Airplanes crashing, falling apart, and catching on fire

[Yvonne Smith]

it seems like this year has been one plane emergency after another ! Almost every week now, we are reading about another plane crash, some part falling off or malfunctioning, or catching fire either in the air or as it is landing.
Today, I am reading about the plane in Denver that had to make an emergency landing, and then caught on fire afterwards. People were evacuated off the plane with emergency methods, and there are videos of people walking out on the wing of the aircraft waiting for help getting off of the plane.

 

[Susannah]

That is an amazing picture. It reminds me of the plane that went down in the river in DC some years back when the passengers were all out on the wings waiting for boats.

This was a Boeing plane. I think all of the recent commercial flight incidents have been Boeing. I’m glad I’m not flying these days.

 

[Smithy]

What a scary moment this would of been.

A UK pilot has also been suspended this week.

EasyJet pilot suspended after flying plane terrifyingly close to mountains.​