Columbia Basin, Ephrata, WA | junk fun - 11/4/2026 08:02
Yes, dashcam video makes the story.
Second, if a Volvo crashed because of a thunderstorm and burst into flames killing the whole family inside, it would be newsworthy because some of us assumed the volvo should be safer than that. I assumed more expensive plane equaled safer plane. Which of course is true, but not ultimately decisive in this case.
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A 30 year old Learjet isn’t really a “more expensive plane” anymore. They’re $3 million or so, whereas a 10 year old gulfstream might be 15x that much.
There are exactly two reasons this crash is getting attention: dramatic audio, and even more dramatic video of the crash. Both are short, so they fit in everyone’s tictocs, and a pretty young face behind the audio is just icing on the cake for the clickbaiters.
If the audio ended with some dude telling ATC “we have a problem here” and then went down in a swamp where there’s no smoking hole and definitely no video, this crash would be less famous than Brittney Infanger’s.
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