Has Anyone Ever Had An Accident On The Way To The Airport?
Jul 1, 2017, 10:58 am
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Happened yesterday! Plane hits car on the 405 in CA
Happened yesterday.
Small Plane Crashes on 405 Freeway Near John Wayne Airport; 2 Hospitalized.
The pilot and passenger survived. A Fire Captain who had his car clipped by the plane was able to pull both the Pilot and his wife out of the wreckage. The Fire Captain was on his way home to begin a family trip....He called his wife to state he would be a little late, "Why she asked?" I got hit by a plane, "Yeah right", "Honey go turn on the news". Hopefully that answers your question.
Small Plane Crashes on 405 Freeway Near John Wayne Airport; 2 Hospitalized.
The pilot and passenger survived. A Fire Captain who had his car clipped by the plane was able to pull both the Pilot and his wife out of the wreckage. The Fire Captain was on his way home to begin a family trip....He called his wife to state he would be a little late, "Why she asked?" I got hit by a plane, "Yeah right", "Honey go turn on the news". Hopefully that answers your question.
Jul 2, 2017, 7:15 am
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Yes, it happened to us just a few months ago. Normally we fly out of LFT but in this case we flew from MSY due to reward ticket availability down to Grand Cayman on AA via MIA. This was a vacation trip.
We had an afternoon departure from MSY and had time for lunch before our flight. So we went to Drago's in nearby Metairie for BBQ oysters. Following an excellent meal, we were making our way back to I-10 and the airport and were stopped at a red light. And a pickup truck hit our Lexus from behind.
Fortunately, he was not traveling fast, no one was injured and the damage to our SUV was minor. We exchanged information but I did not call the police - there simply wasn't time and we would probably have been delayed at least a day had we missed our flight.
So we are now rolling on to the freeway heading to the airport with not much time to spare....and were confronted by a state police check point on the onramp randomly having vehicles pull over for a chat. The officer took one look at us and then motioned us on. We made our flight and it all worked out.
We had an afternoon departure from MSY and had time for lunch before our flight. So we went to Drago's in nearby Metairie for BBQ oysters. Following an excellent meal, we were making our way back to I-10 and the airport and were stopped at a red light. And a pickup truck hit our Lexus from behind.
Fortunately, he was not traveling fast, no one was injured and the damage to our SUV was minor. We exchanged information but I did not call the police - there simply wasn't time and we would probably have been delayed at least a day had we missed our flight.
So we are now rolling on to the freeway heading to the airport with not much time to spare....and were confronted by a state police check point on the onramp randomly having vehicles pull over for a chat. The officer took one look at us and then motioned us on. We made our flight and it all worked out.
Jul 2, 2017, 10:13 am
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Yes! When my daughter was in high school, she wanted to look at some colleges in Minnesota, so we made reservations and appointments.
The day we were supposed to leave, a sporting event had to be rescheduled to that day. She was able to attend in the morning, but then we would have to rush. Two or 3 other minor things got in the way that should have told us "don't go"...but we ignored them all.
On the way to the LAX we got into a 4 car fender bender on the 405. No injuries, minor damage, but it was like "boy, we should have listened to what the fates were telling us".
The day we were supposed to leave, a sporting event had to be rescheduled to that day. She was able to attend in the morning, but then we would have to rush. Two or 3 other minor things got in the way that should have told us "don't go"...but we ignored them all.
On the way to the LAX we got into a 4 car fender bender on the 405. No injuries, minor damage, but it was like "boy, we should have listened to what the fates were telling us".
Jul 2, 2017, 2:29 pm
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I've yet again been told 'you are more likely to have an accident on the way to the airport than you are to be in a plane accident.'
So, has anyone ever been involved in an accident on the way to an airport?
I've seen people say that they've been in a plane accident, but never anyone having been in an accident on the way to the airport....
So, has anyone ever been involved in an accident on the way to an airport?
I've seen people say that they've been in a plane accident, but never anyone having been in an accident on the way to the airport....
Plane incident are less common and unfortunately more spectacular, so trend to get more visibility.
Jul 2, 2017, 2:42 pm
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Plane incident are less common and unfortunately more spectacular, so trend to get more visibility.
Note that my question isn't 'who has died on the way to the airport?' for obvious reasons.
Jul 2, 2017, 2:50 pm
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Is it an African or a European member?
Erm, it doesn't give me anything conclusive, but it certainly gives me more meaningful results than polling a single person.
Have you seen the formula for the standard error of the mean? A survey of four people will give half the error of a survey of one. A survey of nine people will give me one third of the error of a survey of one.
A survey of 36 people will give me an expected error of one sixth of that obtained by polling one person.
There are quite a few people reading threads. A straw poll here isn't conclusive (nor did I expect it to be.) But, it's going to be an order of magnitude better than polling one person.
Have you seen the formula for the standard error of the mean? A survey of four people will give half the error of a survey of one. A survey of nine people will give me one third of the error of a survey of one.
A survey of 36 people will give me an expected error of one sixth of that obtained by polling one person.
There are quite a few people reading threads. A straw poll here isn't conclusive (nor did I expect it to be.) But, it's going to be an order of magnitude better than polling one person.
Jul 2, 2017, 3:02 pm
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The more swallows you measure, the closer you will be, on average, to the true airspeed of an unladen swallow. If you can measure a sufficient numbers of african and european swallows, a student's t-test should be useful to determine if there is a significant difference in speed.
Jul 2, 2017, 3:22 pm
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The more swallows you measure, the closer you will be, on average, to the true airspeed of an unladen swallow. If you can measure a sufficient numbers of african and european swallows, a student's t-test should be useful to determine if there is a significant difference in speed.
Jul 2, 2017, 4:20 pm
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Some years ago I was flying out of SYR on an early morning flight to PHX. I believe in was in October when deer are mating. We sure enough I totaled my Jeep after striking one on the NYS thruway. My wife and I ended up arriving at the airport in a flat bed tow truck. Fortunately the troopers and tow truck arrived promptly and we made our flight. These type of accidents may not happen frequently but they do happen.
Jul 2, 2017, 9:04 pm
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One more data point
I was in a taxi with three colleagues, on the highway heading to the airport in TLS. The car in front of us slowed down suddenly; our taxi driver slowed to avoid hitting it; the car behind us didn't slow quite as much and rear-ended the taxi. Fortunately no one was hurt, the taxi pulled off to a shoulder and called his company, and another taxi arrived for us in a few minutes.
I've never been in an aircraft accident.
I've never been in an aircraft accident.
Jul 5, 2017, 10:50 am
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Jul 17, 2017, 8:02 pm
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A friend of mine was in an Uber on the way to PHX a couple weeks ago and they were hit from behind. By the time the cops got there to do their report, a replacement Uber arrived and they extracted her bags from the crushed trunk she'd missed her flight.