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The average human is more likely to die driving to the supermarket than in a commercial jet airliner crash, so I don't know how useful any of these comparisons
by civilitty 3y ago
The average human is more likely to die driving to the supermarket than in a commercial jet airliner crash, so I don't know how useful any of these comparisons are, especially for laymen.
We're comparing technology where safety is measured in incidents per hundred million miles traveled to one where the total number of annual travelers can fit into a single jumbo jet.
- danso 3y agoRight. I wonder if the layperson passenger's assessment was that the Titanic sub was as extremely catastrophic as flying in a helicopter, in the sense that if something goes wrong, you're obviously going to die. But most helicopter passengers probably assume that the trip will be safe and uneventful, 999 out of 1000 times.
- civilitty 3y ago> But most helicopter passengers probably assume that the trip will be safe and uneventful, 999 out of 1000 times. Even helicopters have a fatal accident rate that's at most 1 per 100,000 flight hours (in the US at least). This sub seems to have a fatal accident rate of 1 per 1,000 hours at best