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To: Charles Hughes who wrote (19573)5/21/1998 4:06:00 AM
From: nommedeguerre  Read Replies (1) of 24154
 
Chaz,

>>I'm afraid I have to disagree on this one. You could face all the passengers to the rear and all the passengers would still die when the plane failed.

If you are considering only the spectacular crashes but there are lots of injuries caused on the taxi-ways, etc. which are too boring to perk the media. Many accidents still occur during take-off and landing due to wind-shear in which parachutes and improved glide are meaningless. Dropping like a rock to the ground is the biggest problem. You are right that there are probably some things that could be improved but most of the money goes into prevention at this point.

My friend's dad was a pilot for Pan Am and said he still preferred the odds on a 747 to that of Vietnam where he had a 1-14% chance of being shot down.

Cheers,

Norm
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