Air Travel

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Hi Is anybody out there that feels comfortable giving me a helplessly subjective account on the safety situation of internal China air travel? Considering that I want to go from Canton to Lhasar. That’s not only quite a distance to travel by bus and train but also would cost me a lot of nerves, time and wouldn’t be considered save by "western" standards. Is it even in this context not a good idea to take a flight? Thanks a lot for any information in advance. Please post or e-mail. | Oliver Schuetze                                            |   | Tel: 49-30-3445573 / Fax: 49-30-7859858                    | | Just because you are not paranoid does not mean that they  | | are not after you !                                        | |                                                            | | If you do not trust your own nature or the universe of     | | which youre a part of, how can you trust your mistrust ?   |

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – >Hi >Is anybody out there that feels comfortable giving me a >helplessly subjective account on the safety situation of internal China >air travel? >Considering that I want to go from Canton to Lhasar. That’s not >only quite a distance to travel by bus and train but also would >cost me a lot of nerves, time and wouldn’t be considered save by >"western" standards. Is it even in this context not a good idea >to take a flight? >Thanks a lot for any information in advance. >Please post or e-mail.

If you are going to Lhasa, then you don’t have much of an alternative. It’s not served by trains, and it could take a week+ on poor roads over high passes, which means the risk isn’t that small either. T A small soothing thought is that *perhaps* due to the special terrain and political considerations, the airline *may* have the more experienced pilots and newer planes for the route. — -Raymond Kwan

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