Delta plane crashes, flips upside down while landing in Toronto from Minneapolis
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Not to downplay the severity of what's been happening recently (DCA, Philadelphia, and now Toronto), but what you are seeing in the news is the same thing that happened to trains after the East Palestine incident in Ohio. For months after the East Palestine incident, every major news outlet was talking about every trend derailment. There are an average of about three derailments a day in the US yet you don't really see anybody but local news covering it nowadays.
There are incidents in aviation everyday whether there are engine failures that need to return to an airport or a runway excursion. It's just the nature of news and media, to be sensational and get as many clicks as possible. "Oh a plane's engine caught fire in Houston while on the takeoff roll! we better cover it because aviation is hot in the news!"
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But indeed, planes aren't supposed to do barrel roll on the runaway.
I tried to barrel roll a commercial plane in a flight sim once...I concluded I don't think they're supposed to do it in the air either.
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"Trah a summersault!!"
(Crashes)
"... You're becoming more like your father."
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Acknowledged but unfortunately I don't think I'm allowed to blame Trump gutting US ATC for this one.
Still appalling and more disgusting every day.
Was it by any chance a Boeing?
The weather was terrible, probably climate change.
Anyway, good work by the response team getting the fire out and people rescued. I guess the cold probably helped with the fire as well, so we'll cut Mother Nature a little slack.
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I actually was wondering the same thing. Is everyone trying to paint a narrative or is it accidents that commonly happen, but are not reported?
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Fatalities likely would have been the more correct word to use, yeah.
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Accidents happen all the time, mostly in general aviation (privately owned, usually small aircraft, but can include business jets). A lot of incidents are minor. Usually a wing strike or a collision with a ground vehicle. When there are accidents that result in loss of life, you may see the occasional news outlet pick it up. However, a majority of the time it's just local news outlets.
You will see accidents more often than not in general aviation due to less stringent regulations and a varying degree of pilot experience. Commercial aviation still remains one of the safest forms of travel.
Something to note is that incidents are reported to the authorities (FAA/NTSB when necessary), but you are correct in that they are not reported on by news agencies. Shock and sensationalism sells, and I'm tired of seeing my news feed full of sensational clickbait titles in general.
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And 7 8 9.
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Imagine being this uninformed guy.
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Ah yes, the Schrodinger's crashes, if mainstream media doesn't report them, they didn't happen... I'm not stupid, they were happening before and I'm following them for years. Media could and would report them just the same under Biden. I guess Trump is just unlucky and media is biased hurr durr
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If we could have a law where only Republicans are allowed to fly, that would be nice. I'll take whatever else is left running after dufus is done fixing the US.
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I think even a plane crash where no one was hurt is more headline-worthy than a train crash with no one hurt. Fear sells, and many people have a fear of flying.
What happens a lot more frequently is landing gear failures or engine problems that still have a smooth landing. They do pull out all the stops though and will have emergency response on standby the moment they aren't sure the landing gear deployed properly.
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Yes but that's not what's happening, we're losing entire airframes flying commercial flights at the rate of like one a week, the DC crash was the worst in America since 2001 and Toronto hasn't had an incident like this since 2005
This isn't normal, it's not a case of over reporting
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And 10 is categories?