I wish our cable news channels would understand that the rest of the world doesn't always

[RB TexLa]

think they have to solve every thing that happens the way Americans do. The answer might be "the plane has crashed, everyone's dead and we don't know where it is."

[Hassin Bin Sober]

1. You couldn't be more wrong.

The reason aviation is so safe is we leave no stone unturned looking for causes of accidents.


I used to work with a freeper Ayn Rand loving asshole who tried that "name ONE federal program or department that actually does any good" BS.

NTSB

"Homna Homna homna"

[RB TexLa]

2. That is here. Not everyone has the money, technology or will go that far in the name

of turning over all the stones.

[Bluenorthwest]

3. There are in fact intenational standards which apply and if those were disregarded by a nation

they would quickly be limited to flying within their own country and not permitted to fly to other countries.

[RB TexLa]

4. And those standards are not as high as expectations in the US.

Not everyone feels everything HAS to be solved like Americans do. And there is nothing wrong with that.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

5. Again. You couldn't be more wrong.

US carriers fly Airbus planes. The A320 is Prolific throughout the US air system. If there is a problem with the plane, we have a vested interest in knowing what's up. The same goes for US built planes operated by foreign carriers that crash overseas. THAT'S why we are involved, one way or another, in just about every major crash investigation.

[RB TexLa]

6. once again you are talking about what the US wants. Not everyone share's the thought

of every crime or every accident has to be solved.

[bobclark86]

7. People who own millions of dollars of airplane do... n/t

[rustydog]

8. Ratings, ad revenue, increasing the oooh-factor...

and a firm grasp on the obvious that cable news knows its viewers seem to lack.
Hence they have to tell us the shooting victim, plane crash victim, assault victim was : "Rushed to the hospital."

What would be "news" is if the medics stopped at Jack-In-The-Box on they way to the hospital....that is news. We can safely assume victims are rushed to the hospital.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

9. No, RB, if there's a defect that causes a plane to go down

the international community wants to know about it, because they all fly the same few types of planes. Google the Japan Airlines 1985 crash.

Even if the cause is pilot error, it's important to figure out what kind of error it was and warn other pilots against making it. A Korean Air plane crashed because the co-pilot noticed something was wrong but his cultural conditioning wouldn't allow him to question the decisions of the main pilot (his superior), who was doing things that could--and did--lead to a crash. This forced Korean Air to revise their pilots' training to emphasize the need to question superiors when it's a matter of safety.

The airlines have learned how to handle various weather phenomena by studying crashes around the world.

If you've ever watched one of the NOVA episodes about plane crashes, you'll know that the NTSB sends investigators out to foreign plane crash sites.

It has nothing to do with catering to "Eastern fatalism" or whatever silly stereotype of Asia you have.