The unexpected, yet [sad] inevitable thing happened. Another plane crashed today, this time in Amsterdam.

[http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/feb/25/plane-crash-amsterdam-schiphol-turkish]

It gets worse: at least 9 people were killed and at least 50-80 were injured on the 127-135 passenger airline.

This is the 3rd major airplane crash since the infamous [nonfatal] plane crash in the Hudson RIver that occured in earlier January. The second happened in earlier Februarywith the 45 passenger [all fatalities]  plane that crashed into a house in Buffalo.

What is the deal with all these plane crashes? Is it a mechanical problem or the fault of the pilots? Or is it just inevitable fate? I know that there have been many plane crashes in the past, but 3 in two months? Makes me too freaked out to fly with the thought that my flight may be my last.

Its generally freaky that these plane crashes occured in such close proximity to each other. And its only the beginning of the year.

Maybe now would be a good time for people to try consider sescondary travel (ie, a train).

 

On a lighter note, I was watching Inside edition and I saw a newsstory on a dog that actually says ‘Mama’. Well, it comes out sounding like, “maw.. maw’ in a creepy, raspy voice, bust its still pretty cool!