may be a pearoast, but take heed anyway
United Airlines Flight 175. The second plane hijacked and flown into the World Trade Center. I took that flight the year before.

So?
So, One-Two-Go Flight OG 269, Phuket to Bangkok. Crashed Sept 2007. I took that flight the year before.

Then:
British Airways flight BA038 from Beijing, crash landed on Heathrow runway January 2008. I took that flight in September 2007.

Oh, and then:
Private jet crashed into a housing estate at Farnborough. I worked in Farnborough for a couple of months at one point. I was in lodgings on that estate.

I think it can be said that should you wish to be safe from planey harm then travel before or with me. I'm flying Easyjet to Belfast next Thursday night, so you might want to avoid giving Stelios any money for a while.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Thu 3 Jul 2008, 17:41, 10 replies)

I knew a girl at school
who was on the Herald of Free Enterprise a week before it went over.

She was suitably freaked out for a while.
( le brian, Thu 3 Jul 2008, 18:06, closed)

Shitcakes!!
I'm flying there next Friday.
( Stu71 ....bad money dies, I love the scene, Thu 3 Jul 2008, 18:09, closed)

*thinks about cancelling Easyjet flights*
*decides that "what's for me won't go past me"*

*invites chcb along on family holiday to be on the safe side*
(TheWeeWitch hasn't been here much recently .., Thu 3 Jul 2008, 18:09, closed)

I should be fine
my next easyjet flight is to Edinburgh.
(Bazongaloid, Thu 3 Jul 2008, 18:18, closed)

I was on the Herald of Free Enterprise loads of times
Though not after it sank.
(JohabMorelli is spenging merrily away, Thu 3 Jul 2008, 18:21, closed)

Cripes!
Sounds like you were in the wrong place at the right time
( chart cat has an itch, Thu 3 Jul 2008, 18:49, closed)

Could be worse
there's a friend of mine who is literally followed around by death. I think he's seen about 20 people die, including his best friend when he was about 17. He also saw a concrete block fall on top of a woman from a building site, and had to hold her hand as she lay dying with just her torso and head intact.
( Madam Marlboro wonders if you've found her yet, Thu 3 Jul 2008, 19:16, closed)

@Madam Marlboro
:-O
( chart cat has an itch, Fri 4 Jul 2008, 9:22, closed)

So..
Are you flying to Cambodia any time in the next 4 months?
(Milo Minderbinder, Fri 4 Jul 2008, 12:10, closed)

"had to hold her hand as she lay dying with just her torso and head intact"
But...but...HOW? Hands aren't on the torso or head! CONFUSED!
(Musuko, Mon 7 Jul 2008, 15:19, closed)