Fly in the USA. . .it's statistically safer . . . .(?)

[Phil Perry]

DID YOU KNOW. . . .

 

That,. . . . in the USA, between 1983 and 2000, there were 568 recorded aircraft crashes.

 

Now, 51,207 of the 53,487 persons on board these aircraft,. . . actually got out alive. This reveals a survival rate of 96 percent . . ! Not bad Huh Buddy ? ? ? ?!!

 

Phil

 

 

[cooperplace]

DID YOU KNOW. . . .That,. . . . in the USA, between 1983 and 2000, there were 568 recorded aircraft crashes.

 

Now, 51,207 of the 53,487 persons on board these aircraft,. . . actually got out alive. This reveals a survival rate of 96 percent . . ! Not bad Huh Buddy ? ? ? ?!!

 

Phil

do you have any detail re the survival rates and crash numbers in the different sectors of aviation?

 

 

[metalman]

Sucks to be a four percenter though!

 

 

[damkia]

I love statistics...

 

As we have been told many times by the various police forces around the country that 30% of all accidents are caused by drink drivers....this also implies that 70% are caused by stone cold sober drivers. The lesson? Drink up, you're safer....

 

There are liars, damned liars, and statistics.

 

 

[facthunter]

If you drink enough you don't even know you have had an accident. Nev

 

 

[metalman]

I love statistics...As we have been told many times by the various police forces around the country that 30% of all accidents are caused by drink drivers....this also implies that 70% are caused by stone cold sober drivers. The lesson? Drink up, you're safer....

 

There are liars, damned liars, and statistics.

I've read that 75 % of people make 3/4 of the population, I've also heard that 67% of statistics a made up on the spot!

 

 

[ben87r]

Was watching a policeman being interviewed by a reporter once, he that x number said (60% or something) of accidents had speed as a factor. Reporter jumped him straight away with " so your saying that they were speeding or that speed was a factor. Turns he didn't mean speeding but that speed was a factor. Who would have thought that.

 

 

[Marty_d]

Speed is a factor in all accidents. If all vehicles had no speed, they couldn't crash...

 

 

[Marty_d]

DID YOU KNOW. . . .That,. . . . in the USA, between 1983 and 2000, there were 568 recorded aircraft crashes.

 

Now, 51,207 of the 53,487 persons on board these aircraft,. . . actually got out alive. This reveals a survival rate of 96 percent . . ! Not bad Huh Buddy ? ? ? ?!!

 

Phil

96% survival rate in aircraft crashes? What were they doing, taxiing into other aircraft??

 

 

[damkia]

96% survival rate in aircraft crashes? What were they doing, taxiing into other aircraft??

Q1. Define "aircraft crash"

(stats 101)

 

 

[Phil Perry]

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Q1. Define "aircraft crash"(stats 101)

I don't have to define anything. . . .I got that from the Qi book of 1,227 facts to blow your socks off, ( This came out of a very popular "QI" TV show in the UK hosted by Stephen Fry, and when I get it back from the wag who borrowed it last,. . . I'll post the website containing the source material for all the "facts" therein contained.

 

In the meantime, you could google UK -"QI" TV show - Stephen Fry,. . .and go from there. . . the book was compiled by three of the QI "Elves" ( those in the backroom who checked all the "facts". . .)

 

Phil

 

 

[Marty_d]

I could make a guess that they included any incident of an aircraft being damaged, while occupied (well I hope they included the occupied thing to exclude wind/flood/fire damage to parked aircraft!)

 

But as the man said, define "crash". Is a hard landing that bends the main gear a crash? Scraping your wingtip along another aircraft? Having the rolling stairs bump into you a little hard??