New Posts For Thread: Another major airliner gone down!https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30408741/another-major-airliner-gone-downan Air Asia plane has disappeared into the sea near Singapore. 155 passengers, including 6 children and 6 crew. Nothing can be found and the searched called off. Obviously all 201 souls have perished.RIP to them all.Malaysia alone to have one disappear and one shot down must be a big odds but Southeast Asia to lose THREE in a year must be lottery odds and morehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30408741/another-major-airliner-gone-down?post_id=542896531#542896531Malaysia alone to have one disappear and one shot down must be a big odds but Southeast Asia to lose THREE in a year must be lottery odds and moreFri, 02 Jan 2015 19:19:51 -0600Even if true a 1 in 48 chance of dying in a car crash would not of its self make driving more dangerous than flying or even buses or trams.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30408741/another-major-airliner-gone-down?post_id=542883695#542883695Even if true a 1 in 48 chance of dying in a car crash would not of its self make driving more dangerous than flying or even buses or trams.Fri, 02 Jan 2015 02:44:55 -0600Buses and trams are both safer modes of transport than Planes.So planes being the safest mode of transport is indeed a myth.They are infinitely safer than driving though whichever method you use to work it out whether it be miles or time. If you drivhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30408741/another-major-airliner-gone-down?post_id=542882603#542882603Buses and trams are both safer modes of transport than Planes.So planes being the safest mode of transport is indeed a myth.They are infinitely safer than driving though whichever method you use to work it out whether it be miles or time. If you drivThu, 01 Jan 2015 19:38:55 -0600f uck me, one of the most boring dialogues I've ever read on here, I would imaging most of you are either stamp collectors or plane spottershttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30408741/another-major-airliner-gone-down?post_id=542881573#542881573f uck me, one of the most boring dialogues I've ever read on here, I would imaging most of you are either stamp collectors or plane spottersThu, 01 Jan 2015 17:37:08 -0600lfc - are you not getting confused with the flight figures ? commercial airliners are safer , other aircraft are less safehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30408741/another-major-airliner-gone-down?post_id=542879307#542879307lfc - are you not getting confused with the flight figures ? commercial airliners are safer , other aircraft are less safeThu, 01 Jan 2015 15:01:41 -0600Coachbuster the wiki statistics have been incorrectly calculated.Taking their US figures..fatalities 1.5 per 100 million vehicle miles andfatalities 1.9 per 100,000 flt hrsIf we take 40 miles per hour for cars this equates to 2.5million vehicle hourshttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30408741/another-major-airliner-gone-down?post_id=542875303#542875303Coachbuster the wiki statistics have been incorrectly calculated.Taking their US figures..fatalities 1.5 per 100 million vehicle miles andfatalities 1.9 per 100,000 flt hrsIf we take 40 miles per hour for cars this equates to 2.5million vehicle hoursThu, 01 Jan 2015 11:49:22 -0600http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transportation_safety_in_the_United_States_______________minute for minute , the likelihood of death is around 2 to 5 x greater in the car (on an airport run ,depending on the route to the airport) ) driving around townhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30408741/another-major-airliner-gone-down?post_id=542872879#542872879http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transportation_safety_in_the_United_States_______________minute for minute , the likelihood of death is around 2 to 5 x greater in the car (on an airport run ,depending on the route to the airport) ) driving around townThu, 01 Jan 2015 09:04:01 -0600In the end :It doesn't matter.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30408741/another-major-airliner-gone-down?post_id=542872561#542872561In the end :It doesn't matter.Thu, 01 Jan 2015 08:40:50 -0600the only fair way to do it is to compare time spent in each - i mean you wouldn't go to the supermarket by airbus ,or drive to Sydney .everyone on earth (except airline staff) spends more of their life in a car than a plane .i would say if you spenhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30408741/another-major-airliner-gone-down?post_id=542872437#542872437the only fair way to do it is to compare time spent in each - i mean you wouldn't go to the supermarket by airbus ,or drive to Sydney .everyone on earth (except airline staff) spends more of their life in a car than a plane .i would say if you spenThu, 01 Jan 2015 08:33:55 -0600transfer window opening for epl maybe Fernandez wanted to free up some funds for thathttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30408741/another-major-airliner-gone-down?post_id=542871319#542871319transfer window opening for epl maybe Fernandez wanted to free up some funds for thatThu, 01 Jan 2015 07:19:57 -0600