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Old 27th Aug 2013, 06:01
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John Eacott
 
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As DB said, the current situation is not acceptable to many, but to put into perspective the hysteria about the Super Puma: in the same three year period there have been 380 fatalities in Boeing 737 accidents.

How many of the offshore workers and their unions have called from the scrapping of that type, and how many of them happily board a 737 as part of their normal commute? A type that had fatal flaws early in its life (rudder PCU) which despite 204 deaths attributed to the fault up to 1994, it was 2002 before the FAA AD was complied with.

Simplistic, but the Super Puma accident on Friday hasn't even had a preliminary report, which may absolve the type altogether.
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