Information Is Beautiful » Data Mash-up http://www.informationisbeautiful.net Ideas, issues, knowledge, data - visualized! Tue, 31 Aug 2010 11:06:52 +0000 en hourly 1 Reduce Your Odds Of Dying In A Plane Crash http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/2009/reduce-your-odds-of-dying-in-a-plane-crash/ http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/2009/reduce-your-odds-of-dying-in-a-plane-crash/#comments Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:46:31 +0000 david http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/?p=33 Reduce Your Odds Of Dying In A Plane Crash

A round-up and mash-up of data on fatal plane accidents. Cross-referencing the data (unscientifically) reveals the statistically most dangerous flights to take.

UPDATE 15th August: Visitors pointed out a serious error in this diagram relating to the number of fatal accidents by airline. I’ve fixed this now. Thanks to all who pointed it out.

sources Wikipedia_List_Of_Airline_Accidents, Flowing Data: Safest Seat To Sit In…, Aviation-Safety.net
Inspired by data from The Guardian Datablog
My data (google spreadsheet)
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sources: Guardian Datablog, Worlddatabaseofhappiness.eur.nl | my data Google Spreadsheet | download a hi-res PDF, roll it up and smoke it


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