Originally Posted by
bliddel
Five times the number of fatalities of the 777 Asiana Flight 214 crash, and even here, 276 comments on that thread, two on this thread. Please don't anyone tell me that we expect "little" planes to crash in Alaska, or that planes smaller than a 737 don't count, or are not as important?
The rules are different (both formal and informal) in Alaska, and most of the public can't relate to bush flying in a small plane. The statistics are what they are, but folks up there don't seem too fazed by that.