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delta spartan May 8, 2010 8:36 pm

Crj safety
 
New crj safety directives on 960 crjs here's the link.
Hoe do you think it will affect travel?
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...IDDLTopStories

Intrepid Sep 29, 2010 12:23 pm

CRJ landing gear continues to malfunction
 
The Bombardier CRJ had in the last 2 years 5 problems with landing gear - during landing.

Two incidents occured in the last week. A pax took a video clip during the landing. It was shown on NBC.
Anyone concerned?
I am.

Solomon2 Sep 29, 2010 4:41 pm

I've been flying CRJs of all sizes for many, many years now and have always felt safe. These planes take off and land more than most other a/c (I've seen articles mentioning up to 7 flights a day), so naturally more maintenance is required.

slawecki Sep 29, 2010 4:46 pm

i would like to see an article from a decent source. wsj is a murdoch sensationalist whore, same as nypost and fox news(also owned by murcoch). will have naked peoples in the next few months.

JT8D-217 Sep 29, 2010 8:48 pm

To heck with landing gear trouble, I just never want to be in one of those packed sardine cans if you NEED to get out. Consequently, I always try to be within a row or so of the overwing exits.

gglave Sep 30, 2010 10:06 am


Originally Posted by slawecki (Post 14845335)
i would like to see an article from a decent source.

Not sure if this is what you're looking for, but here you go:

http://www.salon.com/technology/ask_...ing/index.html

brendog Sep 30, 2010 4:15 pm


Originally Posted by Intrepid (Post 14841754)
The Bombardier CRJ had in the last 2 years 5 problems with landing gear - during landing.

Two incidents occured in the last week. A pax took a video clip during the landing. It was shown on NBC.
Anyone concerned?
I am.

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, we're all going to die... :rolleyes:

Meh, the chances of dying whilst flying are approximately the same as getting hit by a meteor while inside a bomb shelter. Passenger planes in first world countries basically never crash (Name another crash aside from Colgan in BUF in the last year or two...). I'm generally more worried about the fat person shoehorned into the seat next to me smothering me with their gith while I sleep.

vvortex1 Sep 30, 2010 4:26 pm

I remember seeing some statistics somewhere that showed safety statistics for the major carriers versus the commuter airlines (which are the ones that operate the CRJs.) The number of fatalities per passenger-mile was somewhere around 2x to 2.5x as high for the commuter airlines. However, a lot of that discrepancy is probably because the smaller planes run fewer miles per segment, and much of the risk is during takeoff and landing.


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