When you hear of a passenger plane crash does it make you reconsider travel plans?

[sandyRoe]

?

[ummmm]

Nope....

[Bbbananas]

For about 15 seconds....

[squarebear]

Not at all. In a similar way that someone being knocked down by a car doesn't stop me from crossing the road.

[youngmafbog]

Not at all, I hate flying anyway.

[bobjugs12]

Not in the slightest. I love flying :D

[ummmm]

It hindered me for a while squarebear....!!

[VHG]

About 10 people a DAY are killed on the roads in Britain.

You are far safer flying than being on our roads (by death per mile travelled)

[thetruthhurts]

Why would it?

Do i reconsider not travelling in a car after a car crash is reported, no
Do I reconsider walking after a person is run over and killed, no

[squarebear]

Exactly my point.

[thetruthhurts]

sorry bear didn't see your answer, yes indeed.

[ummmm]

Have YOU been knocked over though? My son would have a fit if he had to cross a road after being hit by a car....

Very difficult times.....lol

[squarebear]

If it was myself who had been knocked over then I would feel different but this was asking when you "HEAR" of an accident.

[thetruthhurts]

lol

[NoMercy]

I love flying. I've been to almost as many places as my luggage.

[ummmm]

True true true.....

It makes you very very careful....

[bobjugs12]

I like flying on civvy airlines, because even economy feel like a treat

[NoMercy]

To put it into perspective... there are, at any one time, over 3 million people in flight around the world. How many fatal plane crashes are there on a daily basis, compared to deaths among pedestrians, cyclists and motorist?

When you're blasting through the skies in a pressurised metal tube, there's very little you can actually crash into. So unless there's terrorist activity, or the plane somehow misses the sky... what could really go wrong?

[yogi-bear]

Terrible news about the plane crash today....heard it on the radio on the way to Hastings this morning...........but you need to get from place to place and flight is the only quick way to go..but statistically safer than than road travel, is'nt that right?...what can you do?.....not visit anywhere or depend on boats, trains and road, which will take forever?.

[squarebear]

True Yogi but boats could sink, trains get derailled and so on. If you live your life scared, you would never set foot outside your house. (But then your house might suffer a gas explosion!).