| The other day I met one of the ground | | | | It is not an in-flight failure or pilot error that kills the |
| transportation directors for a major US airport. In | | | | occupants of an airplane, as it is this sudden strike |
| fact this airport is the number one location for | | | | with the ground and therefore most aircraft |
| foreign airlines coming into our country. You can | | | | accidents do happen on the ground. So that was a |
| imagine the issues that occur with all these different | | | | pretty silly conversation in hindsight. Of course most |
| people speaking different languages showing up in | | | | aircraft accidents happen on the ground, as it is that |
| one place. We got to talking about airport safety and | | | | sudden stop that kills you. So indeed, we concluded |
| how many times problems happen on the ground and | | | | that most aircraft accidents do happen on the |
| how many accidents there are. | | | | ground and had a chuckle. |
| Very similar to driving most accidents happen in | | | | You see, with aircraft if something goes wrong you |
| parking lots for pulling out of a parking lot. With | | | | cannot just pull off to the side of the road get out |
| aircraft is similar as most aircraft accidents happen on | | | | and say let's call AAA. In an airplane you have to put |
| the ground. We got to talking about all the aircraft | | | | that aircraft back on the ground safely and carefully |
| accidents which happen on the ground and then we | | | | and if not the accident will occur on the ground. |
| laughed because all aircraft accidents happen on the | | | | Please consider all this in 2006. |
| ground unless they are a midair collision. | | | | |