So looking at the actual data, overall plane crashes (including small planes) are very far down, but the two commercial airline crashes we’ve had are outliers. Dont let news about small plane crashes scare you, those are unfortunately extremely common. - ThreadSky

why.bsky.team • 2 days ago

So looking at the actual data, overall plane crashes (including small planes) are very far down, but the two commercial airline crashes we’ve had are outliers.
Dont let news about small plane crashes scare you, those are unfortunately extremely common.

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Are we really doing multiple plane crashes a week now?

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oracularhades.com•2 days ago

*adds an atproto-note to your post*
hey where'd it go

why.bsky.team•2 days ago

For the official data, check this dashboard: https://www.iata.org/safetyreport-dashboard

why.bsky.team•2 days ago

Its worth filtering this data down to commercial flights and/or in north america, since thats the main concern the news cycle is about.

why.bsky.team•2 days ago

If we see a third commercial crash in the next month, thats the point that i start to have real concerns, everything so far is just random distribution noise

oaklandishdude.bsky.social•2 days ago

This is true. Air travel is still extremely safe. Private piloting has always been riskier as a private pilot it is.

evefavretto.bsky.social•2 days ago

Commercial aviation is overall, VERY safe.

General aviation is a mess.

boo-erman.bsky.social•2 days ago

Yay?

erinaceousphd.bsky.social•2 days ago

Yeah, I think the news media is trying to capitalize on the smaller crashes, despite their relative commonality.

pagnificent.bsky.social•2 days ago

I was going to tell you this yesterday but didn’t want to seem like I was a trumper so didn’t. Glad you found out on your own

why.bsky.team•2 days ago

Yeah, I'm still unconvinced on whether or not there's an underlying effect. two commercial crashes in this short of time is pretty abnormal given the data, but could also pretty easily just be randomness

pagnificent.bsky.social•2 days ago

The delta crash in Toronto was complete randomness and bad weather, if that’s one you’re including.

But dismantling the FAA is still dangerous as shit and there will be impacts 100% they just haven’t been felt yet

harsh-patell.bsky.social•2 days ago

at the same time I don't think there's been enough time for the consequences of what is essentially a dismantling of the FAA to show up in the data as a visible trend yet. I'd be surprised (pleasantly tbh) if there isn't a statistically significant uptick in safety incidents 1-3 years down the line

allandeutsch.com•2 days ago

Not all crashes are equal either. Planes crashing on the runway is minor. Planes crashing out of the sky is a big problem.

why.bsky.team•2 days ago

Yep, the dashboard i was looking at lets you filter for incident outcome. Lots of taxiing tailstrikes, which i'm really not that concerned about

h4zy.bsky.social•2 days ago

Thanks for the reality/fact check

snarfed.org•2 days ago

"don't let news...scare you" is great life advice that many people maybe agree with but not enough actually follow

chandler.lol•1 day ago

yeah have had to remind myself of this as a person with a little bit of flight anxiety lol

mingie.media•2 days ago

My hero

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