wheeler hitting you when crossing the road is still bigger. So what do we worry about?
We worry because we know what happened after Ramstein and Ostend.
Im not to familiar what happend there(i know about the crash), i can only geus someone banned airshows?
After Ramstein (75 killed):
The disaster resulted in a total ban of public airshows in West Germany, which was lifted three years later and replaced with the following safety regulations:
* Increased minimum height and distance from spectators. A picture of the previous airshow in 1987 revealed that there were no safety barriers near the runways; existing rules prescribed a distance of 400 meters according to the aircraft types.
* Banning of maneuvers in the direction of spectators.
* All maneuvers subject to approval by authorities.
The Ostend crash was 1997, when the Royal Jordanian Falcons display team's solo aircraft crashed into a medical tent IIRC. 9 were killed. As a result further tightening of regulations occured (British members may find this was when the Red Arrows stopped beginning their display by coming over the crowd from behind), and with insurance payouts to relatives of around $1,000,000 per family, the cost of operating aircraft and organising displays increased.
Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2008 3:13 pm
