Plane crash in Madrid

[Loz]

What a horrible tragedy.
Was reading that a few children survived but their relatives had died.
It breaks your heart to hear things like this.
Also heard about kids that died including a baby.
So very very sad.

[keetah992000]

Surely in percentage proportions - planes are not safer than cars especially lately.

[BERNADETTE]

What a terrible tragedy, thoughts and deepest sympathy to all the families affected by this

[Boeing Guy]

Airtravel is by far the safest way to travel, statistics do back that up, but who believes them?
Okay a flight crew, minimum 2 maybe 3 or more ( relief piolts, engineer etc) are highly trained and tested every 6 months, fail and your out. Medical every year same again.
The plane is inspected every flight by Engineers, then by the Pilots, how many of us do the same for our cars.
Everything and I mean everything has at least one back up system, my cars steering does not.
We have a Traffic Avoidance System, my car does not.
We also have a Grown Proximity Avoidance System, to help us not hitting the ground.
If as many people died in plane crashes in one month worldwide, as people do in cars in the UK we would not have an airline industry. The mere fact that it is reported is because it is a rare event.
Takeoff and Landing are the most dangerous parts of flight as you are slow, low and around other aircraft.

[Boeing Guy]

Just came accross this, remember this is world wide and includes Africa and their probmatic airlines....
Aviation Deaths
2007 was the safest year on record since 1963.

Total accidents in 2007: 136
Total deaths: 965