Will be interesting to see what they find. Other than the freak blade trajectory the containment design seemed to work as designed in both cases, in other words the plane was flyable and landed safely.
60 Minutes segment on Allegiant Air
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Will be interesting to see what they find. Other than the freak blade trajectory the containment design seemed to work as designed in both cases, in other words the plane was flyable and landed safely.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/united-flight-diverted-smoke-cockpit/story?id=53407524
In the USA, each year:
~34,000 die in automobile accidents
~33,000 die from firearms
~30,000 die from opioids
Since 2010, there's been 1 airline passenger death. That's one death in 8.5 years.
I have a hard time being too concerned about the FAA or which airline to fly.
*** About 63% of which are suicides.
The point stands, though, commercial airline travel is the safest form of travel by a very large margin.
I don't know why if it's a suicide matters. You could commit suicide in all 4 ways and fortunately suicide by airplane is very rare.
Technically no. After the first suicide, you've lost the ability to participate...
You forgot to mention the B-52's. BUFF'S our the bomb. It's the Airforce's version of the M2HB. Don't mess with perfection.
Perfect timing, we were going to go to the F1 race in Austin this Fall and maybe Chicago this summer.
That's great, but only if they actually fly and don't cancel flights. I'm still pissed about having to re-book my flight last minute to the Camping World Bowl because Allegiant cancelled the flight three hours before it was supposed to leave. Jerks.
I came into this thread half expecting to see a report of an incident.
They’ve been a lot better since they’ve gotten rid of their all of their MD-80s, which worked maybe 80-90% (still really bad) of the time.
This is the issue when flying a small airline like this, particularly because they don't have reciprocation with other airlines.
I fly Allegiant quite a bit - at least six times a year, often more. It normally goes off without an issue, but when it goes wrong, it's usually very wrong. I've been locked in airports a couple of times with flights getting home at 3 or 5am that was scheduled to land at 10pm. Being stuck in the airport overnight beats the alternative of being stuck in Wichita or Sioux Falls for three days, or ponying up for a flight on another airline when there are typically few options.
Allegiant does (by chance) provide me with direct flights to a few cities family members live in or near that are more difficult/expensive to get to on the big boy airlines. So I'll keep using them.
B-52s will be 100 years old by the time they are actually retired at this point...
