Transasia airways plane crashes in taiwan

[Texashiker]

Another plane down,


http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/07/23/plane-reportedly-crashes-in-taiwan-killing-51/

TAIPEI, Taiwan – Taiwan's Central News Agency says a plane has crashed in a failed emergency landing, killing 51 people.

The news agency cited the head of the fire department in the Taiwanese county of Penghu as saying that seven people were also injured in the crash.

Does it seem odd that several planes have downed in a short time?

 

[dank69]

Another plane down,


http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/07/23/plane-reportedly-crashes-in-taiwan-killing-51/


Does it seem odd that several planes have downed in a short time?

Not when you realize that one of them was shot down.

 

[z1ggy]

Another plane down,


http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/07/23/plane-reportedly-crashes-in-taiwan-killing-51/


Does it seem odd that several planes have downed in a short time?

It's a rarity that a commercial plane gets shot down by military personnel. It's much less rare that what is most likely older and unkept plane crashes some place outside the US.

None the less sad, but more common over in that area of the world. Flying is still safer than driving.. regardless if the media makes you think it isn't.

 

[rudder]

Does it seem odd that several planes have downed in a short time?

Depends on the cause of the crash.

 

[Londo_Jowo]

Plane wrecks while trying to make a emergency landing in stormy weather. One would have to wonder was the plane experiencing engine or hydraulic issues and the stormy weather was more than the pilot/s could handle.

A plane attempting to land in stormy weather following a typhoon crashed at an airport on a small Taiwanese island Wednesday, and a transport minister said 47 people were trapped and feared dead.

Flight GE222, an ATR-72 aircraft operated by Taiwanese airline TransAsia Airways, was heading from the southern port city of Kaohsiung to the island Penghu, halfway between the Chinese mainland and Taiwan in the Taiwan Strait, according to the Taiwanese news agency.

Taiwan was battered by Typhoon Matmo early Tuesday morning, and the Central Weather Bureau was advising of heavy rain through the evening, even though the center of the storm was in mainland China.

The ATR-72 is a turboprop plane so it doesn't have the same thrust capabilities that a jet engine has.

 

[WHAMPOM]

Another plane down,


http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/07/23/plane-reportedly-crashes-in-taiwan-killing-51/


Does it seem odd that several planes have downed in a short time?

Planes landing a Typhoon are odd when they don't crash. OP seriously!

 

[Victorian Gray]

Another plane down,


http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/07/23/plane-reportedly-crashes-in-taiwan-killing-51/


Does it seem odd that several planes have downed in a short time?

http://www.ibtimes.com/how-many-pla...w-many-people-die-plane-crashes-chart-1560554

 

[alcoholbob]

It's a rarity that a commercial plane gets shot down by military personnel. It's much less rare that what is most likely older and unkept plane crashes some place outside the US.

None the less sad, but more common over in that area of the world. Flying is still safer than driving.. regardless if the media makes you think it isn't.

Flying is safer than driving on a per mile basis. On a per trip basis, you are 3 times more likely to be killed by flying than driving. A car can of course pull over to side of the road when you develop engine problems. When you develop engine problems on a plane you either land safely or you don't.