idun Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 I bet even now statisically flying is still very safe, and yet, I found myself today thinking that in the last year that it 'feels' a lot less safe than it was. I don't think that I'll stop flying though, but I know that instinctively I shall be pleased when our son's plane has landed when he visits us soon, and then when he has returned home safely. Such thoughts never having crossed my mind before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickles Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 The thing is, the main reason why air accidents are news is because there are relatively so few compared with the number of flights per year. If aircraft were falling out of the sky every day, they would be less newsworthy, in a morbid way. You are still more likely to die on the way to the airport than in the aircraft. The trouble is, when an air accident occurs, a large number of people are affected in one go - like the school group on this flight.When it's a bus going off the road in Asia or South America, or a ferry sinking in Indonesia or the Phillipines, it seems to have less impact on Western media. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted March 24, 2015 Author Share Posted March 24, 2015 Yes, so logical pickles, but the truth is that I am thinking about this now, whereas, in the past I never gave it a thought. How the mind works eh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Théière Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 [quote user="idun"]Yes, so logical pickles, but the truth is that I am thinking about this now, whereas, in the past I never gave it a thought. How the mind works eh![/quote]More how the media work, they pick phrases they know to get through, still sells better than Jeremy Clarkson when there wasn't much shocking news around. Sorry if that seems callous but news is just a commodity to these people, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halfblind Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 Shock horror ! Headlines sell Newpapers ! Hold the front page ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halfblind Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 [quote user="halfblind"]Shock horror ! Headlines sell Newspapers ! Hold the front page ![/quote] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonzjob Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 The stats on vehicle accidents are a tad higher than aircraft. Some of the numbers are quite shocking.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_traffic-related_death_rateFor the air? Sorry the formats are so different.http://www.ibtimes.com/how-many-planes-crash-every-year-how-many-people-die-plane-crashes-chart-1560554Safer to fly to the airport??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickles Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 [quote user="Jonzjob"]Safer to fly to the airport???[/quote]Only if you can do it on a commercial airline ...General aviation accident statistics I believe are somewhat worse, and statistics for small helicopters worse still. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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