BabyBlade Internal Moderator July 23, 2014 Share July 23, 2014 http://rt.com/news/175008-taiwan-plane-crash-transasia/ Bad bad year for aviation. Online news are reporting of deaths in the figures of 40 to 51. ↡ Advertisement 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camrysfa Turbocharged July 23, 2014 Share July 23, 2014 http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_content.php?id=2533674 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Count-Bracula Twincharged July 23, 2014 Share July 23, 2014 Tsk. RIP. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wt_know Supersonic July 23, 2014 Share July 23, 2014 (edited) RIP ... Edited July 23, 2014 by Wt_know Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myxilplix Turbocharged July 23, 2014 Share July 23, 2014 Damn I've lost count of the number of times I've flown into Penghu from Kaohsiung or Taipei on that transasia flight. One of my favourite planes and those pilots sibeh zhai one. The weather can be shit during typhoon season. though. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamburger Hypersonic July 23, 2014 Share July 23, 2014 RIP..... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ktglfc Hypersonic July 23, 2014 Share July 23, 2014 It's not a good year for aviation industry this year :( One accident after another ... Just hope that this will be the last one to happen le... RIP to the deceased. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watwheels Supersonic July 24, 2014 Share July 24, 2014 According to some media the plane is a propeller-powered type of passenger carrier. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadX Moderator July 24, 2014 Share July 24, 2014 It's not a good year for aviation industry this year :( One accident after another ... Just hope that this will be the last one to happen le... RIP to the deceased. sadly my friend, things always happens in threes. this, from a pilot friend himself Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
13177 Hypersonic July 24, 2014 Share July 24, 2014 It's not a good year for aviation industry this year :( One accident after another ... Just hope that this will be the last one to happen le... RIP to the deceased. Indeed not a good year for aviation industry, all the incident happened are very major. Hopefully no more for the rest of the year. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shull Turbocharged July 24, 2014 Share July 24, 2014 According to some media the plane is a propeller-powered type of passenger carrier. The flight is operated with an ATR-72.. contrary to popular beliefs, turboprop planes may look old fashioned, but this plane is full of modern technology. In fact, many airlines operate this on short haul flights due to it's higher efficiency at lower speed. Firefly airline (subsidary of MAS) operates purely ATR-72 if i'm not wrong. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watwheels Supersonic July 24, 2014 Share July 24, 2014 (edited) The flight is operated with an ATR-72.. contrary to popular beliefs, turboprop planes may look old fashioned, but this plane is full of modern technology. In fact, many airlines operate this on short haul flights due to it's higher efficiency at lower speed. Firefly airline (subsidary of MAS) operates purely ATR-72 if i'm not wrong. Must look at the track record.... http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_content.php?id=2533674 Quote "Over the past 13 years, TransAsia Airways recorded eight accidents, including six with the French-Italian ATR-72, the Chinese-language Apple Daily wrote." Unquote Edited July 24, 2014 by Watwheels Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shull Turbocharged July 24, 2014 Share July 24, 2014 Must look at the track record.... http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_content.php?id=2533674 Quote "Over the past 13 years, TransAsia Airways recorded eight accidents, including six with the French-Italian ATR-72, the Chinese-language Apple Daily wrote." It's more of the airline than the aircraft type ba.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATR_72#Accidents_and_incidents Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watwheels Supersonic July 24, 2014 Share July 24, 2014 It's more of the airline than the aircraft type ba.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATR_72#Accidents_and_incidents This shows that airline save money more important dan passengers/pilot/crew lives. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryu 5th Gear July 24, 2014 Share July 24, 2014 Shucks. Another air crash. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jman888 Moderator July 24, 2014 Share July 24, 2014 Damn I've lost count of the number of times I've flown into Penghu from Kaohsiung or Taipei on that transasia flight. One of my favourite planes and those pilots sibeh zhai one. The weather can be shit during typhoon season. though. agree this one due to bad weather Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chowyunfatt Turbocharged July 24, 2014 Share July 24, 2014 Wah Lau Ehhh ... I have to be back in Taiwan end of the year leh ... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BabyBlade Internal Moderator July 24, 2014 Author Share July 24, 2014 Technically since March MH370 was the 22nd plane to have crashed in 2014. There was a recorded 138 plane crashes in 2013, and 155 in 2012 but these figures refer to all airplanes flying around in the world - private and commercial aviation included. There hasn't been an unusually high number of crashes this year but when it did, it strikes hard. In just the first two and a half months of the year, 376 people have died in plane crashes, compared to a total of 462 for the whole of last year. This chart was dated March. It is July now - add in MH17, do the math and you get the entire picture. RIP to all the innocent lives lost. ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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