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Re:Did an F-15 airplane successfully land with just one wing? by cortesoft on Friday March 07, 2014 @09:01PM (#7363937)
I think there might be a bit of Survivorship Bias going on here... the people who fail to become calm and focused aren't around to tell us about it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivorship_bias

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Re:Did an F-15 airplane successfully land with just one wing? by andrewflnr on Friday March 07, 2014 @10:59PM (#7364176)
The term you're looking for is "natural selection". No, seriously, that's exactly how it works.
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Re:Did an F-15 airplane successfully land with just one wing? by mikeash on Saturday March 08, 2014 @08:14PM (#7367059)
That's an excellent point. However, I don't think it accounts for all of it. There are lots of cases where people can panic and still survive. It lowers the odds, but doesn't reduce them to zero.
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