Had this incident happened to Korean, Asiana, Vietnam or any number of third world carriers would so many of you be repeating the mantras "I feel for the crew" or "there for the grace of God" etc etc?
I most certainly DO feel for the crew here, but then I feel for ALL crews who are involved in mishaps, irrespective of for whom they work, their nationalities or whatever cultural differences the may have when compared to the western world.
The collective outpouring of feelings here, and the absence of similar condolences in respect of other incidents being discussed on this forum seem, at least to me, to demonstrate massive bias!