Yet another Airbus Down

[juddy]

It seems Airbus are having there fair share of incidents of late, Air France ( fatal ) QANTAS 2 in 6 months, New Zealand airways off the coast of spain ( Fatal ) Emirates A340 incident from Melbourne, A310 Hudson River ditching, Northwest Airlines, etc etc something must be a miss, maybe stick with Virgin....

[Leo]

Not really - just more media attention lately. A while back, you'd think you were doomed if you stepped onto any Qantas flight......

The latest incident - the Yemeni A310 may well be due to weather and the lack of modern navigation aids at HAH airport in the Comoros. It's hard enough landing there in the daytime, let alone in bad weather at night.

The causes of the AF crash are not yet known for certain, and the rest were human error or bird strikes with the exception of the faulty equipment on some A330s, which should be changed by now on all major airlines. What was the Air NewZealand incident off the coast of Spain?

You'd be surprised how much goes unreported - there was a period when there was a B777 inflight engine shut down almost every week until certain software changes were made.

Flying still remains the safest form of travel, so don't worry.

[lardy]

Not really - just more media attention lately. A while back, you'd think you were doomed if you stepped onto any Qantas flight......

The latest incident - the Yemeni A310 may well be due to weather and the lack of modern navigation aids at HAH airport in the Comoros. It's hard enough landing there in the daytime, let alone in bad weather at night.

The causes of the AF crash are not yet known for certain, and the rest were human error or bird strikes with the exception of the faulty equipment on some A330s, which should be changed by now on all major airlines. What was the Air NewZealand incident off the coast of Spain?

You'd be surprised how much goes unreported - there was a period when there was a B777 inflight engine shut down almost every week until certain software changes were made.

Flying still remains the safest form of travel, so don't worry.
Apart from driving a land rover of course

[JDNSW]

Judging from the press reports, this one may have more to do with who was running the plane than who built the plane!

And quite possibly simply trying to land in bad weather without appropriate facilities as Leo says. (almost certainly no VASIS for example, possibly not even ILS)

[Gold_TD5]

Flying still remains the safest form of travel, so don't worry.
That all sounds good, if your not getting on a plane in the near future.:(
The thing about planes for me, is that it might be the safest form of travel but when things go wrong, the survial rate is almost ZILCH.

[p38arover]

What was the Air NewZealand incident off the coast of Spain?

I was in NZ when it happened last November. It certainly took precedence on the news. All on board were killed, crew only, no pax on board.

See Air New Zealand Airbus A320 crash report - investigator explains - Unusual Attitude (http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/unusual-attitude/2009/02/air-new-zealand-airbus-a320-cr.html)

[willem]

I was in NZ when it happened last November.

New Zealand last year, USA this year. Getting to be a bit of a globetrotter, Ron? :cool::cool:

Willem

[p38arover]

Getting ready for retirement, Willem!

[Captain_Rightfoot]

Yep I've got a feeling this one is due to the stick holders.