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London-bound plane carrying over 200 people crashes after take-off in India (bbc.com)
6 points by znq 365 days ago
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m4tthumphrey 365 days ago
Seems like they lost power? https://x.com/georgiameloniii/status/1933091545248641248
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znq 365 days ago
Supposedly a Boeing 787 Dreamliner https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_787_Dreamliner
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znq 365 days ago
It’s probably just a coincidence, but there seem to have been significantly more aviation incidents in the past two years than in the previous 40 years of my lifetime.
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m4tthumphrey 365 days ago
No one can be bothered to do their jobs properly anymore. Everyone is lazy and wants to do the bare minimum.
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throwaway843 365 days ago
That's because you're biased to recall recent thungs.
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znq 365 days ago
Found a Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_incident...
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znq 365 days ago
Also this one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviation_accidents_and_inciden... with a good table overview
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throwaway843 365 days ago
Which should make it clear there have been significantly less incidents over the past two years than in the 38 years preceeding.
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