by expat » Thu Feb 14, 2008 4:24 am
The BBC article can be found
HERE.
Thankfully, no fatalities were reported, though there were burn injuries, some serious. Hopefully everyone will pull through. In aviation incidents, I am always heartened by survival, as it seems to validate both safety engineering and safety procedures, not to mention that tragedy averted is always good news no matter the situation.
Best wishes to those involved,
Darrin
The only things that really play any part are pilot training, reasonable rate of decent, the angle of impact and the terrain. The rest is luck and physics (and the All Mighty if you are a believer). The engineering only comes into play if these three things are inline. If one is missing, then game over. The safety is all about the feel good factor. When was the last time that passengers survived on mass because they donned a life jacket for example. Most people get on board and switch off, unless you are like me and have planned your escape in the event that all of the above is having a good day, but the chances are not on your side. The chances of survival are so small, that if we really thought about it, we would probably never fly again, but the chances of it actually happening are smaller still...........lucky for us
Matt
"A bit of a pickle" - British translation: A catastrophically bad situation with potentially fatal consequences.
PETA
People Eating Tasty Animals.
B1 (Cat C) licenced engineer, Boeing 737NG 600/700/800/900 Airbus A318/19/20/21 and Dash8 Q-400
1. Captain, if the problem is not entered into the technical logbook.........then the aircraft does not have a problem.
2. And, if you have time to write the fault on a napkin and attach to it to the yoke.........you have time to write it in the tech log....see point 1.
