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The table that's linked is also in the UK for the decade between 1990-2000, so about twenty years ago. I'd wager that in first world countries, aviation has go
by jfim 7y ago
The table that's linked is also in the UK for the decade between 1990-2000, so about twenty years ago.
I'd wager that in first world countries, aviation has gotten safer since the 90s as well. The last decade has seen exactly one commercial aviation fatality in the US during the engine failure on a Southwest flight last year, while there are about ten deaths per day on average in the US for cars.
In comparison, Japan has had zero fatalities in 55 years of operation for the Shinkansen (super express trains).
- black_puppydog 7y agoI don't really see the sense for breaking this down by nation, beyond having nation-scale car statistics to compare against... I mean, the Boeing max fuckup could well be regarded as "made in the US" no?
- jfim 7y agoThere are different levels of maturity of airline operations and plane reliability between countries, and this is recognized by both the EU and the US. They both have different lists of airlines (for the EU) and countries (for the US) that are not allowed to operate in their respective airspaces without a wet lease (a lease from another company where that company assumes maintenance operations and provides the personnel to operate the plane). It also doesn't really make sense to put regional carriers from small countries (eg. Gabon or Kyrgyzstan) in the same bucket as strictly regulated large carriers that follow the ICAO standards.