Ten Plane Crashes That Changed Aviation

"Wolfgang Schwanke" wrote in message
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Ned wrote in :

Ten Plane Crashes That Changed Aviation
Popular Mechanics David Noland October 13, 2007

The list doesn't mention one single crash that happened outside of
North America. Is that a reflex of the worldview of American media?

Yes - it is a perfect example of US myopia.

I would have thought that the Tenerife disaster made an impact.

Indeed it did. But most US citizens would not have a clue where Tenerife
is.

John

John Ewing wrote:
"Wolfgang Schwanke" wrote in message
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Ned wrote in :

Ten Plane Crashes That Changed Aviation
Popular Mechanics David Noland October 13, 2007
The list doesn't mention one single crash that happened outside of
North America. Is that a reflex of the worldview of American media?

Yes - it is a perfect example of US myopia.

I would have thought that the Tenerife disaster made an impact.

Indeed it did. But most US citizens would not have a clue where Tenerife
is.

Quite unfair John.

Last I heard Bush was planning to bomb the Canary Islands to
halt the spread of bird flu.

Yes - it is a perfect example of US myopia.

I would have thought that the Tenerife disaster made an impact.

Indeed it did. But most US citizens would not have a clue where Tenerife
is.

You don't need to know where Tenerife is, as long as you know what happened
there, and why it was significant...

I would think you could at least double the list, and still be missing some
very important disasters/near disasters that have had large effect on
aviation.
--
Jim in NC

"Morgans" wrote in message ...
I would think you could at least double the list, and still be missing some very important disasters/near disasters
that have had large effect on aviation.
--
Jim in NC


You do have to consider the source. PM is a fairly good magazine, but it is a little enquirer-like...

"Blueskies" wrote

You do have to consider the source. PM is a fairly good magazine, but it
is a little enquirer-like...

I buy it once in a while, so I can get a good laugh. At it, and there are
no joke pages, unless you consider all of the articles. g
--
Jim in NC

"Craig Welch" wrote in message
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"Morgans" said:

Indeed it did. But most US citizens would not have a clue where
Tenerife
is.

You don't need to know where Tenerife is, as long as you know what
happened
there, and why it was significant...

Huh? I find it hard to understand someone who, when faced with a
place the location of which was unknown to them, would not look it
up in an atlas.

Possibly the same kinds of people who don't refer to a dictionary
when faced with an unknown word.

Huh? What does 'dictionary' mean?

--
Kwyj.

On Thu, 1 Nov 2007 23:02:33 +1000, "John Ewing" none@needed
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"Wolfgang Schwanke" wrote in message
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Ned wrote in :

Ten Plane Crashes That Changed Aviation
Popular Mechanics David Noland October 13, 2007

The list doesn't mention one single crash that happened outside of
North America. Is that a reflex of the worldview of American media?

Yes - it is a perfect example of US myopia.

I would have thought that the Tenerife disaster made an impact.

Indeed it did. But most US citizens would not have a clue where Tenerife
is.

We did at the time. It was in all the papers.

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* My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *

"Hatunen" wrote in message
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On Thu, 1 Nov 2007 23:02:33 +1000, "John Ewing" none@needed
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"Wolfgang Schwanke" wrote in message
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Ned wrote in :

Ten Plane Crashes That Changed Aviation
Popular Mechanics David Noland October 13, 2007

The list doesn't mention one single crash that happened outside of
North America. Is that a reflex of the worldview of American media?

Yes - it is a perfect example of US myopia.

I would have thought that the Tenerife disaster made an impact.

Indeed it did. But most US citizens would not have a clue where Tenerife
is.

We did at the time. It was in all the papers.

PM is a US popular mag. Do you think an article *of the same title* in
the Oz Post or similar would have other than Oz crashes?

Don't be so precious.

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************* DAVE HATUNEN ) *************
* Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow *
* My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *

(Stuff the cactii - what about the Barretts and the belt-fed stuff? :-)

"John Ewing" none@needed wrote in
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Indeed it did. But most US citizens would not have a clue where
Tenerife is.

You're as arrogant as the KLM Captain who caused that mess.

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Justin Case wrote:

"John Ewing" none@needed wrote in
u:


Indeed it did. But most US citizens would not have a clue where
Tenerife is.


You're as arrogant as the KLM Captain who caused that mess.


That may be true, but it doesn't change the facts.
I would guess the most Australians couldn't tell you where Tenerife is
either.