Plane Crashes - Page 2

o_yoda891 · 08-24-2006, 06:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FrenchToast

Mmmkay, how many of those dead in car accidents were intoxicated? Alcohol is unsafe.

And you said 'I don't think they factor in the 1 in X things' when referring to you're more likely to die doing X vs. Y. And Sir Quishus referred to that.

Then ban alcohol and we're all fine.

Quote:

Kbomb you have a point, I'm not sure if they factor things like that in the "1 in X" research they do.

I think you misread

o_frenchtoast · 08-24-2006, 08:09 PM

Yoda, did you hear a whooshing sound as you completely missed my point?

o_|404|innoc-tpf- · 08-24-2006, 09:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kbomb

With that said I agree with ghost that most of it is a "no control over the situation" type fear. And also its just a plain terrifying way to die, kind of like a shark attack.

There is worse. Bear...lion...shark...Actually the most dangerous animal is a shark riding on an elephant, just trampling and eating everything they see.

o_kbomb · 08-24-2006, 09:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by |404|Innoc-TPF-

There is worse. Bear...lion...shark...Actually the most dangerous animal is a shark riding on an elephant, just trampling and eating everything they see.

The thing is, the terror from a shark attack comes from not being able to see what is attacking you (or see it coming etc.)

So really the worst would be an elephant riding a shark underwater possibly with some sea snake escourts for flanking.

o_|404|innoc-tpf- · 08-24-2006, 09:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kbomb

The thing is, the terror from a shark attack comes from not being able to see what is attacking you (or see it coming etc.)

So really the worst would be an elephant riding a shark underwater possibly with some sea snake escourts for flanking.

Hmmnn... Jack never said anything about water or sea monkeys...I think you're mistake as I feel certain Jack would have mentioned it.

o_death-speak · 08-24-2006, 10:53 PM

Here's another thought:

If you ever fall out of an airplane, just go real limp, because maybe you'll look like a dummy and people will try to catch you because, hey, free dummy.

o_dancingfool · 08-24-2006, 10:55 PM

Hell yeah free dummy, good idea.

o_etzell · 08-25-2006, 12:08 AM

Scariest animal ever.

o_yomamashouse · 08-25-2006, 12:45 AM

No animal is as scary as manbearpig.

o_frenchtoast · 08-25-2006, 04:00 AM

I don't think Al Gore has any friends, guys.

o_yomamashouse · 08-25-2006, 04:42 AM

Are you cereal?

Circuitous · 08-25-2006, 05:15 AM

He's got the Vice Presidential Action Rangers.

o_nezumi · 08-25-2006, 04:26 PM

Dammit. Etzell beat me to it...

o_cruor · 08-26-2006, 05:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kbomb

I always disliked that statement "you are much more likly to die in a car accident then in a plane crash." Well of course you are! ...but its a function of how often you use cars compared to airplanes, not the actual safe-ness of each vehichle!!!

You are more likly to die falling down the stairs then riding a motorcycle too, but its because you you stairs 5+ times a day, and may never even ride a motorcycle...not because stairs are more dangerous then a motorcycle.

With that said I agree with ghost that most of it is a "no control over the situation" type fear. And also its just a plain terrifying way to die, kind of like a shark attack.

What the statistics say is that once you've boarded your 380,000:th
plane you will have had "a" chance of crashing in one of those planes. Once you've climbed a ladder 9,485 times you will have had a chance of falling on your ass and die on one of those climbs.

So in that effect it does makes planes more safer than cars, or that the average car driver is less skilled or more intoxicated than the average pilot

*Edit* fatal outcome fixed

Circuitous · 08-27-2006, 03:46 AM

Not just falling on your ass, but falling on your ass and DYING.

o_puppychow · 08-27-2006, 02:00 PM

a US bird went down today..

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/08/27/plane.crash/index.html

Circuitous · 08-27-2006, 10:48 PM

Yup, saw that in the news. Meanwhile a few thousand flights went off without a hitch, and hundreds of thousands died of other causes.

08-25-2006, 05:15 AM	#32
Circuitous Useless Retired FF Staff Join Date: Jun 2005 Class/Position: D Soldier, O Scout Gametype: AvD Posts Rated Helpful 9 Times	He's got the Vice Presidential Action Rangers. __________________ Look at all those dead links.

08-27-2006, 03:46 AM	#35
Circuitous Useless Retired FF Staff Join Date: Jun 2005 Class/Position: D Soldier, O Scout Gametype: AvD Posts Rated Helpful 9 Times	Not just falling on your ass, but falling on your ass and DYING. __________________ Look at all those dead links.

08-27-2006, 10:48 PM	#37
Circuitous Useless Retired FF Staff Join Date: Jun 2005 Class/Position: D Soldier, O Scout Gametype: AvD Posts Rated Helpful 9 Times	Yup, saw that in the news. Meanwhile a few thousand flights went off without a hitch, and hundreds of thousands died of other causes. __________________ Look at all those dead links.

08-24-2006, 08:09 PM	#22
o_frenchtoast Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Markham, Ontario, Canada! Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Yoda, did you hear a whooshing sound as you completely missed my point?

08-24-2006, 10:53 PM	#26
o_death-speak Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Arkansas Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Here's another thought: If you ever fall out of an airplane, just go real limp, because maybe you'll look like a dummy and people will try to catch you because, hey, free dummy.

08-24-2006, 10:55 PM	#27
o_dancingfool Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Hell yeah free dummy, good idea.

08-25-2006, 12:08 AM	#28
o_etzell Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Scariest animal ever.

08-25-2006, 12:45 AM	#29
o_yomamashouse Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Your Mamas House Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	No animal is as scary as manbearpig.

08-25-2006, 04:00 AM	#30
o_frenchtoast Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Markham, Ontario, Canada! Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	I don't think Al Gore has any friends, guys.

08-25-2006, 04:42 AM	#31
o_yomamashouse Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Your Mamas House Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Are you cereal?

08-25-2006, 04:26 PM	#33
o_nezumi Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: The Peoples Republic of Harmfull Free Radicals Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Dammit. Etzell beat me to it...

08-27-2006, 02:00 PM	#36
o_puppychow Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Washington DC Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	a US bird went down today.. http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/08/27/plane.crash/index.html

Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)