Air France 447

battyboimatt · 1 June 2009 at 5:52PM

Why do things like this always happen on a week when I am due to fly, now I am abosolutly S*****g myself as Im due to fly to America this weekend not with Air France but still, Im a nervous flyer as it is *Sigh* and Im sure you will all join me when I say what a tradegy this is and all our thoughts are with the friends of family of people who have lost anyone.

Teahfc · 1 June 2009 at 6:12PM

battyboimatt wrote: »

Why do things like this always happen on a week when I am due to fly, now I am absolutely S*****g myself as I'm due to fly to America this weekend not with Air France but still, I'm a nervous flyer as it is *Sigh* and I'm sure you will all join me when I say what a tragedy this is and all our thoughts are with the friends of family of people who have lost anyone.

There are over 50,000 flights per DAY in the commercial airline business.
350,000 per week,1.4million per month ... odds of a plane having a problem are many many times more than you winning the lottery jackpot !
If you have done that latter then please leave me your lottery ticket before you go .... Have a great flight and enjoy your holiday I will swap you for what I have planned over the next few weeks !:rotfl:

nw_man · 1 June 2009 at 6:31PM

battyboimatt wrote: »

Why do things like this always happen on a week when I am due to fly, now I am abosolutly S*****g myself as Im due to fly to America this weekend not with Air France but still, Im a nervous flyer as it is *Sigh* and Im sure you will all join me when I say what a tradegy this is and all our thoughts are with the friends of family of people who have lost anyone.

Look at it this way : a plane comes down very, very rarely, in fact they are saying this is the worst aviation disaster in a decade.

What are the chances of it happening again next week ?

Nil. Or pretty near as it can be to nil.

lorweld · 1 June 2009 at 6:46PM

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M4RKM · 1 June 2009 at 7:47PM

Air Travel is still the safest way to travel.

1.4million flights per month, so that 168 million in the past 10 years, there or there abouts, and this is the worst in that length of time..

so that's a 1 in 168 million chance it'll happen again.

seriously, don't worry..

Air France 447

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