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  1. originallambrettaman

    originallambrettaman Mod Moderator Staff Member

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    A Germanwings Airbus A320 carrying 142 people from Dusseldorf to Barcelona has reportedly crashed in the French Alps.
     
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  2. Quill

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    Apparently it is unlikely there are any survivors.

    Condolences to the families.



    The French really are not having a good year.
     
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  3. StrovolosTiger

    StrovolosTiger Well-Known Member

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    If it's come down in the Alps it would be just about impossible for there to be survivors. RIP to those who have lost their lives and prayers for their families.
     
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  4. Quill

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    To be honest I sadly never expected there to be any from the moment I heard it.
     
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  5. John Ex Aberdeen now E.R.

    John Ex Aberdeen now E.R. Well-Known Member

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    Strange one, usually these things happen on take off or landing. Tragic loss RIP who lost their lives
     
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  6. Mr G. Raff

    Mr G. Raff Well-Known Member

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    shocking news it must be horrendous for all the family and friends
     
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  7. TheCasual

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    It's been a awful year for aviation.

    RIP.
     
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  8. Carmine Galante.

    Carmine Galante. Well-Known Member

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    2014 was the safest ever apparently.

    Hard to believe but that's what some expert in civil aviation has just said on Sky News.
     
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  9. Charon

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    to be fair it didn't have much to do with France - it was a German plane flying from Barcelona to Dusseldorf - Germanwings is part of the Lufthansa Group
     
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  10. bum_chinned_crab

    bum_chinned_crab Well-Known Member

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    That one in Japan when it hit the bridge and landed in a river, I doubt we'd have even heard of that 10 years ago. It only got so much news cos of the incredible footage of it. Werent there a considerable number of survivors too?

    RIP these in the latest disaster.
     
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  11. Amin Yapusi

    Amin Yapusi Well-Known Member

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    Assem Allam has some blame for this, somehow.
     
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  13. originallambrettaman

    originallambrettaman Mod Moderator Staff Member

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    There were sixteen kids on a school exchange trip on the flight. Heartbreaking.
     
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  14. Plum

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    My own daughter flew back from Luxembourg on a school trip just last week, I know its illogical but it just makes you feel for them even more.
     
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  15. Ernie Shackleton

    Ernie Shackleton Well-Known Member

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    My niece flies to Spain on a school language trip later this week.

    Illogical maybe, but I know what you mean.

    RIP to all who died.

    Thoughts and prayers to all currently grieving them.
     
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  16. BOJACKHCAFCMAN

    BOJACKHCAFCMAN Well-Known Member

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    They probably won't be able to pick up Youtube to watch this in the unlikely event anybody is alive, but surely the Alps is easier to access than the Andes so they wouldn't have to eat each other any way
     
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    BOJACKHCAFCMAN Well-Known Member

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    R.I.P. to all the victims too
     
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  18. Dr.Stanley O'Google, HCFC

    Dr.Stanley O'Google, HCFC Well-Known Member

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    I'd ignore it, if I were you. It'd appear to be Patty's misguided idea of 'sympathy' for those lost.

    RIP.
     
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  19. Chazz Rheinhold

    Chazz Rheinhold Well-Known Member

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    kinell Ernie i was hoping for more reassurance than that from you. I'm flying to Tenerife in 12 days and Im bricking it.
     
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  20. Ernie Shackleton

    Ernie Shackleton Well-Known Member

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    Who are you flying with?
     
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