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Old 30th Oct 2007, 21:30
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Remoak - ATRs may not break, but enough of them have fallen out of the sky to make me never want to get on one....[IMG]file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/SIMONW%7E1/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot.jpg[/IMG]
Well as far as I can tell, there have only been four fatal ATR42/72 accidents. Of those, one was thought to be a suicide. I guess, therefore, that you will also be unwilling to board any Boeing, any Airbus, any McDonnell Douglas or any Lockheed aircraft - all of which, if memory serves, have had many more fatal accidents than the ATR.

Not that I'm an ATR fan... perish the thought. Noisy and vibey, like all turboprops tend to be...
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