Jetliner Crashes on Colombian Island, 1 Killed

A Boeing 737 jetliner with 131 passengers aboard crashed on landing and broke into three pieces at a Colombian island in the Caribbean. The region's governor said it was a miracle that only one person died. (Aug. 16)

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[BlueLobsterShrine]

Miracle..........

[Juntahh]

this guy doesnt realize theres probably 100,000X more cars on the road than planes in the sky. and doesnt understand if your in a plane crash, you die. and mostly only morons crash cars, i bet hes flipped a couple cars in his day, and will most likely blow a landing and end his flying career within the year

[Juntahh]

@masterchiefgtx nah son, your just a fool. have good one

[masterchiefgtx]

@Juntahh ratios, probability, and statistics...you need to learn them...

[masterchiefgtx]

@Juntahh Ok(example) if only 500,000 people flew on planes and 500 of them died, but at the same time 1,000,000 people drove and 2000 of them died which one was safer? It's really crazy that you don't get ratios... The answer was planes by the way.

500,000/500=1000

1,000,000/2000=500

1 in 1000 chance in a plane

1 in 500 chance in a car

[masterchiefgtx]

@Juntahh That's it... I'm convinced you are trollin...there is no way you don't understand 8th grade math...If you are serious please take the time out of your day to learn what a ratio is and what it had to do with what this discussion was about...

[Juntahh]

@masterchiefgtx do you think it would be fair to say theres 80X more cars on the road than planes in the sky?

[masterchiefgtx]

@Juntahh The media have done a good job convincing people that they will die in a plane just because it's not their usual environment and because people have a fear of not being in control...I doesn't help that every time there's a crash it's on the national new...40,000 people died in car accidents( compared to 500 in all of aviation) last year and they barely talk about a fatal crash more than a minute unless it's blocking traffic...I don't get people.

[masterchiefgtx]

@Juntahh Oh and you don't need a licence to fly ultralight aircraft and they are included in the stats... like really, I not making this up...A fear of flying is a 100% irrational fear.

[masterchiefgtx]

@Juntahh Planes are used much less but how does that matter when you are using ratios to compare two forms of transportation... You know more people are killed in cars a year than on motorcycles but you know that motorcycles are much less safe to ride because a high percentage of users die compared to any other form of transportation....Yes the learning curve for flying is much steeper than driving because it's the most complex, fastest and unforgiving form of transportation we have today.