Fan Forum - View Single Post - 149 dead in plane crash at Madrid airport

**vc318** · 08-22-2008, 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by TheAngel (View Post)

Given the fact that you're more likely to be killed in an automobile accident than a plane crash, it's actually a safer mode of transportation. However, the plane crashes have a much larger toll in a single event so it always seems worse. It happens rarely though, which is a blessing, and considering how many planes fly every day is a miraculous thing as well.

I think it's the fact that pilots have control over your life the moment they take off. Who knows if they're flying drunk, on drugs, or worse - were given a week's notice and are destined to bring down the plane. Whatever the reason was for this plane going down, I can't imagine how terrifying that must have been. I heard that a memorial was held and that thousands of people were there. It's truly remarkable that there were any survivors at all.