Another Airbus crashes

I have a friend who is an air hostess on British Airways. She refuses to fly in those Air Buses.
 
and I think some of these crashes has been unexplained up until today...
 
Well i'd more concerned if well managed airlines' airbusses dropped like that, but surely it's no coincidence that all these crashes are little airlines that most likely use untrained pilots and don't maintain their airplaines [like the SAA ] . In other words, i'm not yet convinced the airbus have some fatal design flaw, but rather whoever is flying them don't know how.
 
Garyvdh said:
I have a friend who is an air hostess on British Airways. She refuses to fly in those Air Buses.
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Well, we all know that cabin crew are really the experts when it comes to aeronautical engineering and are thus really reliable sources of information when it comes to aviation safety and which aircraft types are more reliable than others.

Out of the gazillion of planes that take to the sky each year only a few report problems or sadly crash...and very often it unfortunately comes down to pilot error.
 
Hobagoas said:
Well, we all know that cabin crew are really the experts when it comes to aeronautical engineering and are thus really reliable sources of information when it comes to aviation safety and which aircraft types are more reliable than others.

Out of the gazillion of planes that take to the sky each year only a few report problems or sadly crash...and very often it unfortunately comes down to pilot error.
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Oh sorry... I didn't realize you are an expert in aeronautical engineering and are thus a really reliable source of information when it comes to aviation safety and which aircraft types are more reliable than others.
 
Eish guys. I cringe when I think that one day a fully loaded A380 might go down. Imagine....600 souls or in a fully loaded economy only like some airlines are planning, 900 souls gone in a flash! That day will be a tragic day for the airline industry. As much as I think the A380 is a stunning example of engineering and design, I think that day would be a extremely sad day. I hope it never ever happens.
 
Garyvdh said:
Oh sorry... I didn't realize you are an expert in aeronautical engineering and are thus a really reliable source of information when it comes to aviation safety and which aircraft types are more reliable than others.
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you are forgiven
 
Stats for flights over the US.
Flying seems quite safe when looking at the numbers, 10,416,005 commerical per year over the US alone.

On any given day, more than 87,000 flights are in the skies in the United States. Only one-third are commercial carriers, like American, United or Southwest. On an average day, air traffic controllers handle 28,537 commercial flights (major and regional airlines), 27,178 general aviation flights (private planes), 24,548 air taxi flights (planes for hire), 5,260 military flights and 2,148 air cargo flights (Federal Express, UPS, etc.). At any given moment, roughly 5,000 planes are in the skies above the United States. In one year, controllers handle an average of 64 million takeoffs and landings.

For every one flight you see listed on an airport monitor, two you don't see show up on air traffic controllers' screens. It would take approximately 7,300 airport terminal monitors to show all the flights controllers handle in a single day and approximately 460 monitors to show the number of flights being handled at any one time.

http://www.natca.org/mediacenter/bythenumbers.msp
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I think we are all being a bit too speculative here - apart from the still unsolved AF A330 over the Atlantic we do not have any conclusive evidence that Airbus planes are inherently flawed - moreso than the Boeing Jets. Like another poster said above most of the accidents can be attributed to Pilot error NOT any inherent flaw in the design or structure of Airbus planes. They all undergo the same rigorous testing that the Boeings undergo and they pass. So i think until we hear from experts that this crash (as well as the Air Afriqyah earlier this year) were caused by flaws in the design of the planes we should not speculate too much.

EDIT: RIP to all those who lost their lives in this very unfortunate incident, may peace be with their families
 
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hyperian said:
My girlfriend is a hostess for a major airline and says that the 330's are her least favorite. You can smell the jet fuel inside the cabin after refueling.
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as per usual when you refuel and you have the door open. ;)
 
If there is a plane I would not get on it would be a McDonnell Douglas DC-9/10.
 
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LOL. I can see you guys know very little about aviation :D As far as I can see, this was another CFIT (Controlled flight into terrain). Meaning somehow the pilots must have gotten disorientated and flew straight into the mountain. There seems there was bad weather at the time as well.

You honestly can't blame Airbus for this. This is the first A321 to be in a fatal accident. Airbus and Boeing are just as good as each other.

McDonnell Douglas though.... :erm:
 
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I'd much rather be flying a McDonnell Deathtrap 80/90 than any Airbus. The French no know nothing about anything if inspector Clouseau is to be believed.
 
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