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Admittedly, I haven't heard much about what it's like to fly in Zimbabwe -- nm

Posted by con_carne Sep 7 '11, 08:40

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I wasn't thrilled when I found out we'd be touching down in DRC. It was fine, however. They did their security screening at the base of the stairs to - muzungu psilotum Sep 7, 08:57
Last time I flew in and out of there it was still called Rhodesia :/ -- nm - MojaveMeg Sep 7, 08:56
well, the faa has them as cat 2, which isn't great. but only 6 fatal accidents with 13 fatalities since 1945.... - x Sep 7, 08:46 5
- so is Russia tops? where can I see the list? -- nm - loosilu Sep 7, 08:47 4
  - i pulled those from the country listings in the asn aviation safety database... - x Sep 7, 08:52 1
    - I'm digging around, and it appears the worst airlines are actually in China (should have guessed). I'll try to find a list. -- nm - loosilu Sep 7, 09:11
  - US has the most incidents (and commercial flights) by a long way, then russia, columbia, brazil, canada -- (link) - mafic Sep 7, 08:49 1
    - the important number is the rate of incidents, of course. :) -- nm - loosilu Sep 7, 09:06
ask the buzzards. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 7, 08:43 1
- Even they want to get out of there. -- nm - loosilu Sep 7, 08:45
Very hard on your arms. - Beryllium (iPhone) Sep 7, 08:41
tickets are only $112,000,000,000...for economy -- nm - Beaker Sep 7, 08:40

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