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by throwawayacc5 1186 days ago
Considering the billion people flying in that time frame, 146 serious injuries is less than a rounding error.
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User23 1186 days ago
It’s precisely because we’ve treated these “rounding errors” seriously that aviation is so incredibly safe. It didn’t used to be, it got that way because the engineers treated even a single injury as an unacceptable failure.
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throwawayacc5 1186 days ago
Except this isn't even a rounding error, it's less than that. You can't engineer out the basic physics of turbulence for winged propelled aircraft.
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Zanni 1185 days ago
Agree that turbulence is inescapable, but that's exactly why every passenger should have a seat belt.
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