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To: Kartographer

Apparently it’s not safe to fly on aircraft from Indonesia.


2 posted on 08/16/2015 6:52:55 AM PDT by StormEye
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To: StormEye

That’s a bit of xenophobia showing through. You have no idea how much air travel takes place in Indonesia - a country made up of over 10,000 islands, all linked by air.

Say you have an air crash in the United States - and there have been MANY, would you announce that it’s not safe to fly on aircraft from the United States?

Also, you need to know that the ATR42 is from Europe (France and Italy), not Indonesia.


3 posted on 08/16/2015 7:01:17 AM PDT by John Valentine (Deep in the Heart of Texas)
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To: StormEye

Having done considerable flying over the Owen Stanley Mt. range in Papua back 50 years ago I can attest to the fact that flying there is no picnic. The skies are not friendly and the terrain is as inhospitable as any you will find anywhere. Also at that time there were still headhunters roaming the countryside. Not a place to make an unscheduled landing for certain.


4 posted on 08/16/2015 7:01:38 AM PDT by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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To: StormEye

Apparently it’s not safe to fly on aircraft from Indonesia.

Indeed, that is proven statistically by Nate Silver and Crew, like them or not:http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/downed-airasia-flight-took-off-from-the-worst-major-country-for-air-safety-oversight/


10 posted on 08/16/2015 8:12:14 AM PDT by Hieronymus ( (It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged. --G. K. Chesterton))
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