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Postby Greed and Death » Sun Dec 28, 2014 11:59 pm

Uieurnthlaal wrote:I'm flying from Indonesia to Singapore tomorrow :blink:

This can't be good.

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Postby AiliailiA » Mon Dec 29, 2014 12:30 am

Uieurnthlaal wrote:I'm flying from Indonesia to Singapore tomorrow :blink:

This can't be good.


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Postby Costa Fierro » Mon Dec 29, 2014 1:39 am

Ailiailia wrote:
Sebastianbourg wrote:For some reason, I find that quite humorous.


Aviators were the nerds of their day. When planes were flown by waggling a stick held between the legs, they decided to call that a "joystick".


In the "cockpit".

Uieurnthlaal wrote:I'm flying from Indonesia to Singapore tomorrow :blink:

This can't be good.


Sit back and enjoy the flight. You have more chances of dying on the way to the airport than on the aircraft itself.
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Postby Zhenos » Mon Dec 29, 2014 1:51 am

Costa Fierro wrote:
Ailiailia wrote:Aviators were the nerds of their day. When planes were flown by waggling a stick held between the legs, they decided to call that a "joystick".

In the "cockpit".


Lol, that was a good one. :p
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Postby The Republic of Pantalleria » Mon Dec 29, 2014 3:24 am

Costa Fierro wrote:
Ailiailia wrote:
Aviators were the nerds of their day. When planes were flown by waggling a stick held between the legs, they decided to call that a "joystick".


In the "cockpit".

Uieurnthlaal wrote:I'm flying from Indonesia to Singapore tomorrow :blink:

This can't be good.


Sit back and enjoy the flight. You have more chances of dying on the way to the airport than on the aircraft itself.

That is very true...
Also, you've ruined my childhood... :eyebrow:
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Postby Costa Fierro » Mon Dec 29, 2014 3:34 am

The Republic of Pantalleria wrote:That is very true...
Also, you've ruined my childhood... :eyebrow:


Pilots also commonly refer to their aircraft as birds. Women are sometimes referred to as "birds". Presumably, pilots treat their aircraft like they treat their women, which is get inside her and take her to heaven and back twice a day.

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Postby Sebastianbourg » Mon Dec 29, 2014 3:36 am

Costa Fierro wrote:
The Republic of Pantalleria wrote:That is very true...
Also, you've ruined my childhood... :eyebrow:


Pilots also commonly refer to their aircraft as birds. Women are sometimes referred to as "birds". Presumably, pilots treat their aircraft like they treat their women, which is get inside her and take her to heaven and back twice a day.

Free bag of cookies for anyone that gets the reference.

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Postby The Republic of Pantalleria » Mon Dec 29, 2014 3:40 am

Costa Fierro wrote:
The Republic of Pantalleria wrote:That is very true...
Also, you've ruined my childhood... :eyebrow:


Pilots also commonly refer to their aircraft as birds. Women are sometimes referred to as "birds". Presumably, pilots treat their aircraft like they treat their women, which is get inside her and take her to heaven and back twice a day.

Free bag of cookies for anyone that gets the reference.

I hate you. :p
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Postby West Aurelia » Mon Dec 29, 2014 3:52 am

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Postby AiliailiA » Mon Dec 29, 2014 4:05 am



There is rubbish floating in the Java Sea. Pardon me for not being surprised.
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Postby Organized States » Mon Dec 29, 2014 4:10 am

I tend to think that this is another Scott Crossfield-type incident (famous test pilot and US Navy astronaut who died in 2006 in a thunderstorm-related crash). This is coupled by a lack of skills outside of baby-sitting the autopilot.
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Postby Wolfenium » Mon Dec 29, 2014 4:26 am

My god... could this year get any worse?... :(
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Postby Uieurnthlaal » Mon Dec 29, 2014 4:59 am

Wolfenium wrote:My god... could this year get any worse?... :(

Air crashes happen all the time, so this isn't too surprising. What's notable is that somehow they all involve the same region...
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Postby AiliailiA » Mon Dec 29, 2014 5:03 am

Wolfenium wrote:My god... could this year get any worse?... :(


Sure. There are two days left in the year. Seven thousand people (going by yearly average) will die in road accidents in those two days.

But those road accidents happen all the time, with such small numbers dying in each one, that they just aren't the stuff of news. In the news, you get bus crashes, ferry sinkings, train wrecks ... and plane crashes. You might even be led to believe that mass transport is dangerous. Actually, driving a car incurs more risk of accident than catching a bus or train, and both of those are more dangerous than commercial jet travel.
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Postby Wolfenium » Mon Dec 29, 2014 5:10 am

Uieurnthlaal wrote:
Wolfenium wrote:My god... could this year get any worse?... :(

Air crashes happen all the time, so this isn't too surprising. What's notable is that somehow they all involve the same region...


Make that like country. AirAsia is based in Malaysia... :?

Overall, it's a nightmarish year for their aviation firms. Second airliner to vanish without a trace. Third Malaysian airliner accident.

Ailiailia wrote:
Wolfenium wrote:My god... could this year get any worse?... :(


Sure. There are two days left in the year. Seven thousand people (going by yearly average) will die in road accidents in those two days.

But those road accidents happen all the time, with such small numbers dying in each one, that they just aren't the stuff of news. In the news, you get bus crashes, ferry sinkings, train wrecks ... and plane crashes. You might even be led to believe that mass transport is dangerous. Actually, driving a car incurs more risk of accident than catching a bus or train, and both of those are more dangerous than commercial jet travel.


Agreed, though I just find that these air accidents seemed to have happened with abnormal regularity this year. I could be wrong.
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Postby West Aurelia » Mon Dec 29, 2014 8:12 am

Wolfenium wrote:
Uieurnthlaal wrote:Air crashes happen all the time, so this isn't too surprising. What's notable is that somehow they all involve the same region...


Make that like country. AirAsia is based in Malaysia... :?


Actually, it was an Indonesia AirAsia (owned by the Malaysian AirAsia of course) flight, so technically it was an Indonesian aircraft.
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Postby Degenerate Heart of HetRio » Mon Dec 29, 2014 8:17 am

Ailiailia wrote:Sure. There are two days left in the year. Seven thousand people (going by yearly average) will die in road accidents in those two days.

Christmas and Réveillon season tends to see much more reckless drivers.
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Postby Northwest Slobovia » Mon Dec 29, 2014 8:23 am

Wolfenium wrote:Agreed, though I just find that these air accidents seemed to have happened with abnormal regularity this year. I could be wrong.


Missing planes and air disasters: How bad was 2014?

CNN wrote:(CNN) -- MH370. MH17. Air Algerie 5017. And now AirAsia QZ8501.

The disappearance of AirAsia Flight 8501 between Indonesia and Singapore over the weekend caps a bizarre year in aviation, marred by a series of missing planes and air disasters.

But could 2014 be the worst year in recent aviation history?

Yes and no. Depends on how you define "worst."

[...]

In terms of crashes, 2014 has seen the lowest number in more than 80 years, the Geneva-based Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives says.

The organization counts the AirAsia disappearance as a crash, bringing this year's number to 111.

The last time the world had 111 crashes was in 1927.

"If you consider sheer numbers of aircraft crashes, flying today is safer," says Kane Ray, an analyst with the International Bureau of Aviation, a global aviation consulting group.

"However, there are more aircraft in the sky, so naturally the overall number may appear similar to previous decades and, in some categories of disaster, higher."

[...]

In terms of fatalities, the numbers paint a grimmer picture. So far, aviation disasters this year have claimed 1,158 lives.

The AirAsia flight was carrying 162 people. If all of them perished, this year would have the most aviation deaths -- 1,320 -- since 2005, according to the organization.

Already, 2014 has put an end to a steadily improving global aviation safety record.

"Every ten years or so, we have a year that is less safe than others. Unfortunately this year was one of those," said Ronan Hubert with the Bureau of Aircraft Accident Archives.

Last year, 265 people were killed in flight incidents, marking the safest year in aviation since 1945, the Aviation Safety Network said.

[...]
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Postby Greed and Death » Mon Dec 29, 2014 9:25 am

Wolfenium wrote:My god... could this year get any worse?... :(

If anything bad happens this year I am now officially blaming you.
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Postby West Aurelia » Mon Dec 29, 2014 9:46 am

greed and death wrote:
Wolfenium wrote:My god... could this year get any worse?... :(

If anything bad happens this year I am now officially blaming you.


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Postby Red Zone 1 » Mon Dec 29, 2014 12:24 pm

The Berdanvian Empire wrote:What's up with all these Asian airplanes either going missing or getting shot down?

Bad luck. Shit happens.
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Postby Arkinesia » Mon Dec 29, 2014 6:06 pm

Everyone's talking about MH370, but the immediate parallel I start seeing when perusing the ATC data is a mix of Air France 447 and Adam Air 574 (the latter of which, incidentally, went down not far away off the west coast of Sulawesi).

Very low speed in some of the last specks of data, bad conditions, course or altitude correction coming right before trouble hits…really it's most reminiscent of Adam Air, but maybe that's because I'm so intimately familiar with it.
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Postby Sebastianbourg » Mon Dec 29, 2014 6:08 pm

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Pilots also commonly refer to their aircraft as birds. Women are sometimes referred to as "birds". Presumably, pilots treat their aircraft like they treat their women, which is get inside her and take her to heaven and back twice a day.

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Postby Costa Fierro » Mon Dec 29, 2014 6:09 pm

Sebastianbourg wrote:
Sebastianbourg wrote:Squadron Commander the Lord Flashheart in Blackadder!

Costa Fierro please tell me whether my answer is correct!


Yes.
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