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Old 23rd Sep 2012, 16:15
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Mike,

I'll ask the same thing I asked before; what can happen to a jet to make it crash from 300-400kts in a specific 2 mile stretch?

With a bird strike, you'll have plenty of time and space to climb and glide clear. I can't think of a single possible massive mechanical failure that could do it (wings don't just fall off!). It's not very likely that a pilot, with the general level of medical and physical fitness exhibited by the reds and the numerous medical checks, will spuriously have a heart attack.

The chances of something happening that leaves a Hawk-shaped hole in your local shopping centre are effectively the same of a satellite dropping out of the sky and doing the same; absolutely infinitesimal.

By all means point out dangerous breaches of the rules, but this simply isn't dangerous within the sensible definitions of risk.
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