Are you able to remember one air safety event in your year of birth?
Even for me, it is not that simple. But there is one, which is less than 12 months older than me:
Los Rodeos. 747 vs 747. This is the reason why I own the nickname that I own. 747 is a safe a/c. This is one of the very few exceptions:
March 27th, 1977, a KL-B742 competed against a PA Clipper 741, who is able to t/o first?!
Los Rodeos on that day was the main alternate for, let me guess, almost all (!) short, medium- and longhaul-jets with destination Gran Canaria or Tenerife.
And misty conditions ruled at GCXO in the spring of 1977...
The rest is evil, and well known by all aviation enthusiasts in Europe...
PS: There, indeed is a fatal accident which took place in my yob, but without relation to aviation. Los Alfaques (July 1978_).
Conclusion 1: Highway traffic is not safe, not safer than aviation.
Conclusion 2: Since 37 years, the connection between the Iberian penninsula and the rest of Europe seems to be quite strong...
Even for me, it is not that simple. But there is one, which is less than 12 months older than me:
Los Rodeos. 747 vs 747. This is the reason why I own the nickname that I own. 747 is a safe a/c. This is one of the very few exceptions:
March 27th, 1977, a KL-B742 competed against a PA Clipper 741, who is able to t/o first?!
Los Rodeos on that day was the main alternate for, let me guess, almost all (!) short, medium- and longhaul-jets with destination Gran Canaria or Tenerife.
And misty conditions ruled at GCXO in the spring of 1977...
The rest is evil, and well known by all aviation enthusiasts in Europe...
PS: There, indeed is a fatal accident which took place in my yob, but without relation to aviation. Los Alfaques (July 1978_).
Conclusion 1: Highway traffic is not safe, not safer than aviation.
Conclusion 2: Since 37 years, the connection between the Iberian penninsula and the rest of Europe seems to be quite strong...
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