When you are stuck in traffic on the motorway and hear on the radio that it is due to a big pile up, do you abandon your car there and then in fear? The vast majority of people probably utter a quiet curse and panic about being late in getting to where they are going to, in our case probably the airport! Air crashes make "good" news and hit the headlines because they are so incredibly rare. Also the media can spin out the story by creating grahpic illustrations of the incident and consulting "aviation experts" on their opinion. A little cynical, perhaps, but the way life is I'm afraid