Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Caribbean Airlines Flight 523

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The result was speedy keep. Withdrawn by nominator DGG ( talk ) 00:44, 31 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Caribbean Airlines Flight 523

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Scarcely seems to meet WP:Event. 2 broken legs as an outcome is something that happens in dozens of road accidents on any given day that has no wider coverage than a local rag. Kevin McE (talk) 20:47, 30 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. I'm sympathetic to your point of view but the airliner broke in half. At Wikipedia:WikiProject Aviation/Aircraft accidents and incidents, the longstanding notability guideline for airline accidents is that if the hull is written off the accident is notable and the article is to be kept. Binksternet (talk) 20:50, 30 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. As far as I know, it's the first accident of this kind in Georgetown, Guyana and to the Airline as Caribbean Airlines. Maybe BWIA had a similar case or Air Jamaica as lone carrier, although I'm mot aware of. This incident is comparable with Air France Flight 358, which overshot the runway at Toronto Pearson International. In the Kaieteur News article are more injuries mentioned than just them two broken legs. Joerg, the BajanZindy (talk) 21:11, 30 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - Meets WP:GNG, as it has significant coverage in reliable sources such as AP, BBC, CNN and FlightGlobal. - BilCat (talk) 22:02, 30 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - Was a hull-loss accident and meets WP:GNG. NZLS11 (talk) 22:07, 30 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - As a hull-loss it meets WP:AIRCRASH - Ahunt (talk) 22:15, 30 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

OK, I was unaware of wp:aircrash, so if someone wants to speedy close it, I have no objection, but it certainly seems to me to set a far lower threshold that wp:event envisages, and scarcely seems to have potential to go beyond wp:notnews. Are we really still so much in thrall to the notion of a big iron bird that it gets such a different notability threshold than any accident pertaining to other modes of transport? Kevin McE (talk) 00:04, 31 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

You are absolutely welcome to post that question at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Aviation/Aircraft accidents and incidents. Binksternet (talk) 00:18, 31 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with Binksternet. Joerg, the

BajanZindy (talk) 00:27, 31 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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