Originally Posted by Lab Rat

The night before the crash, a young couple was married. They were killed the next day when the plane crashed after the crew took off from the wrong runway. Would anyone here care to tell the families of that young, deceased couple that "mistakes happen"??

Originally Posted by reelbigchair

I would tell them that in a heartbeat, and I wouldn't think twice. I would tell them that it was a tragic tragic mistake that cost the capt his life, and will cause the F/O the kind of trauma the rest of his life that I can't even imagine. It also has caused heartbreak to hundreds perhaps thousands of relatives of everyone on that plane that day. But yes, I would have no problem explaining to them that mistakes do happen.