Each day, about 100-120 people die in car crashes in America.
Over 45,000 planes fly in America every day, and over 5000 are in the air at any given moment. With a crash rate of 1 out of a thousand, we’d be having multiple plane crashes, with thousands of people killed, every day. One plane crash could easily match or surpass that daily car crash number, and we’d be having multiple plane crashes per day.
1 out of a thousand? I’d never fly again. NOBODY would ever fly again.
Normally, I would scoff at being worried about airborne debris, but if 1 out of 1000 were crashing, and there were 45k flights a day, that’s enough crashes to worry about.
The vast majority of those crashes would be around airports, though, so just keep away from the airports, and your chance of being clobbered by a black box goes down significantly.
It’s almost comical to think about major airports having a half dozen crashes a day. At least the AI won’t have any trouble sleeping at night.
Each day, about 100-120 people die in car crashes in America.
Over 45,000 planes fly in America every day, and over 5000 are in the air at any given moment. With a crash rate of 1 out of a thousand, we’d be having multiple plane crashes, with thousands of people killed, every day. One plane crash could easily match or surpass that daily car crash number, and we’d be having multiple plane crashes per day.
1 out of a thousand? I’d never fly again. NOBODY would ever fly again.
The worst part would be that it doesn’t matter if you fly or not - as long as a plane can fly above you, you’re at risk. None of us are safe.
Normally, I would scoff at being worried about airborne debris, but if 1 out of 1000 were crashing, and there were 45k flights a day, that’s enough crashes to worry about.
The vast majority of those crashes would be around airports, though, so just keep away from the airports, and your chance of being clobbered by a black box goes down significantly.
It’s almost comical to think about major airports having a half dozen crashes a day. At least the AI won’t have any trouble sleeping at night.