Air Asia flight missing..

[imp]

162 people...let's hope for the best..what type of trackers do they have on these bloody things!

[EL DINAMITA]

Im blaming the dirty Arabs.

[Gandalf]

They like to promote these airplane losses, but it really is much safer than traveling by car. You don't hear every day '2 people died driving in New York, 1 died in L.A., 3 died in up somewhere in Idaho' etc. Instead it is much more dramatic to say 200 missing, 162 presumed dead etc. It is TV as shock and thrill and it's a bit gross. There isn't any information, so how about stop speculating and just report serious stuff that we DO KNOW about. That is NEWS, idle speculation for hours on end really isn't.

[Beanflicker]

That sucks

People can talk about how rare airline accidents are - and they're completely right - but it's still scary shit when you think about what could happen in the event of something like this.

Personally I hate flying. Every little bump and my heart rate shoots up.

[Gandalf]

You are right, Tito. At least driving a car, most of the time you can have some impact on the result. On an airplane, you are powerless. There isn't much you can do except wait for the inevitable. It is tragic. Don't know what to say really, there is nothing positive. These terrible things just sometimes happen.

[brocktonblockbust]

God knows why these things happen. I do NOT.

[SlimTrae]

You are right, Tito. At least driving a car, most of the time you can have some impact on the result. On an airplane, you are powerless. There isn't much you can do except wait for the inevitable. It is tragic. Don't know what to say really, there is nothing positive. These terrible things just sometimes happen.

There was a show called 1,000 ways to die I think,,and for me this isn't one way I want to go.

Like you said you are powerless. I dont want to have 20 guys stomp me, but guess what? I'm fighting my arse off until the end. Don't want to die in a car, but I will yank and crank that steering wheel until the end...

[imp]

You are right, Tito. At least driving a car, most of the time you can have some impact on the result. On an airplane, you are powerless. There isn't much you can do except wait for the inevitable. It is tragic. Don't know what to say really, there is nothing positive. These terrible things just sometimes happen.

Its the powerless feeling that gets me.

I hate planes.