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		caconym_ on Sept 2, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The red warning light on Richard Branson’s space f... > A bit of a silly argument when you are talking about life and death situation. "Get-there-itis", a.k.a. plan continuation bias, is a real thing that's gotten a lot of aviators and their passengers killed.

andi999 on Sept 2, 2021 [–]

It totally is: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smolensk_air_disaster Seems they didn't wanted to be late and there were quite a few important passengers.

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