So, first I hope this question fits this sub. I’ve often heard that sentance. But how has it been determined?
Like, is it just about the raw number of deaths? In which case, the argument doesn’t exactly land well since we’re in planes a very small part of our lives.
Or has it been calculated that on average, a second spent on a plane is safer than a second spent in a car? In which case it would truly be safer.
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It depends on how you look at it, as you said. The number of passengers delivered safely when compared to the total distance travelled is very high. In that way it’s the safest.
From another perspective, when something goes seriously wrong, far more people die than would be the average in a car. I could perhaps survive ten car crashes. It’s unlikely I’d survive even one plane crash, and planes carry way more people on average.
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