Title – Miracle as passengers escapes plane disaster / British student shot in EcuadorSource – London Lite
Date – 25th February 2009
It does sometimes seem that airline accidents come in threes, with the miraculous escape of those on the flight which landed on the Hudson River in New York and the tragic accident in Buffalo this Turkish airlines accident in Holland is the third.
Now I should point out that this is far from an exact science or even a statistical reality, but rather just an observation.
Actually the point of me including this article is not really anything to do with airline safety, because we have little control over this beyond the choice of airline we make and all the airlines involved in these three accidents have perfectly acceptable safety records.
The key for me was simply to point out that despite any loss of life being a tragedy it is amazing how many people survived two out of three of these accidents; we generally assume that the chances of surviving an aircraft accident are minimal. We all remember the miracle of the plane that landed on the Hudson River with no loss of life where the potential for fatalities on the ground and the plane were substantial. In this case in Amsterdam (despite what this early report suggests) nine people sadly died, but notably 125 people survived. It demonstrates the incredible safety record flying has when compared to other means of transport, thanks to technology and the remarkable courage and training of the crews.
Sadly on the same day we picked up on an article highlighting the dangers of travel and living in parts of the world where guns play every day part in communities. Trespassing in the UK is likely to result in at most an angry exchange and a reprimand; in many part of the world the threat to landowners from extreme violence perpetrated by ‘attackers’ means they protect themselves with firearms and the results can be deadly.
At Beyond The Blue (Safe Gap Year) our Gap Year and Independent Travel Safety & Awareness Workshop (GYITSA) considers issues of Travel Safety and Transport Options alongside sessions on Travel Health, Travel Equipment, Travel Insurance, Destination Advice, Documentation, Travel Money and Insurance and more. Some of the dangers we face when travelling independently are difficult for us to influence, but they should be put into the context of the dangers we face in our everyday lives; others we can manage and resolve to reduce the risks independent travel presents.
Please visit our website at www.safegapyear.com or join us our Facebook Page and our Facebook Group. For a complete list of Blog entries visit our National Press Archive page.
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Date – 25th February 2009
It does sometimes seem that airline accidents come in threes, with the miraculous escape of those on the flight which landed on the Hudson River in New York and the tragic accident in Buffalo this Turkish airlines accident in Holland is the third.
Now I should point out that this is far from an exact science or even a statistical reality, but rather just an observation.
Actually the point of me including this article is not really anything to do with airline safety, because we have little control over this beyond the choice of airline we make and all the airlines involved in these three accidents have perfectly acceptable safety records.
The key for me was simply to point out that despite any loss of life being a tragedy it is amazing how many people survived two out of three of these accidents; we generally assume that the chances of surviving an aircraft accident are minimal. We all remember the miracle of the plane that landed on the Hudson River with no loss of life where the potential for fatalities on the ground and the plane were substantial. In this case in Amsterdam (despite what this early report suggests) nine people sadly died, but notably 125 people survived. It demonstrates the incredible safety record flying has when compared to other means of transport, thanks to technology and the remarkable courage and training of the crews.
Sadly on the same day we picked up on an article highlighting the dangers of travel and living in parts of the world where guns play every day part in communities. Trespassing in the UK is likely to result in at most an angry exchange and a reprimand; in many part of the world the threat to landowners from extreme violence perpetrated by ‘attackers’ means they protect themselves with firearms and the results can be deadly.
At Beyond The Blue (Safe Gap Year) our Gap Year and Independent Travel Safety & Awareness Workshop (GYITSA) considers issues of Travel Safety and Transport Options alongside sessions on Travel Health, Travel Equipment, Travel Insurance, Destination Advice, Documentation, Travel Money and Insurance and more. Some of the dangers we face when travelling independently are difficult for us to influence, but they should be put into the context of the dangers we face in our everyday lives; others we can manage and resolve to reduce the risks independent travel presents.
Please visit our website at www.safegapyear.com or join us our Facebook Page and our Facebook Group. For a complete list of Blog entries visit our National Press Archive page.
For more information on any of our services, please call us on 0845 602 55 95 or Contact Us.
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