According the Associated Press, a Spanair jetliner that crashed in Madrid, Spain yesterday aborted its first takeoff attempt because of an air gauge that showed overheating in an engine.
The plane taxied back to the terminal where the maintenance staff essentially turned the gauge off. The plane crashed on its second attempt at takeoff killing 153 souls aboard.
Now doesn’t that mean if the guage was turned off it could no longer measure the heat coming off the valve? See, this is why I don’t fly. When that plane taxied back to the terminal that first time my ass would have got off.
There’s no excuse they could give me to keep me on a plane that has rumbled down the runway with me sitting white knuckled in the seat — and the takeoff was aborted. They only get one chance to take off and after that I’m out of there!
I’ll just wait for the next plane. Those of you who fly can play with your lives if you want to.
These airlines don’t care about lives, they only care about filling seats. My life is worth more to me than a plane seat and a $15 valve.
