Passenger sees Boeing 757-200 “wing coming apart” mid-air — United flight from San Francisco to Boston makes emergency landing in Denver::A United Airlines flight to Boston was diverted to Denver because of an issue with the plane’s wing.

  • ctkatz@lemmy.ml
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    9 months ago

    the last time I was on an airplane was december 31, 2000.

    nothing since that time has encouraged me to break that boycott.

      • gsfraley@lemmy.world
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        9 months ago

        I was about to say. There’s a million concerns over environmental and economic effects (that I’ll own up to ignoring when visiting family or exploring), but safety is still wayyy down the list. The statistic about being 20x more likely to die in a car crash on the way to the airport than the flight itself still holds very firmly true (and I’m being SUPER conservative about those numbers in case recent events tilt it, it’s still a ~800x per-mile ratio).

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          9 months ago

          Yeah I agree, despite all the recent events, I’m still not worried at all about flying. The number of car crash complications I watch on YouTube make me extra cautious while driving, but I’ve never felt in danger while flying, even in heavy turbulence

          • KnightontheSun@lemmy.world
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            9 months ago

            Flying to Jamaica a long while ago the plane hit a downdraft and dropped hundreds of feet. Service cart hit the ceiling and people were tossed about. Luckily we had our seatbelts on. The pilots regained control fairly quickly, but everyone on that plane thought we were going to die.

            When we finally arrived nearly everyone kissed the tarmac. I certainly did. I still have no real fear of flying.