August 23, 2009
johncabrera:

REDUCE YOUR CHANCES OF DYING IN A PLANE CRASH
Interesting.

I’d be interested in viewing this map if it showed fatal accidents as a function of (1) miles flown (2) flight hours or (3) passenger volume.  Something tells me that the map would tell a much different story - perhaps the exact opposite message.
After a quick search, I found that it is much easier to find fatal accident statistics by country than it is to find statistics on flight activity by country.  Of course, a lack of information doesn’t justify the skewing of available information…

johncabrera:

REDUCE YOUR CHANCES OF DYING IN A PLANE CRASH

Interesting.

I’d be interested in viewing this map if it showed fatal accidents as a function of (1) miles flown (2) flight hours or (3) passenger volume.  Something tells me that the map would tell a much different story - perhaps the exact opposite message.

After a quick search, I found that it is much easier to find fatal accident statistics by country than it is to find statistics on flight activity by country.  Of course, a lack of information doesn’t justify the skewing of available information…

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    I’d be interested in viewing this map if it showed fatal accidents as a function of (1) miles flown (2) flight hours or...
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    This is entirely irresponsible and inaccurate. In all of these charts, there is no taking into account for the frequency...
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    this is interesting, indeed. and something else you might not know is that you should try to avoid mass transit of any...
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