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by SV_BubbleTime 876 days ago
It’s a better question to see if it meets colloquial definitions of arbitrage.

It’s an advantage only a few people have, and you paid something in order to be put in that position.

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You paid to be in the plane. I doubt anyone paid specifically to be in a plane with the hope that a door would blow off to take advantage of information asymmetry in the aircraft manufacturer's stock (or the airline's stock).