"Ron" wrote in message
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"Alan" wrote in message
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Cable News fodder.
Everyone will get excited until something else comes along.
The NTSB or it's equivalent will handle it pretty much like any other
crash.
There will be cancellation of orders and Airbus stock will plummet.
No trouble, just tragic.
Alan

I seriously doubt it. Look at the amount of Boeing 747s that have come
down.
Even a collision of two 747s at Tenerife
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenerife_disaster) or JAL123 killing 520 in
a
single crash (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_Airlines_Flight_123)
didn't
do much against the sales of the type. A380 should be no different.

Ron
--
Non urinat in ventum

You know.. you are absolutely right. It would have to depend on the
circumstances surrounding such a disaster. An accident that, let's say,
occurred during landing in bad weather would be the flight crew's fault and
shouldn't reflect on Airbus. However, were there to be a string of
unexplained failures like what happened with the DeHavilland Comet, that, I
believe, would affect sales.
Either way - tragedy for the news networks to feed upon.
Alan