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A passenger plane ( US Airways Flight 1549) has crashed into the Hudson River in New York City.   All 155 people on board survived. The Airbus 320 apparently had just taken off from LaGuardia when it hit one or more birds, causing engine trouble. A dramatic rescue ensued. Reports the AP: “The plane was submerged in the icy waters up to the windows, and rescue crews had opened the door and were pulling passengers in yellow life vests from the plane.”

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9/11: WTC South Tower Second Plane Crash

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Your chances of being involved in an aircraft accident are about 1 in 11 million. On the other hand, your chances of being killed in an automobile accident are 1 in 5000. Statistically, you are at far greater risk driving to the airport than getting on an airplane. However, the perception is that you have more control over your fate when you are in your car than as a passenger traveling on an airplane. Experience shows otherwise, considering that over 50,000 people are killed on the highways every year.

Is GA (General Aviation) Flying Safer Than Driving?

The airline industry likes to point out that, despite some passengers’

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apprehension, flying in an airliner is actually safer than driving a car. Some pilots of small planes ‘recall’ this argument, and mistakenly apply it to General Aviation (i.e. flying that isn’t the scheduled airlines or military, typically “little planes” and “biz jets”).

Is it true? Is our “little plane” flying safer than driving a car?

Raw stats

For GA accident stats, we’ll use the 2005 Nall Report (available at http://www.aopa.org/asf/publications/nall.html), which reports on accidents from calendar year 2004.

For driving, we’ll use 2004 statistics from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), available here.

According to the Nall report, in 2004:

there were 1413 GA fixed-wing accidents

of these accidents, 290 involved fatalities

these fatal accidents accounted for 510 fatalities

the FAA estimates 25.9M GA flight hours

According to the NHTSA, in 2004:

there were 6.1M accidents

1.9M involved injuries

38253 involved fatalities

there were 42636 fatalities in motor vehicle accidents, breaking down to:

33134 “occupants” (car/truck drivers and passengers)

4008 “motorcycle riders”

5494 “non-occupants” (e.g. pedestrians)

an estimated 2.9T vehicle miles traveled

an estimated 10.0B motorcycle vehicle miles traveled.

So in 2004, 510 people died in 290 GA accidents, while 42636 died in 6.1M motor vehicle accidents. Of course, to determine risk level, we have to convert this into a rate, as there was a whole lot more driving done in 2004 than there was GA plane flying. Read the rest of this entry »

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Date: February 25, 2009       Time: 10:31
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Operator: Turkish Airlines       Flight: 1951
AC Type: Boeing 737-8F2
Reg: TC-JGE       cn: 29789/1065
Aboard: 135     Fatalities: 9     Ground: 0
Route: Istanbul, Turkey -- Amsterdam, Netherlands
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The plane was on final approach to Runway 18R when it crashed 1 mile short of the runway into a field and broke in three. Nine people were killed and 55 injured. The cause of the crash is as yet unknown.

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