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Night Accidents 2010-03-18
1.Night emergency landings are 1.5 times as likely to result in a fatality. 2. 7% of flying is as night; 25% of the accidents; 46% of fatalities. 3. At night over 90% of your emergency options are gone. 4.m 47% of fatal weather accidents occurred at night. Comment		External Links  Recent articles Learning From Your Mistakes P A mistake is painful because we have been conditioned to experience humiliation and shame We expect ourselves to be able to perform When we don... Recall Statistics li 10 of what you read BR li 20 of what you hear BR li ... Thoughts on Thoughts ul li Flying is not dangerous; crashing is dangerous BR li Flying is the perfect vocation for a man who wants to... Takeoff Factors P Many airports of the U S are long enough and wide enough for all G A aircraft Oddly most are not When the... 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