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rtkwe on Oct 27, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Finding that lead emissions from aircraft engines ...

If a car engine fails or is suffering more long term damage due to knocking the car doesn't have an immediate emergency on the same order of magnitude a plane does. A failed plane engine is an immediate life threatening emergency to everyone on board.

elzbardico on Oct 27, 2023 [–]

Not only on board.

I thanks the FAA and other's countries flight authorities for the fact that I don't need to have an anxiety crisis every time a plane passes overhead.

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