Are Turboprop Airplanes Safe?
We had several good years of airline safety, but recent turboprop accidents like that of Continental Connection Dash-8 flight 3407 in Buffalo, NY has placed a spot light once again on the safety record of turboprops airplanes. Usually, after an incident, or accident there’s normally a period were you see an increase in anxiety with people who have a fear of flying. The news media doesn’t help when they give over-sensational news coverage about an accident. For example, I was astonish on how one news outlet described with such graphic details on what the passengers on a recent accident experienced. I immediately started to think about some graphic terrible car accidents I seen in my life time, & how they seemed to never make the news. Turboprop airplane technology is old, & been around since the jet age. Turboprop airplanes use engines that are gas turbine to drive a propeller. Turboprop airplanes are slightly different from other propeller airplanes because the components of the turbop
