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The major differences seems to be the number of lives involved and the distance to average Joe's life: planes carry quite a lot of people compared to transport
by gregoriol 6y ago
The major differences seems to be the number of lives involved and the distance to average Joe's life: planes carry quite a lot of people compared to transport ships, and the average news reader takes a plane from time to time but never sets foot on such ships.
I believe planes should be better compared to cruise ships in that matter, and it seems that not a lot of cruise ships have major incidents.
- m-p-3 6y agoAlso, a system failure on an airplane has a much higher risk of a catastrophic event compared to a ship. If an airplane lose both of it's engine, it's gonna glide but you're still at risk of crashing if you're far from a viable landing zone. If a ship lose its engine, it's still floating.