alt.hn

6/18/2026 at 12:59:44 PM

There have been 4 major plane crashes in the US in 4 days. What is going on?

https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/17/us/there-have-been-four-major-plane-crashed-in-the-us-in-four-days-what-is-going-on

by Tomte

6/18/2026 at 5:03:26 PM

The phrase “what is going on” has become a trope with regard to aviation, signaling a complete drive-by lack of understanding of the industry. It could be a cluster illusion. It could be a conspiracy. It will be investigated, and the conclusions of those investigations should be the driving force in any procedural changes, not some facebook mom or CNN article.

by ultrarunner

6/19/2026 at 5:23:26 AM

And people want to see conspiracies everywhere so the media reports things as such, or at least hinting that there's something there in order to attract eyeballs. I wonder how long it'll take before we find out how many of the missing scientists were on the flights, at least the passenger-carrying ones?

by pseudohadamard

6/18/2026 at 5:13:03 PM

americans are primed for immediate feedback. the perfect storm of social media and fascist bullshit.

by cyanydeez

6/18/2026 at 5:21:40 PM

Major? A Marine fighter jet, a skydiving plane carrying 12 people, an Air Force bomber, and a business jet carrying six people. In aviation terms, no, those are not major. They're tragic for the lives lost, but they're nothing like a plane carrying 100 people going down.

by AnimalMuppet