It has been a bit of a chaotic week for some places around the world, with many incidents occurring on what we deem relatively safe transportation.
Over the past decade there have been hundreds of improvements and rules to reduce the likelihood of accidents and many have them have worked, the amount of accidents have significantly reduced in both aviation and the railway networks. However, this week there has been a few events which have led us to believe they are not as safe as we have thought.
The Asiana airline crash in San Fransisco last weekend was due to Pilot error and the fact that it came into landing much slower than it should have done, crashing into the sea wall causing it to spiral out of control. Footage showed the horrifying moment the accident happened. It was revealed that numerous casualties were left spread across the runway as they fell out the back of the airplane as it spun around. Two air hostess were "ejected" out the back of the aircraft along with some passengers.
Today it was revealed that a third person has died following the crash after their injuries. It was also revealed on the panic that followed the crash and that one of the people that had been killed had been hit by a fire truck racing to the scene, whether or not she had survived the initial impact it is unknown. She was covered in foam at the time. It was also revealed that it took 14 minutes for rescue workers to realise that there was bodies on the runway and to locate them as they were far from the aircraft some still in their seats. A dozen are still injured in hospital. The amount of deaths and accidents has almost halved in the last decade for aviation incidents.
Yesterday another aircraft caught fire at Heathrow airport. The Dreamliner flight, which has had many issues, caught fire close to terminal buildings but with nobody on board. Fire crews took control of the blaze quickly but both runways were closed for almost 2 hours. It is believe it may have been due to a battery on the aircraft.
France yesterday, experienced its worst railway disaster in years after 6 people were killed and 30 others injured after their train crashed closed to Paris were it derailed and hit the station platform. Shockingly, some media reported that some people were trying to steal from victims and threw rocks at emergency personnel.
In Canada, bodies are still being recovered after the explosion of a freight train in Lec-Megantic in Quebec. The train carrying oil derailed and exploded in town centre destroying many buildings packed with local residents on their night out. With what looks like something out of Final Destination there are many hundreds still missing and the death toll is likely to rise. The freight train was revealed to have not had its parking brakes on.
RIP to those killed in these disasters.
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