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    Small jet crashes in Kent

    BBC NEWS | UK | Five killed in Kent plane crash

    Took off from a nearby airfield, experienced engine trouble, hit a housing estate, but luckily (if you can call it that) nobody on the ground was killed. The five people on the plane died instantly, however.

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    One of which appears to be racing driver (ex BTCC) and MotorsTV commentator David Leslie and team owner Richard Lloyd.

    RIP.

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    I'm tempted to say 'and thats why I don't fly'

    Still waiting for an explination why the 777 came down, and before we've had it, a private jet lands on a house.

    Ah well. Safest form of travel and all that, worse things happen at sea, or in cars.

    I just wish they'd stop falling out of the sky.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Stewart View Post
    Still waiting for an explination why the 777 came down, and before we've had it, a private jet lands on a house.
    And how many car crashes have we had in that time?
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    Rather lucky the family was on holiday could have been even more fatality's , damn shame about the crash though.

    Seems to be a growing trend of Racing personnel involved in plane or helicopter accidents :s

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    Quote Originally Posted by chicken View Post
    And how many car crashes have we had in that time?
    7.

    But I mentioned those.

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    Re: Small jet crashes in Kent

    stewart, just want to know if you are afraid of using ferries and ships?

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    Re: Small jet crashes in Kent

    Quote Originally Posted by Stewart View Post
    7.

    But I mentioned those.
    Are you sure? BBC News | Car Crash | The cost of the car: 20 million dead

    The figures on that page put the average at about 10 car-crash related deaths per day in the UK alone!

    The 777 didn't even kill anyone so you're only talking 5 deaths total in all that time here caused by planes!
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    Quote Originally Posted by usxhe190 View Post
    stewart, just want to know if you are afraid of using ferries and ships?
    No. I like the water, its on the ground.

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    Quote Originally Posted by chicken View Post
    Are you sure? BBC News | Car Crash | The cost of the car: 20 million dead

    The figures on that page put the average at about 10 car-crash related deaths per day in the UK alone!

    The 777 didn't even kill anyone so you're only talking 5 deaths total in all that time here caused by planes!
    Yeah, and everyone accepts that flying is the safest form of travel. Cars though, tend to crash when the driver makes a mistake, they don't just explode while you are driving to Tescos. This jet though, just droped out of the sky, onto a house.

    The 777 came down, out of the blue.

    Planes need to work all the time before I'll get on one.

    Even with the safety stats, you wouldn't care a jot about jumping on a long 777 flight today, before the exact causes of the problem were found?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Stewart View Post
    No. I like the water, its on the ground.


    But just wondering - have you ever thought of why tonnes of metal don't "fall" in the medium of "water", similar to why a tonne of metal don't "fall" in the medium of "air"?

    Or are you saying since even if it sinks, it doesn't matter because at least it is in water?

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    No, I'm saying I've no fear of being on a ship, on the ocean, but have got a fear of being in a plane, thousands of feet in the air.

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    Re: Small jet crashes in Kent

    just to let you know ships can sink as well

    generally the engines are required the most when they take off and when they land - at any other times, the plane should glide even if all engines fail...

    on another note, very interested to know why the nose was higher than the tail when it crashed though

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    Re: Small jet crashes in Kent

    ^Broadly speaking though, people tend to float better in water than they do in the air...

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    Re: Small jet crashes in Kent

    Quote Originally Posted by Stewart View Post
    Yeah, and everyone accepts that flying is the safest form of travel. Cars though, tend to crash when the driver makes a mistake, they don't just explode while you are driving to Tescos. This jet though, just droped out of the sky, onto a house.

    The 777 came down, out of the blue.

    Planes need to work all the time before I'll get on one.

    Even with the safety stats, you wouldn't care a jot about jumping on a long 777 flight today, before the exact causes of the problem were found?
    But those figures are deaths not just the minor injuries you seem to be talking about! There are faaar more crashes that result in injury on top of those deaths, and yet the deaths alone far outweigh people involved in any plane accidents!

    And yes I'd be fine getting on a 777

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    ^Broadly speaking though, people tend to float better in water than they do in the air...
    Very true
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    Re: Small jet crashes in Kent

    It's crazy to read about this.. would be interesting to know what went wrong mechanically.. I wouldn't call it a reason to never fly though!

    As realistically no-one will be able to say that choosing to fly is 100% risk free; there are always going to be complications beyond comprehension.


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