Comments on: Reader mail: What happens to baggage after an airline accident?

By: Burnelli Support Group

Burnelli Support Group — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:02:14 +0000

It is a miracle that there was no loss of life in this Airbus 320 crash. Most of it is attributed to the pilot’s skill and a whole lot of luck. Why is this said in every crash where the plane and or people survive mostly intact?

Wouldn’t it be the ideal to have a plane that you expect to withstand a crash like this, one that wouldn’t break up in a hard, emergency crash landing on land or water or even in a simple runway overrun?

Check this out. Google GB-888A and look at this design compared to standard of airliners today. The designer of this beautiful, safer, quieter, more fuel efficient, advanced design, Vincent Burnelli, built 9 planes previous to this design. ( http://www.aircrash.org/burnelli/chrono1.htm and designed more until his death in 1964 – http://www.aircrash.org/burnelli/chrono2.htm ) They all flew wonderfully. One crashed, nose down at 130mph, did a cartwheel and it was all caught on film. Check it out here: http://www.aircrash.org/burnelli/movies/ub14crash.mov All on board walked away, the cabin was completely intact and there was no fire.

How can we continue to build planes where it is deemed a miracle if people survive the crash, if the plane holds together or if it doesn’t explode into flames. It should be the norm that “none” of these things happen, with fatalities or fire a rarity. This technology has been ignored long enough.

Please support the movement to restore this plane design to its rightful place as the safest, most economical, most forward thinking design in the last 100 years of flight. The BWB that Boeing is working on has nothing on this more efficient design in cost to build, cost to fly, air fares or safety.

Contact The Burnelli Company to see how you can support this effort. http://www.burnelli.com/Contact_Us.html

See a flying model of the GB-888 here: http://aerodromedia.blogspot.com/

Think safe, think simple, think green, think Burnelli.

I’m workin’ on it.

By: Crikvenica

Crikvenica — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 03:37:00 +0000

Interesting post, it’s something people probably don’t think about (or want to think about for that matter) before flying. It’s good to know that US Airways at least have some provisions in place.

By: Mark Ashley

Mark Ashley — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 19:41:33 +0000

That’s good (and wise) of them to do so pre-emptively. And at a higher rate than promised in the contract. Thanks for catching this news item, David!

By: David M

David M — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 19:34:57 +0000

An AP article published today states that US has sent $5,000 checks to each passenger.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ipKRkY9XnWmqqvBNAlBju1taRJCQD95R1PLG0

By: Mark Ashley

Mark Ashley — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 02:45:55 +0000

Excellent point, g.twilley!

It’s easy to forget that homeowner’s insurance policies can sometimes cover your material possessions outside of the home. Worth reading the fine print or calling the insurance rep/agent.

By: g.twilley

g.twilley — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 02:34:42 +0000

Some homeowners insurance policies will also cover your personal possessions anywhere in the world – not that you would necessarily want to file a claim for personal property as such, but if you do then you could just let your insurance company wrangle with the airlines to get your money back.

However (and as you stated), I kind of doubt that too many folks aboard that plane are worried about any of that…yet…