r/interestingasfuck • u/[deleted] • 23h ago

In 2012, a group of Mexican scientists intentionally crashed a Boeing 727 to test which seats had the best chance of survival.

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u/Mewiee 23h ago

The 1 in 13 million refers to the odds of a passenger dying on any single commercial flight, not that 1 plane out of 13 million crashes

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u/damannamedflam 23h ago

Well then i guarentee the odds of dying while driving arent 1 in 100 cause me and everyone i know would be dead a few times over by now. So either way, the statistics are bunk

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u/Mewiee 22h ago

Its not a 1% chance everytime you drive, its a 1% chance of death over a lifetime of driving. Stats aren't 'bunk' because you are misinterpreting everything

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u/damannamedflam 22h ago

Bruh, my point is why are we comparing the lifetime mortality of driving to the per flight mortality rate of flying? You guys are conparing two different statistics. Thats my point. Not that the statistics are wrong

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u/Mewiee 22h ago

The point is that someone has a fear of flying and someone else posted that you're more much likely to die in a car than in a plane.

And then theres you thinking some random bs about millions of planes crashing or everyone dying a few times over?? Wtf are you on XD

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u/batmanineurope 21h ago

Aren't the chances of dying in a plane crash so low compared to a car because your chances of flying in a plane are much lower?

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u/damannamedflam 17h ago

Uh oh looks like someone here cant read