An accident will be an atrocity

I'm as much a fan of "bigger and better" as anyone, I think. So, the maiden flight of Airbus's A380 is exciting. Still, I can't help but think that an airliner that large, necessarily travelling over densely populated areas, is a significant risk. It may be the safest and most advanced piece of machinery in the sky. But the Cessna that comes to close to it or gets unfortunately in front of it during take off or landing -- completely by accident -- isn't part of the safety design. 800-odd passengers on board and a pretty big crash footprint in an industrial or residential area is going to take an awful lot to get over and to clean up. Just a thought. One story: World's largest passenger plane makes maiden flight.

Posted by Grayson at April 27, 2005 07:36 AM