• shootwhatsmynameEnglish
    43•2 months ago

    Observation: almost nobody died from planes in 2020

    Conclusion: we need to start more pandemics

      • @[email protected]
        3•2 months ago

        Nah. That’s half of the plan to ‘fix’ Social Security. The other half is forcing mothers to have unwanted labor babies.

  • @[email protected]
    17•2 months ago

    Neither beautiful nor conclusive data. With such a low amount of plane crashes over such a small time scale the number of incidents could just be random fluctuations. Since only the number of fatalities is given but not the number of incidents per year, it is impossible to tell if the difference in fatalities might just be due to varying sizes of planes.

    • Muad'dibEnglish
      3•2 months ago

      Double the usual number in one sixth the time. That’s one low p value.

      • Fonzie!
        3•2 months ago

        It’s almost all from one event.

        These kind of stats are too sensitive to fluctuations to view them annually like this.

        This is bad days rep.

    • nocturne
      14•2 months ago

      My wife and I are supposed to fly to a concert in August for our anniversary, we are planning to drive now.

      • @[email protected]English
        20•2 months ago

        Even with recent events, flying is still the safer option over driving. We’re hearing about all the incidents because they are rare, but every day there are lots of automobile fatalities that it’s not even reported on beyond the local market since it’s common.

      • @[email protected]
        3•2 months ago

        Open flightradar24 and see how many flights are in the air at any given point. Now…how many of them do you hear about on the news?

        That should let you visualize how dangerous/safe air travel is.