Re: Boeing 747 retirement: Farewell to the 'Queen of the Skies' (alt.binaries.pictures.aviation)

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2018/01/08 17:37

In article <fn185dtcnqmq0ss7rnk8rbp2cqp2hj0ja5@4ax.com>, Graham Harrison says...
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>On Mon, 8 Jan 2018 17:00:05 -0600, "Byker" <byker@do~rag.net> wrote:
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>>"Miloch"  wrote in message news:p30gdp02fnb@drn.newsguy.com...
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>>> more at
>>>http://www.cnn.com/travel/article/delta-boeing-747-retirement-flight/index.html
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>>> The last of the airline's 16 jumbo Boeing 747-400s flew to a desert
>>> retirement, ending operations by passenger airlines in the United States.
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>>They'll soldier on for at least twenty more years in the Third World, where
>>maintenance costs (and lives) are cheap:
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>>https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2015/11/airplane-maintenance-disturbing-truth
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>>https://www.huffingtonpost.com/ali-delforoush/irans-flying-coffins_b_252090.html
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>>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byEv0OFwZZw
>>https://psmag.com/economics/are-some-airlines-just-too-dangerous-to-fly-3460
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>>Anyone dying during the Hajj goes straight to Allah's bosom:
>>http://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=480575
>>http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19910711-0
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>>http://www.traveller.com.au/aircraft-graveyards-what-happens-to-old-planes-goxrc7
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>>Pic: "The report notes that 'the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority did not
>>know of the closure of the runway...nor was it aware of the NOTAM until the
>>accident ...'"
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>>Also:
>>http://www.traveller.com.au/worlds-best-airline-for-2017-named-in-annual-skytrax-world-airline-awards-gwv9t3
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>There is a problem with those articles.
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>If, for whatever reason, you are going to visit a point on the network
>of an airline with a dubious safety record do you refuse to fly on
>that airline?   The obvious answer from those articles may well be
>"yes" but what is the alternative to flying?   Whilst the accident
>rate of the airline may be higher than "good" carriers the accident
>rate on the roads to your destination is likely to be pretty
>horrendous and the risk is probably higher than flying.   And that
>assumes there is a road.   40 years ago I was in Nepal and the place I
>was visiting was a 2 day walk from the nearest road.   Even today the
>road is only described as "jeepable",   There's an airfield; little
>more than an area of grass on a peninsular overlooking a river and
>still 4 hours walk to the village.   I walked in and would have flown
>out but the flight was cancelled so I walked out!

Are you talking about Lukla?  I did the Everest trek in 1977...walked in from
Lamosago eventually getting to 20,000' at Kalapatthar.  It took about four
weeks...walked out until I got to Lukla and caught the last plane out for two
weeks!

Good times...was in my thirties...when I was in the best shape I've ever been.

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