The Death Ratio And Crash

Airplanes are massive and very complex pieces of machinery, and they help us get to places more efficiently and cheaper than traditional ways. Although we have seen that if

The odds that someone will die in a plane crash are 1 in 11 million (Bowman). Unluckily for the passengers of Trans World Airlines (TWA) Flight 800, they beat the odds. TWA Flight 800 mysteriously exploded just minutes after takeoff. The plane’s crash has peaked the interest of theorists for decades. The mystery behind TWA Flight 800 can be summed up in two theories: Mechanical failure, and a surface to air missile.

According to usatoday “The odds of dying in a motor vehicle accident to be 1 in 98 for a lifetime. For air and space transport (including air taxis and private flights), the odds were 1 in 7,178 for a lifetime, according to the table.” But who’s job is it to keep passengers safe.

Crashes are rare, and most of the time are consequences of many unrelated factors. Many believe that airplane crashes are the cause of bad piloting or harsh weather; but other factors are overlooked. Suren Ratwatte have been studying airplane

Simms makes an important move, “1.2 million people across the world are killed in road crashes each year and 50 million injured” (qtd. in Simms 542). This fact shows that Simms acknowledges that car crashes result in many deaths a year; however SUV’s by almost any measurements, are more dangerous than cars. Next Simms provides more supporting facts. “People driving or riding in a sport utility vehicle in 2003 were nearly 11 percent more likely to die in an accident than people in cars” (qtd. in Simms 542). Simms also states that due to the size of an SUV, they suffer from greater rear view blind spots. Which he stated may account for the number of parents who killed their children by running over them. These strong facts speak for themselves; and bring an emotional appeal to the reader. A child dying in any circumstance promotes sadness.

When a plane went down before the mid 1994’s, the crew would face far worse. The rescue system had not yet been renovated or structured, meaning many of the searches were disordered. The chances of becoming rescued were very low. The rate of unintentional crashes were increasing, and with the implausibility of rescue, it resulted in a very bad balance. This occurred particularly during the first years of the war. If a plane did happen to go down, the crew members were not very likely to survive. For example, crews making an effort at rescues crashed while trying to find another plane and its crew that had crashed before. It would seem likely that for every stranded crewman found, a number of others went down and died, too. While struggling to save a man and help him live on, the odds are that the plane may not survive as well.

On Saturday, August twenty-second, a stunt plane at an air show in England crashed and killed seven people. It was said that the pilot of the stunt plane was attempting to do a loop, but lost control and crashed onto a highway. The seven people that were killed in this accident were people just driving on highway and were caught in the accident. The plane model that crashed was called a “Hawker Hunter”, and it was a plane model from the Cold War. Along with the seven people that were killed in the accident, there are around fourteen people that were injured.

Unfortunately, crashes and crises aren’t a new things in today 's world. Far too often we have car crashes, boats sinking, car explosions, or bus crashes. Not too often do you hear about plane crashes, however, when you do it is fatal. One truly amazing plane crash involved two amazing pilots, birds, and one miracle landing on the Hudson.

Airplanes are considered the safest way to travel with the odds of crashing being one in every 1.2 million flights. Flight is a movie based off of the Alaskan Airlines Flight 261 incident that occurred on January 21st, 2000 on route from Puerto Vallarta, Mexico to Seattle, Washington which crashed into the Pacific Ocean killing two pilots, three cabin crewmembers and eighty-three passengers. (Goodman & Priscilla Pg. 1) However, in Flight SouthJet Flight 227 on route from Orlando, Florida to Atlanta, Georgia has a different outcome with only six deaths out of 102 persons two of which were cabin crewmembers and four passengers. According to the National Transport Safety Board (NTSB)

The statistics that I have read about driving have surprised me immensely for many different reasons. The first statistics that impressed me was that one of the top causes of deaths on Utah highways was unrestrained occupants. I would’ve thought that would not even be one of the top 5 because I never really hear about people dying because they did not have their seatbelt on. Another thing I found interesting from the video “Stop the text Stop the wrecks” is that they were just out for a walk and were hit by a car. They mentioned a fact that they believe the driver did not leave their house expecting to hitting to pedestrians. I think this took great courage of that woman to say that because it is hard to accept the fact that the accident could

In general, what are your predictions about death rates of people before or after 1950?

As I read the statistics of the causes of crashes and death, I see somethings that are just plain stupid and ridiculous. It is surprising that some of these are even real statistics. Like running off the road is the leading cause of death for teenagers. I find this hard to believe and quite frankly, stupid. I’ve been driving for quite a while now and it’s insane that teenagers can’t stay in their lane because it is not that hard. I think knowing these stats is somewhat pointless because I should be more concerned about my surroundings when I’m behind the steering wheel. Although, I will admit, the statistics are good to know because I can now be sure to pay more attention and avoid being in a similar situations to 30% of killed teens.

Global events such as wars, terrorist attacks and pandemic health threats have a massive impact on the aviation industry. Terrorism can have massive impact on a region, particularly after a terrorist attack, such as 9/11, not only does the world economy drop but a huge impact is also felt throughout the aviation industry. A terrorists primary aim is to instill fear within a group of people (Einav 2003). As was seen after 9/11 where passengers dropped worldwide by 4% due to fear of flying (Costa, Harned et al. 2002).

The authors, Graham and White, present a conglomerate of relevant information from all different directions, technological, social, and cultural, that uses statistical data to support their premise that a minority of crashes involve high-performance vehicles.

During the past five years, the identification of precursors leading to loss of control accidents in general aviation has been in secondary plane. However, small airplanes are more sensitive to center of gravity variations as opposed to the more stable commercial aircrafts and therefore, more susceptible to loss of control in flight (Falkena et al., 2011).