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空難/哪位子較安全?

TransAsia plane crashes into river in Taiwan killing 25 telegraph.co.uk

At least 25 people have died in Asia’s latest air disaster after a TransAsia passenger plane carrying 58 people plunged into a river shortly after takeoff in Taiwan.

TransAsia Flight GE235, an ATR 72-600 turboprop, took off from Taipei, the capital, at around 10.53am on its way to the island of Kinmen but its flight lasted less than three minutes.

Initial reports suggest the aircraft hit a section of motorway shortly after takeoff and then plummeted into Keelung River, around 3 miles from the airport.

There were 53 passengers, including a number of children, and five crew on the plane. By Wednesday night, local officials had confirmed the death of 25 people.

Which is the safest seat on an aircraft? By  Oliver Smith

Although some claim that seats over the wing of an aircraft are best (because the plane is “strongest” there), popular opinion has it that, in the event of a plane crash, the rear of an aircraft is the safest place to be. This theory is supported by several studies, including a recent one featured on a Channel 4 documentary.

The producers of the documentary, The Crash, arranged for a Boeing 727 carrying cameras, sensors and crash test dummies with breakable “bones” to be deliberately crashed into the Sonoran Desert in Mexico.

The latest in our Travel Truths series looks at the safest place to be seated if you're unlucky enough to be involved in a plane crash.

After hitting the ground, the front of the plane and the first 11 rows of seats – usually reserved for first-class, business-class or premium-economy passengers – were ripped off. A force of 12G was recorded in this section of the aircraft. Further back, the force fell to around 6G. Experts concluded that none of the plane’s first-class passengers would have survived, but 78 per cent of the other passengers would have, with the chance of survival increasing the closer they were sitting to the rear of the aircraft. According to a survey by sunshine.co.uk, the results of the study led to a sharp fall in the number of enquiries for first-class seats.

Though an analysis of a single crash is hardly decisive, its findings did support a study by Popular Mechanics, carried out in 2007. The magazine analysed all crashes since 1971 and found that those in rear seats (behind the wing’s trailing edge) were safest – survival rates were 69 per cent as opposed to 56 per cent over the wing and 49 per cent for those at the front of the plane.

Questions:

What do you think the tragedy of Trans Asia plane crashed?

Curse of Trans Asia airlines?

How to survive a plane crash?

Do you think the chance of survival is higher when sitting to the rear of the aircraft?

Can you name world's most and least 'safe' airlines?

What are the ways to choose the safest possible flight?

What are some tips for being safe on public transportation?

How to overcome a fear of flying?

復仇好嗎?

Revenge: Will You Feel Better? by Karyn Hall Ph.D.

Understanding how emotions and thoughts influence behavior is important for people who have intense emotions and are often ruled by them. Knowledge about emotions and the thoughts that strengthen or soften those emotions can help people develop ways to better manage their actions.

One urge that people experience but rarely discuss is revenge. Webster's online dictionary defines revenge as to avenge (as oneself) usually by retaliating in kind or degree or to inflict injury in return for something, such as to revenge an insult.

The struggle with revenge is centuries old. Shakespeare said, "If you prick us do we not bleed? If you tickle us do we not laugh? If you poison us do we not die? And if you wrong us shall we not revenge?" Shakespeare clearly thought revenge was as normal and predictable as the sun rising.

Maybe, but what about the idea that revenge is self-destructive? Confucius said , "Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves." Gandhi seemed to agree with him when he said, "An eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind."

Revenge seems to be one of the deepest instincts we have. Who hasn't said, "I hope he gets his," or wished that Karma would strike sooner rather than later?  Dirty Harry's "Go ahead, make my day" resonates across generations. Out of control revenge, attack and counterattack, can be blinding and destroy the lives of all involved. But our instincts and emotions usually serve a purpose.

Researchers and theorists believe that revenge is a form of establishing justice and that the threat of revenge may serve as a form of protection, a kind of enforcement of social cooperation. Imagine that your neighbor hosts large, overnight parties and his guests continually park so that you can't get out of your driveway. If you believe that your neighbor is a rational person who won't retaliate,  you may be tempted to key the guests' cars or smear them with eggs. If you think your neighbor would "come after you," then you are less likely to act on your anger.

Maybe the purpose of revenge is in preventing certain hostile actions or the threat of revenge insures people do not hurt you in the future. But sometimes people act revengeful when no good can come of their actions, other than to inflict suffering on others. Those actions can go to unfathomable extremes. From lovers running over a beloved iPhone or destroying what their ex most values, to businessmen damaging the careers of those who have rejected them,  to students opening fire in school hallways, revenge can be an act of anger, hurt and power.

People who have been hurt or betrayed seem to believe without any doubt that if the other party suffers, then they will feel better--their emotional pain will lessen. Is this true?

Questions:

Revenge: will you feel better?

How to treat someone you hate?

How do you respond to someone who has hurt you?

What are the ways to manage your anger?

Would you forgive a girlfriend/ a boyfriend who cheated?

How to react to a friend who hurts your feelings?

How to react when insulted or teased?

How to get rid of a negative emotion?