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Re:Over 90% of U.S. airport towers are understaffed, data shows by c-cube on Saturday February 01, 2025 @01:30PM (#42900766)
Another (small) plane crashed in Philadelphia today. That's two in a couple days.
Re:Over 90% of U.S. airport towers are understaffed, data shows by Levitz on Saturday February 01, 2025 @01:38PM (#42900859)
Yes, non-commercial planes crash far, FAR more often than commercial flights, at the tune of about 200-300 fatalities a year, you can play with the data a bit here:

https://injuryfacts.nsc.org/home-and-community/safety-topics...

The fact that the incident you talk about was reported at all was exceptional.

Re:Over 90% of U.S. airport towers are understaffed, data shows by kcplate on Saturday February 01, 2025 @10:10PM (#42905371)
It was reported because of the prior incident in DC. Also this crash was more newsworthy because it was damaging to ground structures and there were bystanders on the ground who were injured.
Re:Over 90% of U.S. airport towers are understaffed, data shows by c-cube on Friday February 07, 2025 @02:37PM (#42976591)
TIL, thank you.
Re:Over 90% of U.S. airport towers are understaffed, data shows by BenjiWiebe on Saturday February 01, 2025 @01:42PM (#42900896)
IIRC from another HN conversation, non commercial-airline flights crash pretty regularly. Maybe something like 1 ever couple of days?

Commercial airlines have different, far more strict regulations.