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by onion2k 4354 days ago
In 2012 there were 6 air crashes out of 37.5 million flights[1]. That's a safety level of 99.999984%. I think we all want 100% safety, but realistically that's about as close to perfect as we're ever going to get

What makes air travel scary is the way it's reported by the media. That's what we ought to be improving.

[1] http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/02/28/2012-was-the-safest-year...
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ekianjo 4354 days ago
Is your source correct ? Wikiedia lists 13 crashes in 2012: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_incident...
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peteretep 4354 days ago 

    > but realistically that's about as close to perfect as
    > we're ever going to get
Doubt it. My understanding is the majority of crashes are caused by human error; once we eliminate the human decision making, we should expect that to go down.
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