Why is the plane the safest form of transport?
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| Why is the plane the safest form of transport? |
You will probably feel more confident aboard the plane after reading the “damn dozen” aviation facts in this issue. Although not a fact ... Some have such a high degree of aerophobia that no facts will help.
Air transport
1. Air transport is the safest form of transport.
2. Every 3 seconds another plane lands in the world.
3. If the chance of a daily crash were only 0.01%, this would mean that at least 13 planes should crash a day.
4. Donkeys kill more people every year than plane crashes.
5. To die under the wheels of a car, standing at a pedestrian crossing in anticipation of the green light of a traffic light, the chances are ten times greater than in a plane crash.
6. Before each flight, the aircraft undergoes a complex technical check.
7. A plane crash is never an accident, but always a combination of a number of factors.
8. More than 80% of the world's population is afraid to fly. 5% completely refuses to fly, preferring land and water transport to air transport.
9. The scientific name for the fear of flights and heights is aerophobia.
10. They fall in love with flight attendants more often than with representatives of other professions.
11. Many are afraid to fall down from a height of 10 km. This is not possible due to the strong pressure under the wings of the aircraft. It keeps up with the air as well as a car on the highway. It can be put on the tail, rotated around its axis by 100 degrees, directed downward - and if you release the steering wheel, the plane will simply sway in the air like a boat on the waves.
12. Pilots and stewardesses do not receive risk premiums. Because the plane flies not contrary to common sense and the laws of nature, but thanks to them.
13. The myths that Russian airlines buy decommissioned planes in Korea, while our pilots drink alcohol at the controls, are the result of massive aerophobia.
2. Every 3 seconds another plane lands in the world.
3. If the chance of a daily crash were only 0.01%, this would mean that at least 13 planes should crash a day.
4. Donkeys kill more people every year than plane crashes.
5. To die under the wheels of a car, standing at a pedestrian crossing in anticipation of the green light of a traffic light, the chances are ten times greater than in a plane crash.
6. Before each flight, the aircraft undergoes a complex technical check.
7. A plane crash is never an accident, but always a combination of a number of factors.
8. More than 80% of the world's population is afraid to fly. 5% completely refuses to fly, preferring land and water transport to air transport.
9. The scientific name for the fear of flights and heights is aerophobia.
10. They fall in love with flight attendants more often than with representatives of other professions.
11. Many are afraid to fall down from a height of 10 km. This is not possible due to the strong pressure under the wings of the aircraft. It keeps up with the air as well as a car on the highway. It can be put on the tail, rotated around its axis by 100 degrees, directed downward - and if you release the steering wheel, the plane will simply sway in the air like a boat on the waves.
12. Pilots and stewardesses do not receive risk premiums. Because the plane flies not contrary to common sense and the laws of nature, but thanks to them.
13. The myths that Russian airlines buy decommissioned planes in Korea, while our pilots drink alcohol at the controls, are the result of massive aerophobia.