On 8 Jan 2018 16:37:18 -0800, Miloch <Miloch_member@newsguy.com>
wrote:
>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
>>>>
>>>> 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
>>>
>>>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 ...'"
>>>
>>>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!
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>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!
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>Good times...was in my thirties...when I was in the best shape I've ever been.
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No, western Nepal - Baglung.
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