So I this morning I logged onto the SP website, just to poke around, see if some of my friends had posted some things, check notifications etc., and I saw a post by CaptainNoble. He had created a replica of an Airbus A320-211. Okay, nothing untoward there, it's expected that such a popular aircraft is built a lot, hell, I posted an A320 only a few days ago. However, as I scrolled down the comment section; I saw something rather interesting. asteriodbook345 asked why people build replicas of aircraft involved in accidents. This was because, the specific aircraft that had been replicated was D-AIPX, which if you don't know, was operating Germanwings 9525. On the 24 March 2015, this plane, operating as flight 9525, crashed into the Alps killing all 144 people on board. It would later be determined that the crash was actually an act of suicide by the First Officer, who intentionally crashed the aircraft after locking the captain out of the cockpit.

This raises a pressing moral question: Is it ok to replicate aircraft that have been involved in crashes?

In my opinion, yes.

It boils down to quote I live by, from Spanish-American philosopher George Santayana: "Those who forget the past shall be forever condemned to repeat it"

The whole reason these accidents, as well as similar cases of where there is severe loss of life, are investigated so thoroughly, is so that tragedies like them will never happen again. It would completely defeat the point of said investigations if we were to ignore the information uncovered, like they never happened, and fail to educate people on the lessons learned, so that they don't happen again. I believe in this specific case, where we are dealing with not only a mass loss of life, but also suicide, and mental health issues, this need to educate and learn from is especially important. We need to confront the past, no matter how sensitive, violent or inconvenient it may be.

Obviously there is something of a line to be drawn here, and you do need know the difference between education and exploitation. Half-assedly taking someone else's creation, placing it in livery that barely resembles the actual aircraft then calling it your own is not education, it's exploitation.

CaptainNoble's A320 I mentioned. Regardless of what you think about the matters I have just described, you have to applaud them for the effort and work they put in

Now, I have linked and tagged a couple people and CaptainNoble's post, so check them out, but please do not attack them for what they do or believe, after all, it is their choice and opinion, and they have a right to that