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Re:Pakistan airline admits taking extra passengers in aisle by mozumder on Saturday February 25, 2017 @11:11AM (#13732145)
> It perplexes me that there are HN'ers who do not understand the risks involved.

I don't think you understand that "risk" doesn't mean "damage"?

Re:Pakistan airline admits taking extra passengers in aisle by alexvoda on Saturday February 25, 2017 @11:49AM (#13732341)
Of course it doesn't. Risk (of an event) is an aggregate of the severity (of said event) and the probability (of that event happening). The damage is just the severity.

It is actually irrelevant in this case how risk is actually calculated from these two because almost no one actually calculates it before a plane ride. (Though it is probably calculated for heads of state/royalty/CEOs/etc..)