Malaysian Airways flight MH370 has disappeared

[Gojira]

there is no reasoning me out of this. im convinced that planes are flying death traps and i believe thats a fact

the thought of being in an object thats thousands of meters above the ground going at over 1000kph scares the crap out of me
do you have any idea the amount of kinetic energy in an object like that going at those kind of speeds if it rams into a building or solid surface?
nobody on board is going to survive. i 100% guarantee that.

im worse than john madden

lol these go at like 800 kph, big difference there. also why would it crash into a building other than by hijacking or a loopy pilot (who would never be allowed in a plane in the first place)? also they don't go at 800 kph when they hit the ground, the pilot is obligated to make the crash landing as safe as possible.

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[awesomebread]

do you have any idea the amount of kinetic energy in an object like that going at those kind of speeds if it rams into a building or solid surface?

because planes fly on near the ground

[Manofthecentury]

what is with the sudden rate of using avatars as reaction images lately

[Epicduke]

that doesn't even make any sense aaa

[Decepticon]

You have a lot higher chance of dying in a car. It's just that more people die at once instead of like 12 per hour around the world.

Ripped from wiki:

to everything like this & people going "it's been proven that it's more safe to be in a plane than a car"
http://youtu.be/nsNrwHA6Big

[Qwepir]

Some people seem to think that extremists on board affiliated to the forgets who pulled that mass stabbing were planning something along the lines of a chinese 9/11, and the chicoms downed the jet before it could cause any damage

By "some people" do you mean /pol/? Legit question, I cant find a thread there on this topic.

im convinced that planes are flying death traps and i believe thats a fact

You believe all kinds of stupid stuff.

[Muslim]

anyone who is scared of flying because it is dangerous is handicapped

[Decepticon]

anyone who is scared of flying because it is dangerous is handicapped

"people who have a nearly uncontrollable fear of heights/flying and/or have different opinions about this is handicapped"

[Night Fox]

in a car wreck you are more likely to survive but that doesn't change the fact that you are more likely to die in general

you sure about that? I can't find any numbers for how many flights are made a year, nor how many times people drive a year, but I imagine there are significantly more drives taken than flights
I can however find out how many cars exist
so, about 250,844,644 cars are in the US according to the EPA
and yahoo answers is surely not a great source for this information but it's the best I can find, but the FFA probably is. so, 273,873 planes in the US

that ends up being about 0.021 crashes per car in the US
but unless I messed something up, it looks like 0.0006 crashes per plane in the US. I probably did mess something up along the way but for now, seems like you're right I guess

still, nothing wrong with being afraid

[Nonnel]

"people who have a nearly uncontrollable fear of heights/flying and/or have different opinions about this is handicapped"

I have a fear of heights but I'm perfectly fine on a plane.

[Night Fox]

I have a fear of heights but I'm perfectly fine on a plane.

good for you??

[Nonnel]

good for you??

thank you, congratulations me

[Omicron Corp]

ironically the fastest passenger jet in the world (well actually 2nd fastest but w/e), the concorde (flew at twice the speed of sound), was also pretty much the safest
flew for like what, 30 years and only 1 crash
a crash which wasn't even the planes fault
too bad it was decommissioned because of the cost of upkeep and fuel

[Muslim]

http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSBREA2701720140308?irpc=932

They think its gone down

[Omicron Corp]

"Malaysia Airlines had yet to confirm that the aircraft had crashed. It said earlier in the day that no distress signal had been given and cited early speculation that the plane may have landed in Nanming in southern China."