"Hatunen" wrote in message
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On Thu, 1 Nov 2007 23:02:33 +1000, "John Ewing" none@needed
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"Wolfgang Schwanke" wrote in message
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Ned wrote in :

Ten Plane Crashes That Changed Aviation
Popular Mechanics David Noland October 13, 2007

The list doesn't mention one single crash that happened outside of
North America. Is that a reflex of the worldview of American media?

Yes - it is a perfect example of US myopia.

I would have thought that the Tenerife disaster made an impact.

Indeed it did. But most US citizens would not have a clue where Tenerife
is.

We did at the time. It was in all the papers.

PM is a US popular mag. Do you think an article *of the same title* in
the Oz Post or similar would have other than Oz crashes?

Don't be so precious.

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