Check out the plane that caught fire last year at Haneda Airport.
also sort of sad I can't anymore.
People don't like to hear this here, but even with all this crap, flying is still way safer than driving yourself - even with the exemplary driving skills that I have no doubt everyone here has.
Check out the plane that caught fire last year at Haneda Airport.
I'll do that.
People don't like to hear this here, but even with all this crap, flying is still way safer than driving yourself - even with the exemplary driving skills that I have no doubt everyone here has.
I'm pretty awesome, it's true...
And, yeah, I'm exaggerating. I never flew much (was relatively poor, and didn't need to for work or anything, so wasn't a big part of my life), I wasn't scared of flying, I'm still not, and I realize we're just catching a snapshot of when things go drastically wrong but, still, it seems like things have gotten much worse. It's still almost zero percent of planes that fall out of the sky, or have doors fall off, or spontaneously combust. But it's a significantly higher zero than it previous was. Still probably safer than driving still though, you're right.
Honestly, the most worrying aspect of flying has already come and gone. I was sort of worried I'd never fly again, when all that covid passport shit was going down. Also, the family I was somewhat close to overseas has passed on anyway, so my main reasons for travel has dwindled. Maybe I'll weeb out fully and go to Japan some day, or something, but other than that I'm pretty fine where I am.
and I realize we're just catching a snapshot of when things go drastically wrong but, still, it seems like things have gotten much worse.
But they're still on a long-term downward trajectory. As bad as things are now, they are better than 25 years ago, at least in terms of fatalities. The AA flight was, I believe, the first one with a (significant?) number of casualties for quite a while.
I was sort of worried I'd never fly again, when all that covid passport shit was going down.
I thought they were going to make at least some of those things permanent. Or complain about a 'pandemic of misinformation' and then deny people on the basis of Wrongthink. After all, if you don't want someone to spread Covid, why would you allow hm to spread misinformation?
Maybe I'll weeb out fully and go to Japan some day
Highly recommended. I never looked at a European city the same way, after I saw what can be [unburdened by...]. Even the nicest, cleanest, best-run cities with the most polite people look like amateurs compared to Tokyo.
Even the nicest, cleanest, best-run cities with the most polite people look like amateurs compared to Tokyo.
And apparently Tokyo isn't even their nicest city, and has some problems too. Probably the nicest for most foreigners, though, since it seems to be the foreigner containment zone.
I really should get to Japan at some point. Seems pretty amazing, in many different ways. Putting aside culture, it's just gorgeous geographically too.
And apparently Tokyo isn't even their nicest city,
Well, I'd like to see a better one. There are more traditional cities, but all-around Tokyo was awesome (economy of scale). Of course, there are some areas with a lot of foreigners, the most telling sign being garbage on the streets that are spotless everywhere else despite there being no garbage cans almost anywhere.
I really should get to Japan at some point
I'm not a weeaboo, but I'd like to go to Japan every year.
The AA flight was, I believe, the first one with a (significant?) number of casualties for quite a while.
You mean first AA flight in a while? First flight for a while in the United States"? Because worldwide we had the Korean crash landing not long ago, and of course that plane most likely accidentally shot down by Russia but you probably weren't considering acts of war.
Since the last one flown by members of Alcoholics Anonymous.
All kidding aside, you're absolutely right. I did mean North America, which had remarkably few fatalities since 9/11. Unfortunately, this is not the case for Europe, which has seen cases like Air France 447.
Check out the plane that caught fire last year at Haneda Airport.
Checked it out. Wow.
Not sure whose fault it was, but what a terrible experience to be that pilot...you're coming down for a normal landing, apparently smack into a smaller plane killing five people, and then you have to suddenly adjust to being on fucking fire and worrying about saving your own life and the lives of your passengers. Absolute nightmare.
By all accounts everyone did an amazing job considering the circumstances, and they got nearly four hundred people off the burning plane, calm and orderly, in under two minutes.
Also, even in the comments, the strong Japanese culture and solidarity strike again. A Japanese airliner crashing is not just some isolated incident, but affects all of Japan. Powerful stuff.
On a lighter note, it's hilarious that in the second one there's anime characters on the side of the jet in the foreground, while there's fiery (but mostly peaceful) wreckage in the background.
Check out the plane that caught fire last year at Haneda Airport.
People don't like to hear this here, but even with all this crap, flying is still way safer than driving yourself - even with the exemplary driving skills that I have no doubt everyone here has.
I'll do that.
I'm pretty awesome, it's true...
And, yeah, I'm exaggerating. I never flew much (was relatively poor, and didn't need to for work or anything, so wasn't a big part of my life), I wasn't scared of flying, I'm still not, and I realize we're just catching a snapshot of when things go drastically wrong but, still, it seems like things have gotten much worse. It's still almost zero percent of planes that fall out of the sky, or have doors fall off, or spontaneously combust. But it's a significantly higher zero than it previous was. Still probably safer than driving still though, you're right.
Honestly, the most worrying aspect of flying has already come and gone. I was sort of worried I'd never fly again, when all that covid passport shit was going down. Also, the family I was somewhat close to overseas has passed on anyway, so my main reasons for travel has dwindled. Maybe I'll weeb out fully and go to Japan some day, or something, but other than that I'm pretty fine where I am.
But they're still on a long-term downward trajectory. As bad as things are now, they are better than 25 years ago, at least in terms of fatalities. The AA flight was, I believe, the first one with a (significant?) number of casualties for quite a while.
I thought they were going to make at least some of those things permanent. Or complain about a 'pandemic of misinformation' and then deny people on the basis of Wrongthink. After all, if you don't want someone to spread Covid, why would you allow hm to spread misinformation?
Highly recommended. I never looked at a European city the same way, after I saw what can be [unburdened by...]. Even the nicest, cleanest, best-run cities with the most polite people look like amateurs compared to Tokyo.
And apparently Tokyo isn't even their nicest city, and has some problems too. Probably the nicest for most foreigners, though, since it seems to be the foreigner containment zone.
I really should get to Japan at some point. Seems pretty amazing, in many different ways. Putting aside culture, it's just gorgeous geographically too.
Well, I'd like to see a better one. There are more traditional cities, but all-around Tokyo was awesome (economy of scale). Of course, there are some areas with a lot of foreigners, the most telling sign being garbage on the streets that are spotless everywhere else despite there being no garbage cans almost anywhere.
I'm not a weeaboo, but I'd like to go to Japan every year.
You mean first AA flight in a while? First flight for a while in the United States"? Because worldwide we had the Korean crash landing not long ago, and of course that plane most likely accidentally shot down by Russia but you probably weren't considering acts of war.
Since the last one flown by members of Alcoholics Anonymous.
All kidding aside, you're absolutely right. I did mean North America, which had remarkably few fatalities since 9/11. Unfortunately, this is not the case for Europe, which has seen cases like Air France 447.
Checked it out. Wow.
Not sure whose fault it was, but what a terrible experience to be that pilot...you're coming down for a normal landing, apparently smack into a smaller plane killing five people, and then you have to suddenly adjust to being on fucking fire and worrying about saving your own life and the lives of your passengers. Absolute nightmare.
By all accounts everyone did an amazing job considering the circumstances, and they got nearly four hundred people off the burning plane, calm and orderly, in under two minutes.
Also, even in the comments, the strong Japanese culture and solidarity strike again. A Japanese airliner crashing is not just some isolated incident, but affects all of Japan. Powerful stuff.
The videos I found:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeAhR7Fyq18
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2rswxU99Dc
On a lighter note, it's hilarious that in the second one there's anime characters on the side of the jet in the foreground, while there's fiery (but mostly peaceful) wreckage in the background.
It was also said that the strong Japanese culture, the disaster preparedness and its high-trust nature was what allowed passengers to stay calm and save lives rather than panic or take their baggage with them.
Supposedly, the fact that the A350 is partly plastic also helped because of a slower burn.
I will never not be impressed with how absolutely retarded legacy media is.
They're literally just sitting there as the plane's on fire, waiting for instructions to safely exit.
Fucking legacy media ghouls.