Emiliano Sala

[devogue]

Apparently the plane had to attempt take off 3 to 4 times before getting into the air, and Sala had worries about the plane from the flight to France.

Very sad and seems to have been avoidable.

 

[chrismpw]

There is loads of contingencies for things that go wrong, tighter safety regs than any other form of travel. That being said I'm a horribly nervous flyer!!

Well there ought to be! 30,000ft up is a perilous place to be if a component fails.

After all, if god (should he exist) had meant us to fly he'd have given us tickets.

 

[n01efc]

This is shocking and very sad news - you couldn’t make it up.

 

[toffeejack]

Well vigils can be held in the hope that they are found alive. Like with those Chilean miners a few tears ago.

I had no idea this is what a vigil was for, I retract my statement.

 

[DanEFC92]

Horrendous

 

[DanEFC92]

Apparently the plane had to attempt take off 3 to 4 times before getting into the air, and Sala had worries about the plane from the flight to France.

Very sad and seems to have been avoidable.

Why didn’t the Cardiff owners fly him in and out in a private jet? Being their record signing and all.

Just odd

 

[PhilM]

There is loads of contingencies for things that go wrong, tighter safety regs than any other form of travel. That being said I'm a horribly nervous flyer!!

Flying is one of the safest forms of transport you can take, if not the safest. @Steve0 it's not 1000 flights a day either, you're looking significantly over 100,000.

That isn't including private, business or military flights either which aren't usually included in official figures.

 

[roydo]

Flying is one of the safest forms of transport you can take, if not the safest.

From what I heard earlier, the plane was a twin seater, single engine, propeller type. At night, over water, aint exactly risk free.

 

[ijjysmith]

From what I heard earlier, the plane was a twin seater, single engine, propeller type. At night, over water, aint exactly risk free.

No but I bet a million similar planes make a million similar journeys and nothing happens.

 

[DanEFC92]

From what I heard earlier, the plane was a twin seater, single engine, propeller type. At night, over water, aint exactly risk free.

Flew him over in a kin Wright Bros. plane ffs

 

[PhilM]

From what I heard earlier, the plane was a twin seater, single engine, propeller type. At night, over water, aint exactly risk free.

No it's not without risk and the plane type and size seem questionable considering his and the club's wealth, but the model (Piper PA) has a good safety record.

 

[ijjysmith]

Was a plane like this. Not exactly the rubbish plane it’s being made out to sound like.

 

[roydo]

No but I bet a million similar planes make a million similar journeys and nothing happens.

Well some aviation bloke on the radio earlier said that single engine prop planes are not supposed to fly over water.

And that the pilot qualifications for flying one are at the lower end of the table, so to speak.

 

[ijjysmith]

Well some aviation bloke on the radio earlier said that single engine prop planes are not supposed to fly over water.

And that the pilot qualifications for flying one are at the lower end of the table, so to speak.

Hmmm. Sounds like scare mongering that.

I think it was the Cardiff owners plane I read earlier.

 

[DanEFC92]

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Was a plane like this. Not exactly the rubbish plane it’s being made out to sound like.

Being hyperbolic but just don’t get why the Cardiff owners wouldn’t have used their own plane/hired a private jet for their record signing.