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They are misquoting their own source: > The spatial disorientation, or vertigo, suffered by the pilot is very common and causes accidents that cost the U.S. mi
by peeters 5y ago
They are misquoting their own source:
> The spatial disorientation, or vertigo, suffered by the pilot is very common and causes accidents that cost the U.S. military more than $300 million and about 30 lives every year [1]
Lives, not pilots. It could be 2 pilots and 28 other service members on the same one aircraft.
[1] https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19990606&slug=2965073 https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19990606&slug...