the buffalo plane crash: the alternative?
Maybe winter commuter flights are just not safe to fly, during icey, snowy winter weather. Maybe these commuter flights should be seasonal during spring summer, and fall. these people should stick with the train during the winter.
…INTERESTING: COMPARE CLIFF’S ANSWER WITH TECHWING’S ANSWER! (whats my point? my point is cliff has a bug up his a–, as the expression goes.)
The aircraft that went down in Buffalo was certified under the same airworthiness regulations as Boeings and Airbus. (FAR Part 25 if you want to check out the details.) If the Dash 8 is so unsafe how did it happen that another Colgan aircraft of the same type successfully completed an approach into Buffalo in the same conditions a few minutes later?
The aircraft is capable. You just have to pay attention to what you’re doing. It’s all a matter of maintaining situational awareness. Apparently these guys didn’t apply enough power after levelling off and they got bit. The ice didn’t help much either. Maybe we ought to find out what the guys after them did right and do that when we get a bit of ice.
Commuter Plane Crashes Near Buffalo, 49 Dead
