Regarding the article "NKY plane crash mirrors US trend" (June 18):
Come
on, report the news, not incite panic! There is not an "epidemic" of
airplane crashes in the U.S. This article cites 44,700 deaths in small
airplane crashes! But the fine print tells us that this number is over a
50-year period! Do people realize this same number of deaths occur EACH
YEAR in automobiles? Yet who gives a second thought to jumping in a car
and driving 70 mph while eating a sandwich and talking or texting on
their cellphone?
The article says that only 15 percent of
"crashes" are investigated thoroughly. I've read newspaper reports
calling an off-field landing (emergency landing in a field or highway) a
crash.
Tragic as it is, only a small number of "crashes" result in deaths.
The
sad part for us aviators is that an airplane crash, unlike an
automobile crash, is such a hot seller for news media. Flying is a world
of its own and understood by pilots.
I only wish pilots would be
consulted in the articles. The aviation community is very aware of
itself and is doing the dance of balancing flying dangers with
maintaining the freedom of flight.
Mark Taylor, Goshen
Source: http://www.cincinnati.com/opinion
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