The Best Take On...

...Flight MH370's disappearance yet:

Is 'emotional last farewell' fly past of Penang island the key clue to the mystery of missing Malaysia flight MH370?

Do You Believe It?

The Last Words Of The Pilot Of The Crashed AirAsia Plane Was “Allahu Akbar!”

I do. There's been too darn many in the same region for it to be mere coincidence.

Mind you, a pilot may shout those words just prior to what he knows is certain death, but still....

Scaring Myself to Death

For the last hour, or more, I've been watching YouTube videos of various airplane disasters, both man caused and purely accidental. I've never been afraid of flying before, but I am now.

Hmmmmmm.

Among other things, Vlad was also criticized for the downing of flight MH17. And when he gets home, he's faced with this:

Work starts in Ukraine to collect wreckage of MH17

"Recovery workers in rebel-controlled eastern Ukraine began to collect debris from the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 on Sunday, four months after the plane was brought down.

The operation is being carried out under the supervision of Dutch investigators and officials from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. The recovered fragments will be loaded onto trains and ferried to the government-controlled eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv. The investigation into the cause of the crash is being conducted there and in the Netherlands."

Geeze. Can't a tyrant get a break?

I've Never Been Afraid Of Flying...

...but I am now, after watching this:

Flying

I'm beginning to understand why my mother was so afraid of flying. This month has been the month of planes falling out of the sky:

Plane returns to Pearson after threat

And other shit.

No sooner had I published this post than this appears:

Scared to fly? Recent news of crashes validate fears, psychologist says, but it's never been safer, say experts