WS MoreOrLess: How safe is flying?
More or Less
BBC
4.6 • 3.7K Ratings
🗓️ 28 March 2015
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
The Germanwings A320 tragedy, in which 150 people died, is the latest in a series of fatal crashes over the past year. Are more planes crashing, or does it just seem that way? Plus: is the number of penalties Chelsea Football Club have been awarded in the Premier League this season "abnormally low" as they have claimed? This programme was first broadcast on the BBC World Service.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the short edition of Morales. |
| 0:02.0 | First broadcast on the BBC World Service. |
| 0:06.0 | Thank you for downloading from the BBC. |
| 0:09.0 | The details of our complete range of podcasts and our terms of use |
| 0:13.0 | go to BBCWorldService.com slash podcasts. |
| 0:19.0 | Hello and welcome to Morales on the BBC World Service. |
| 0:23.0 | I'm Ruth Alexander and I'm Hannah Moore. |
| 0:25.0 | In today's programme we investigate claims of foul play |
| 0:29.0 | in the British Premier League as leaders Chelsea can play |
| 0:32.0 | in their getting too few penalty kicks. |
| 0:34.0 | But first, our plane crashes becoming more common. |
| 0:38.0 | A plane has crashed in the French Alps killing 150 people on board. |
| 0:44.0 | News that has shocked the world. |
| 0:46.0 | There were no survivors from the crash. |
| 0:48.0 | Only a further dreadful twist as we learned that recordings |
| 0:50.0 | from inside the plane suggested co-pilot Andres Lubitz |
| 0:53.0 | had brought it down on purpose. |
| 0:55.0 | It's the latest in a series of high-profile crashes |
| 0:58.0 | of large airliners in around a year. |
| 1:00.0 | My initial reaction on hearing the news was, |
| 1:03.0 | what another plane crash? |
| 1:05.0 | What's going on? |
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