Is anyone else concerned that planes are suddenly falling out of the sky, or am I being paranoid?
this post was submitted on 01 Feb 2025
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This one didn’t collide with another plane, so there’s that at least. We’ll see when the NTSB report comes out, but crashes right after takeoff are usually caused either by bird collisions or mechanical failure.
The first is sheer bad luck a lot of the time, but the latter is totally justified to worry about. So I tell myself, as it’s what I’m afraid of, hah.
Seems like they have a hard enough time avoiding each other on the ground to ever want to go up in the air.
This is extremely sad. RIP.
That's just fucking cruel.
If it's any consolation, the blast was so large and so quick that I doubt anyone on board felt anything past fear and confusion.
I understand the sentiment here, so this isn't directed at you, but I've never understood the at least they didn't physically suffer idea. Sudden fear and confusion right before death is awful.
Given the situation, the fear and confusion was a given. The instant death is a mercy. They could have had the fear and confusion, then slowly burned to death with bones too broken to undo their seatbelts.
Think about all of the times where you've been scared instantly but things turned out alright. It would be exactly the same, except there's nothing after it.
Because it's death. The best case scenario is no or limited anticipation, with no physical pain or suffering. The alternative is taking several minutes, hours, or days to die, with each breath being agony. "At least" pretty directly says it is the least you could hope for, given the circumstances.
So many plans crashes in recent times. Really tragic