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> the fact remains there hasn't been a single commercial aviation fatality in the US since 2009 SWA1380 was in 2018 and resulted in a passenger fatality: http
by sokoloff 3y ago
> the fact remains there hasn't been a single commercial aviation fatality in the US since 2009
SWA1380 was in 2018 and resulted in a passenger fatality:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southwest_Airlines_Flight_1380 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southwest_Airlines_Flight_1380
> where they literally shoot frozen turkeys from cannons into engines to test for bird strike resilience
The bird strike testing uses thawed birds. There's a joke where the punchline is they were using frozen birds.
- kkielhofner 3y ago> SWA1380 was in 2018 and resulted in a passenger fatality: I stand corrected: 1 single fatality from over five years ago across billions of people-flights. Doesn't change the point in the slightest and as I said elsewhere, these incidents are so rare people can recall and reference them specifically as you just did. Other than a major celebrity dying that doesn't happen with any other single death incident. > The bird strike testing uses thawed birds. Thanks, again corrected (not trying to be snarky, I like knowing when I'm wrong). Point still stands in replying to someone talking about paint chips.
- sokoloff 3y agoIndeed. The amount of paint that could possibly be ingested is minuscule, especially as compared to the amount of volcanic ash that could be flown through.