Just when I'm toying with the notion of flying again for the first time in about 11 years, this makes me stop and think:A cockpit safety device is credited with helping pilots avoid a mid-air collision at 25,000 feet over Indiana.
According to a preliminary investigation by the Federal Aviation Administration, the planes came within seconds of colliding because of an error by an air traffic controller.
FAA spokeswoman Elizabeth Isham Cory says the Tuesday evening incident happened amid a shift change during a busy time at the Chicago Center radar facility in Aurora.
Officials say that controller directed a Midwest Airlines plane flying east from Milwaukee into the path of a United Express jet heading west out of Greensboro, N.C.
The collision-avoidance device in the Midwest plane went off in the Fort Wayne area, and an airline spokeswoman says the pilots executed an emergency climb to get out of the way.
According to a preliminary investigation by the Federal Aviation Administration, the planes came within seconds of colliding because of an error by an air traffic controller.
FAA spokeswoman Elizabeth Isham Cory says the Tuesday evening incident happened amid a shift change during a busy time at the Chicago Center radar facility in Aurora.
Officials say that controller directed a Midwest Airlines plane flying east from Milwaukee into the path of a United Express jet heading west out of Greensboro, N.C.
The collision-avoidance device in the Midwest plane went off in the Fort Wayne area, and an airline spokeswoman says the pilots executed an emergency climb to get out of the way.
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Quote " Direct comparison is difficult, because those activities are actually quite different. Driving is basically a day-to day continuous activity and flying is more of a matter of taking distinct trips. Let us then find out how many miles of driving (or being a passenger) is as risky as a single trip in an airplane. Let's try another kind of comparison: Airplanes average 0.019 Fatalities per million trips where-as cars average 22.5 fatalities per 100.000 license holders per year. If my math is correct, this means that One week of normal driving is roughly as dangerous as 200 plane trips. "
some supporting links:
http://www.planecrashinfo.com/cause.htm
http://www-fars.nhtsa.dot.gov/
You seem intelligent enough to realize everyday in itself without an accident, truly is just an accident. Live a little ,life is short.
Didn't say I wasn't gonna do it. Just that now I'll be antsy and on edge, where before I probably would have been more relaxed. It'll be more like facing an apprehension moreso than a fear.
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