Turkish Airlines Crash At Schiphol
Feb 25th 2009, 9:36 am
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Turkish Airlines Crash At Schiphol
Another Turkish Airlines plane goes down. Lost a mate of mine when one their fleet crashed on takeoff leaving Ataturk a few years ago...
Feb 25th 2009, 9:38 am
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Re: Turkish Airlines Crash At Schiphol
Thats the last bloody thing I wanted to hear with my two boys 2 hours away from Gatwick on their way home from Dubai this morning.....
Feb 25th 2009, 9:45 am
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Re: Turkish Airlines Crash At Schiphol
Horrible...that's why I left PNG...lost too many friends (total of 4 at different times) in small plane and helicopter crashes.
Feb 25th 2009, 9:46 am
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Re: Turkish Airlines Crash At Schiphol
Oh no, how awful. I am just reading Gladwell's take on air crashes in 'Outliers'. It makes for very interesting reading.
Feb 25th 2009, 9:55 am
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It is a book about how people become successful written by the same guy who wrote 'Blink'. The chapter on air crashes seeks to give a cultural explanation for how some air crashes happen. It is only one chapter of the book, but is very interesting. In fact, the whole book is fascinating. I would highly recommend it.
Feb 25th 2009, 10:09 am
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Re: Turkish Airlines Crash At Schiphol
It has been reported that there were no deaths, I wonder if the captain will be hailed as a hero like the hudson river pilot recently?
Feb 25th 2009, 10:17 am
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Yeah, but he has started to use his media presence to point out that they are poorly paid, bad working practices... He didnt go quite as far as say that this kind of thing is likely to happen again, but he certainly hinted at it...
Feb 25th 2009, 10:23 am
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oh DON'T! I wish I'd never seen this thread... my parents are coming out on Turkish Airlines tomorrow
Feb 25th 2009, 10:24 am
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Feb 25th 2009, 10:27 am
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Re: Turkish Airlines Crash At Schiphol
Not one killed and twenty injured Bison? Only Sky seems to be reporting none dead.
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