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JustAnotherDude1990 t1_j4yernv wrote

>Emergency landing - Lufthansa: https://people.com/human-interest/plane-makes-emergency-landing-in-chicago-after-passengers-laptop-catches-fire/

Ok...so an issue was safely resolved that wouldn't have crashed the plane anyways.

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>Bird strike - not high-end carrier, but shit happens: https://www.wpbf.com/article/passenger-jetblue-flight-62-plane-emergency-landing-haley-gozar/42514277

Still considered a Part 121 aka mainline carrier. And multi-engined planes have multiple engines for a reason - redundancy. Even the multi engine plane I did my multi engine training in designed in the 1950's had the capability to fly on a single engine, and we even routinely practiced turning one off in flight as part of the training. It landed safely and didn't even come close to disaster.

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>Near collision - Delta and American: https://people.com/travel/2-packed-planes-almost-collide-at-jfk-airport-a-split-second-of-panic-says-passenger/

Yes, these things occasionally happen and large investigations are opened after that to find the cause and implement solutions to make sure similar instances dont happen again. Have you put this much effort into researching car crashes? How would many of them have happened since you and I started this conversation? If every single close call in vehicles were reported on the national news, dont you think you'd feel a bit more scared of driving?

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