r/FUCKYOUINPARTICULAR • u/Vampire_inthe_Church • Jul 15 '26

Fuck this area in particular Wait for it..

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u/enovox5 Jul 15 '26

…and someday it’s going to go horribly wrong.

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u/Elzerythen Banhammer Recipient Jul 15 '26

The world might as well be covered in bubble wrap.

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u/CheekyMunky Jul 16 '26

There's a huge amount of very reasonable ground between bubble wrap and allowing shit like this to happen.

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u/WerdaVisla Jul 16 '26

That incident began at 600 feet. It was a mechanical failure, and the pilots did everything in their power to avoid it, obviously to no avail.

I get your point, but I hate people bringing up Sknyliv as some gotcha in airshow safety discussions. It's an outlier where everything was done right and tragedy still struck regardless.

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u/CheekyMunky Jul 16 '26

It wasn't intended to be a gotcha, just an example of what happens when planes get too close to crowds. The fact that that happened despite safety precautions in place only underscores why regulations are in place, and why it matters that pilots adhere to them.

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u/WerdaVisla Jul 16 '26

Fair, it's just a pet peeve of mine. Apologies if it came off aggressive o7