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Originally Posted by MrSelfDestruct
Speaking of poor safety, is ValuJet still around?
Rather than criticize BA about safety, I'll take it as a good sign that a plane with one engine out can circle for half an hour (just a guess,) fly 7000 feet below the optimal altitude, and still make it across a whole continent and a whole ocean.
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Actually that's a plane on 3 engines, having lost one, not the other way around.
A 747 can fly on 3 engines. It can even glide for awhile, IC3, which means if it breaks down it's not necessarilly going straight into the ground. There are programs out there that will get you over your fear of flying that you might want to consider. The media makes a big deal out of airplane crashes precisely because they're so rare - if they were an everyday thing like car wrecks, you wouldn't see 'em on TV that much.