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Re:The Differences Between the Plane Crash in Tapei and the ... by parados on Thursday April 09, 2015 @10:44AM (#9347871)
Since few accidents happen in the cruise the more useful measure is fatal accidents/1m departures rather than hours or miles. In 2013 it was 0.16/1m departures for jet airliners[1]. If you took two flights a day it would be, on average, 8,200 years before you were involved in a fatal accident and you would have a 80+% chance of surviving that.

[1] http://www.boeing.com/news/techissues/pdf/statsum.pdf

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Re:The Differences Between the Plane Crash in Tapei and the ... by dhimes on Thursday April 09, 2015 @12:26PM (#9348747)
8,200 years before you were involved in a FATAL accident and you would have a 80+% chance of SURVIVING that (All caps emphasis mine)

Is this (fatal/survive) a typo, or does it mean you could survive where some passengers don't?

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Re:The Differences Between the Plane Crash in Tapei and the ... by danielvf on Thursday April 09, 2015 @12:36PM (#9348841)
A fatal aircraft accident is one with a death. But most "fatal" airline crashes have only a few deaths. Take the recent AsianAir crash in San Franciso. It was a "fatal" crash, but only four of the three hundred some people on the aircraft died.
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Re:The Differences Between the Plane Crash in Tapei and the ... by sukilot on Thursday April 09, 2015 @12:06PM (#9348543)
Is per capita average the right measure? My well being depends not only on my survival, but also my immediate family and close friends...

Flying is still pretty safe, but we shouldn't understate the impact weighted risk of activities.

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