Comments on: Reduce Your Odds Of Dying In A Plane Crash

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 10:33:45 +0000

Bad data is bad data.

What is the usefulness of a total plane crash number by country/plane? 0. You need the per flight number. . .i.e. is the 737 a deadly plane or the most popular plane ever?

By: Harold

Harold — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 02:11:15 +0000

How do I know that this information is actually valid? For all some viewers know, this could all be made up to make people fear/relax about these topics. Also, I’d like to know how these figures that calculate the chance of people dieing in different ways are made up. I mean, how the heck are you supposed to find out the chances of being attacked by a mountain lion? 0_o

By: Johnson

Johnson — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 20:15:58 +0000

I don’t really think this chart is doing the public a service. They are likely to take it seriously. The ratio of fear to actual danger is probably higher for air-flight than anything else.

I really love the work you do but this is both useless and paranoia-inducing.

By: Ira Higgelbottom

Ira Higgelbottom — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 09:06:57 +0000

Great info i will take this into consideration

By: Ashley

Ashley — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 16:27:20 +0000

I’ve actually flown from the US to Russia through Aeroflot in August (not sure the type of plane, though). Won’t be showing this chart to my grandmother any time soon.

By: Randall Wisby

Randall Wisby — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 15:48:12 +0000

I have a hard time believing that a person is more likely to die in an airplane crash than to be stung by a bee. Most people I know have been stung by a bee. Over my lifetime I have only known a small handful of people who have died in plane crashes. I highly doubt that figure.

However, otherwise this is fascinating stuff!

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 16:21:42 +0000

Since the point of the graphics is to discuss fatalities, shouldn’t the focus be on the number of fatalities rather than the number of fatal accidents?

By: Tanya

Tanya — Sat, 29 May 2010 21:20:05 +0000

I liked the visualization a lot, but if I start to think carefully and analyze the info…
It is like biased statistical review..
You cannot rank mortality for different planes without taking into account how many passenger they carry…of course one crash of a huge airplane will have more deaths then several crashes of small planes… and in this case pictures are working to enforce the wrong perception,… as I see it.

If you wanna make a person a fool – give him/her just a piece of all available information…

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 14:11:30 +0000

You need to include relative proportions rather than absolute proportions in your plane crash data (i.e. plane crashes per # of flights). Or better yet, include both.

By: cuvy

cuvy — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:21:10 +0000

So, what are the stats on people dying in car crashes while driving from/to an airport to catch a flight?