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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mel O&#039;Drama" data-source="post: 55775" data-attributes="member: 23">From the point of view of Emmerdale, the people on the ground would have been affected in the same way regardless of the cause of the plane coming down. The devastation in the village mirrored that of the people of Lockerbie. With those events relatively recent and certainly very much in the public consciousness at the time, the parallels - and complaints - were inevitable. I dare say that crossed the minds of Redmond and the writing team too. It did what they set out to do in terms of grabbing ratings and headlines, but I've never thought it in particularly good taste.</blockquote>