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Subject: Re: Air France to launch 'quicker' train to Paris as Eurostar monopoly ends Posted on: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 12:08:38 +0100


"Chris Tolley" wrote in message
news:yhycfod76dfx.1vsunnqugqktf$.dlg@40tude.net...
> tony sayer wrote:
>
>> In article , Chris Tolley
>> scribeth thus
>>>Trains are a lot safer than planes,
>>
>> Well thats the difference twixt bugger and sod all isn't it?...
>
> Not really. When a train hits something that has been placed in its
> path, we are accustomed to the fatalities being in single figures if
> any. When you replace "train" by "aircraft", in that sentence, you need
> also to replace "fatalities" with "survivors".

But how does this differ depending upon whether the pax are standing or
sitting?

In a train this (usually) results in more casualties, but in a plane?

tim