Plane Crash: 153 on board - No Survivors!

[ur_funneh]

An airliner carrying 153 people crashed on Sunday, June 3, in a residential neighborhood in Lagos, Nigeria's most populated city. There were no survivors.


Surprised this wasn't mentioned on RFD yet. And I don't mean to sound rude but does a shooting at a mall killing 1 give out more of an impact than 153 people on a plane plunging to their death instantly? Or is it because it's close to home?

/me wonders...


http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/03/world/africa/nigeria-plane-crash/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

[Buggy166]

An airliner carrying 153 people crashed on Sunday, June 3, in a residential neighborhood in Lagos, Nigeria's most populated city. There were no survivors.


Surprised this wasn't mentioned on RFD yet. And I don't mean to sound rude but does a shooting at a mall killing 1 give out more of an impact than 153 people on a plane plunging to their death instantly? Or is it because it's close to home?

/me wonders...


http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/03/world/africa/nigeria-plane-crash/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

Do we live in Nigeria? no. Have more people died somewhere else than in that plane crash? yes. Why does a plane crash with only 153 people on board seem so important when hundreds more are dying in Syria. Because.

[ur_funneh]

Do we live in Nigeria? no. Have more people died somewhere else than in that plane crash? yes. Why does a plane crash with only 153 people on board seem so important when hundreds more are dying in Syria. Because.

Talk about a selfish post. We have to live there to care? Wow

[BornRuff]

Talk about a selfish post. We have to live there to care? Wow

This is just flame bait huh?

It is not hard to understand why things close to home get more attention.

Who even says that creating a thread on RFD is the standard for caring about something anyways though?

[Nook]

Do we live in Nigeria? no. Have more people died somewhere else than in that plane crash? yes. Why does a plane crash with only 153 people on board seem so important when hundreds more are dying in Syria. Because.

Brothas in North Korea be dying too. Why do you care so much more for Syrians huh?

[umop]

OP you should add "in Nigeria" to your title.

You make it seem like it happened right here.

[Powder + park raider]

how is this thread not low content? lol

this is RedFlagDeals, not NigeraFlagDeals

[yao416]

Low content / newsbot

[daikman]

how is this thread not low content? lol

this is RedFlagDeals, not NigeraFlagDeals

X2. No one cares...

[Syne]

Who even says that creating a thread on RFD is the standard for caring about something anyways though?

My thoughts too. It's strange that out of all the boards I visit, RFD is the only one that never fails to report on every single macabre thing that happens around the world. If someone dies horribly, RFD always has the scoop. I sometimes wonder if "caring about" shouldn't be changed to "reveling in" or "fixating on".

[aplayaz2000]

people should be dying from cancer or gun shot wounds

not by things made to fly people around

[nexuslover]

Good point- Every life should be acknowledged with significance. Not to make light of this but when most people shop the last thing on their mind is dodging bullets. And shopping is the main point of RFD. Then again people don't usually expect an aircraft to come crashing over their town either. People can be selfish, if it's close to home they feel more affected by it and look for support within their community. But we really should try to connect more to the global community.

[nagasadow]

Just imagine all the dead nigerian scam artists.. Now who is gonna call edlderly people telling them they have $500000000 waiting for them if they pay $50000?

[Shaner]

Talk about a selfish post. We have to live there to care? Wow

I don't care because I don't live there. There, I came right out and said it. Now you can pretend to be offended.

[Ziggy007]

I heard about this crash because I got an e-mail. Apparently former Nigerian price Dikembe Mutumbo was on board the plane and has unfortunately passed away in this tragedy. The e-mail said though that he has decided to leave me his vast fortune (somewhere just above $50 million), and all I have to do is pay the Nigerian taxes and duties to transfer ownership of the accounts to my name. I am going to my local bank branch today to wire the money over to Nigeria.

[Simaahoy]

If the Nigerian Prince was on that plane, I might have a slight feeling for this.

[Thai]

Coincidentally my spam box dropped by 10% in e.mails from long lost relatives who needs me to transfer $500 million into my bank account!

[koleso]

Give me one good reason why I should care about Nigerian Air Transportation? Planes crash every month accross the globe.