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Statistically speaking, Flying is still the safest way to travel
Posted on 1/26/20 at 2:45 pm
Posted on 1/26/20 at 2:45 pm
Not looking forward to the 5 am Monday redeye and helicopter shuttle later in the day...
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Posted on 1/26/20 at 2:46 pm to FreddyGold
Is helicopter travel included in those stats?
Posted on 1/26/20 at 2:46 pm to FreddyGold
Ppl say this but you never hear of celebrities dying in car crashes
Posted on 1/26/20 at 2:47 pm to Cold Drink
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Ppl say this but you never hear of celebrities dying in car crashes
Posted on 1/26/20 at 2:47 pm to FreddyGold
True, but your chance of death is astronomically higher in a aeronautical crash vs automobile crash.
Posted on 1/26/20 at 2:47 pm to Cold Drink
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Ppl say this but you never hear of celebrities dying in car crashes
Ryan Dunn says hi.
Posted on 1/26/20 at 2:47 pm to FreddyGold
Departing at 5am ain’t a red eye baw, going out to a rig?
Posted on 1/26/20 at 2:48 pm to GumboPot
Helicopters are flying all the time.. Its just that when one crashes it is a big news story. If fatal car wreck was to be reported like a fatal helicopter crash, that would be the only thing news outlets would be able to report on.
Posted on 1/26/20 at 2:49 pm to OweO
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Still, it’s possible to do a little speculation with the data that are available. Between 2005 and 2009, there was an annual average of 1.44 fatalities (PDF) per 100,000 flying hours in nonmilitary helicopters. Over the same period, there were 13.2 traffic fatalities per 100,000 population in the United States annually. Since the average American spends around 780 hours per year (PDF) in the car, that means the fatality rate per 100,000 hours of driving time is just 0.017. Based on hours alone, helicopters are 85 times more dangerous than driving.
Posted on 1/26/20 at 2:49 pm to Cold Drink
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Ppl say this but you never hear of celebrities dying in car crashes
This post was edited on 1/26/20 at 2:52 pm
Posted on 1/26/20 at 2:49 pm to Restomod
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but your chance of death is astronomically higher in a aeronautical crash vs automobile crash.
Right. In any crash your survival chances are dependent upon your ability to dissipate 1/2mV^2 away from you to 0.
Posted on 1/26/20 at 2:50 pm to KingwoodLsuFan
Yeah, that was dumb. Tons of celebs have died in car wrecks.
Posted on 1/26/20 at 2:50 pm to 777Tiger
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Departing at 5am ain’t a red eye baw, going out to a rig?
5 am EST is.
This post was edited on 1/26/20 at 2:52 pm
Posted on 1/26/20 at 2:52 pm to Cold Drink
Dale Earnhardt
Posted on 1/26/20 at 2:54 pm to FreddyGold
If as many people flew as traveled by road would that still be true?
Posted on 1/26/20 at 2:55 pm to FreddyGold
Let's see some stats on flying when it's just small aircraft
Posted on 1/26/20 at 2:58 pm to Cold Drink
Mansfield Bar says otherwise
Posted on 1/26/20 at 2:58 pm to FreddyGold
I don’t think I will ever get in a helicopter. I never really get worried flying in planes but I don’t trust helicopters.
Posted on 1/26/20 at 2:58 pm to Restomod
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True, but your chance of death is astronomically higher in a aeronautical crash vs automobile crash.
This is my view. No doubt a automobile crash can be deadly but there is also a decent chance you will live through it, I have been in several in my lifetime.
If you are in a plane crash you are going to die unless you are one lucky SOB. I've only flown once in my life and it would suit me just fine if that turns out to be my last
Posted on 1/26/20 at 3:39 pm to FreddyGold
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Flying is still the safest way to travel
It sure is, and here's why: once the plane hits the ground, technically you're not flying anymore. So, flying is 100% safe.
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