Talk:Hawker-Siddeley HS121 Trident
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I added the following text. I found mention of a "trident aircraft" crash on the 1979 page. After some searching, I found some information on google that was 'not' simply a direct quote of the wikipedia entry, which I sourced.
- On March 14, 1979, a Trident 2E crashed into a factory near Beijing, killing at least 200. According to another source, this crash was caused by an unqualified pilot who stole and flew the plane. That source mentions total fatalities of all 12 crew, 32 ground, and no passengers. (see discussion)
The wikipedia entry says over 200 were killed, but this source [1] implies that only 44 were killed. Hopefully somebody can corroborate the information.
- RealGrouchy 18:49, 7 Feb 2004 (UTC)
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- Hmmm, sort of interesting - but does it really belong in the article? Most aircraft pages don't mention all the crashes that a particular type has (in that case some pages would be full of lists of crashes) - the only reason that the Staines crash is mentioned here is that a) it's got a page of its own and b) it's notable for being the worst in the UK at that point in time. Graham 22:45, 7 Feb 2004 (UTC)
In addition, wasn't the aircraft Lin Biao flew on his escape which crashed in Mongolia a Trident as well? --JNZ 12:21, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] 727 commentary
I removed this speculative and somewhat NPOV text: Of course, the 727 was able to re-use the fuselage section of the 707 and thereby reduce development costs, and even if the Trident had been "perfect" it is unlikely that it would have had much success in the massive and very nationalistic US airline industry. -choster 22:21, 4 May 2005 (UTC)
