Rest in peace.
Why did you assume everyone on BitcoinTalk was 'smarter' than other people?
I will say Rest in Peace to the victims, however, I'll be scared to get on one of their planes. I understand it wasn't their fault, but I would still be quivering.
Well, road accidents in Malaysia has higher death in a year than that plane. So it's just like 'okay sad time, sleep now, tomorrow just continue battling our lives on road to workplace like normal every life'. As an example :
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This special police operation on reducing road accidents called 'Ops Sikap' or 'Operation Attitude' are usually done on festive season throughout the country and usually last around 12~20 days, sometimes up to 30 days. See the death toll. For 2011, 17k accidents are reported, 199 people perished on road, and this is during the ops itself. imagine how a normal day would be like.