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It's the first commercial airplane crash since August of 2006.
I have never been frightened of flying on airplanes, and I wouldn't say that I am now, but doesn't it seem as though we have been seeing a lot more crashes lately? I mean while I was home for winter break from school, I remember spending half of a day sitting in an over-sized armchair watching the live news feed of the emergency "landing" into the Hudson River near Manhattan. WHAT?! It was actually quite an amazing rescue mission; you don't see 40+ people walking on a partially submerged plane wing everyday. Everyone I have talked to shrugs it off though. They say "Oh these things happen all the time, you just don't hear about them...". What makes these cases special then? Perhaps it was the flock of birds that were massacred in the engine causing it to stall. Terrible, terrible loss indeed.
Accidents happen all the time it's true. Whether it's birds in an engine or failed de-icying procedures or opening a door over a big toe and ripping the toenail off (yeah, ouch is most definitely right). Timidness will get you no where and fear is a waste of energy. If you spend your whole life being cautious you'll never experience the joy and pleasure of risk. Audaces fortuna iuvat, timidosque repellit. [Fortune favors the bold, but repels the timid.]
The follow up.
It's the first commercial airplane crash since August of 2006.
I have never been frightened of flying on airplanes, and I wouldn't say that I am now, but doesn't it seem as though we have been seeing a lot more crashes lately? I mean while I was home for winter break from school, I remember spending half of a day sitting in an over-sized armchair watching the live news feed of the emergency "landing" into the Hudson River near Manhattan. WHAT?! It was actually quite an amazing rescue mission; you don't see 40+ people walking on a partially submerged plane wing everyday. Everyone I have talked to shrugs it off though. They say "Oh these things happen all the time, you just don't hear about them...". What makes these cases special then? Perhaps it was the flock of birds that were massacred in the engine causing it to stall. Terrible, terrible loss indeed.
Accidents happen all the time it's true. Whether it's birds in an engine or failed de-icying procedures or opening a door over a big toe and ripping the toenail off (yeah, ouch is most definitely right). Timidness will get you no where and fear is a waste of energy. If you spend your whole life being cautious you'll never experience the joy and pleasure of risk. Audaces fortuna iuvat, timidosque repellit. [Fortune favors the bold, but repels the timid.]
The follow up.
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