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Sit at the back of the plane and avoid landing. 
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
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they say its suppose to be the best place to be if you know its going to crash as the tail always breaks off from the body of the plane on impact
As barmey as a sack of badgers
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No, they say it is on the ground. Being in a plane about to crash is just foolish.
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plus have you ever heard of a plane backing into a mountain?
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
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Now that gives me a stupid image of
a pilot with his head out of the window while trying to parrel park while in the air
As barmey as a sack of badgers
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Hmmm...
When crashes happen
On the runway: 12 per cent
Take-off: 12 per cent
Initial climb: 8 per cent
Climb (flaps up): 10 per cent
Cruising altitude: 8 per cent
Descent: 4 per cent
Initial approach: 10 per cent
Final approach: 11 per cent
Landing: 25 76 per cent
The fall doesn't hurt - just the sudden stop. 
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I remember reading once that there was supposedly a study done that showed that the percentage of no-shows (passengers who had booked tickets but either failed to show up, or cancelled last minute) was slightly higher for flights that crashed, suggesting that somehow this was a statistically relevant outcome caused by some form of prediction of the future.
I can't remember the book, or any kind of source.
Does anyone know what I'm talking about. Is it a real study or was it hearsay.
Simon
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I seem to remember reading this once, included rail and sea as well as air. IIRC the incidents were cherry picked to support the premise.
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I believe this is mentioned in Stephen King's "The Stand". At least I think so. Anyways I recall reading about the same thing, but it was definitely in a work of fiction, so I don't know if the study was made up just to make the story sound better, or if there really is such a thing.
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Jim Crafton wrote: I believe this is mentioned in Stephen King's "The Stand"
That does ring a bell. I have read that (quite a few years ago), so it could be what I'm thinking of.
I'd still be interested to know if the study is real, or like you say, just part of the story.
Simon
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47 banned Philippine airlines?
Is the Philippines big enough for 47 aeroplanes, let alone airlines? What do they fly, hang gliders?
And if 25 percent of crashes are on landing (isn't a crash by definition a "landing"?), then the solution is simple: Gimme a parachute, and I'll go the rest of the way myself!
Love this quote:
Arriving at certain airports can be more daunting than others. Paro Airport in Bhutan, for example, is located at an altitude of 2,235m, and is surrounded by 5,000m Himalayan peaks. Boeing has described it as "one of the world's most difficult for takeoffs and landings".
But for everything else, it's aces!
And this one:
The best advice for surviving an accident, however, is to wear a seatbelt, have a plan of escape and move fast.
Dig, Coropral Dobkins, DIG!
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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i must be easily pleased as well then........
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thats was funny 5 points
As barmey as a sack of badgers
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V.G.
Henry Minute
Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain
Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?"
“I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
Why do programmers often confuse Halloween and Christmas? - Because 31 Oct = 25 Dec.
Business Myths of the Geek #4 'What you think matters.'
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I'm not emused !!! youTube is blocked at work 
Steve Jowett
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Real programmers don't use PL/1. PL/1 is for insecure momma's boys who can't choose between COBOL and Fortran.
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Gets my 5 and then some.
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I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
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Oooh was that a cat or a dog? :-/
I actually posted an article :">
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After Simon's post earlier and all the talk of robots and frickin laaaaasers etc, I think i want one of these. (if they can just stop it sounding like a vuvuzela)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHJJQ0zNNOM[^]
Pretty cool when he kicks it (35 seconds), and it manages to find its balance and keep going.
Smart stuff they are upto, checkout their website; Boston Dynamics[^] if you into this sort of thing.
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Very cool stuff.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
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Meh.
It's just two geezers in leggings, facing each other with their heads and shoulders inside the 'body'.
Henry Minute
Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain
Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?"
“I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
Why do programmers often confuse Halloween and Christmas? - Because 31 Oct = 25 Dec.
Business Myths of the Geek #4 'What you think matters.'
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Wasn't someone looking for an Arduino project earlier?
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I guess that this thing needs a lot of fuzzy logic and neural networks to be able to work like this...
It is amazing... (I saw it almost two years ago but it is cooooool  )
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This video has been around forever. Makes me wonder how much further along they are. Another cool project was the RHex if I remember the night right.
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