RE: DiGinnasio: What do you think of the increase in air accidents that has been taking place recently?(ENG/ITA)
Are there any data available over more years (100) or so?
You know, I wouldn’t have bothered, but your questions piqued my interest, so I spent some time researching. I started by searching manually but couldn’t find any data. So, I asked DeepSeek to provide the data along with its sources. After a few clicks, I found exactly what you’re looking for! 😃
I collated the data in my excel and produced a chart. My chosen time period was from 1914 to the present (starting from WWI). Occurrences are the number of accidents; Fatalities refers to the number of deaths resulting from the crash (accidents):
As we can see, during WWII, particularly in the year 1944, there were 22,461 air accidents with almost 25,000 fatalities.
So, since WWI, there were a total of 376,318 air plane crashes and 355,537 fatalities around the world. Also, we can see that over the past 10 years, there has actually been a decrease in fatalities. Hmmm...
Were the recent crashes due to the engines or mainly "mistakes" made by pilots (dropping dead) and the tower or?
Actually, investigating plane crashes takes a lot of time (takes almost a year they say) However, statistics show that pilot error is responsible for approximately 53% of all accidents.
When I was going over the data, I can almost easily spot Boeing aircraft on the list. There were 747, 737 max...
Isn't Boeing trying to put a bigger foot into space ship development?
Oh? Was it their spacecraft that malfunctioned, stranding two astronauts in space? 😅
Based on the data, most accidents involve small planes because there are so many of them, while commercial plane incidents are less frequent. If they still did not want us to fly, what would become of the aviation industry? Buses are a good alternative, I actually like travelling on a bus (old-school style)
You still dare to fly?
I haven't tried flying though: 1) because I don't want to, and 2) I lost my passport a few years ago and haven't gotten a new one yet 😅
If you're interested to go over the data yourself, here's the link: https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/
With us not many small (sports) aeroplanes are mentioned so it sounds that everyone is doing his/her thing if it comes to data to be found interesting.
it surprises me that warplanes aren't left out here (which is with us). Thanks for the link (I will print it).
I like the fast buses too as long as I can stretch my legs ut I do fly once in a while although the waiting everywhere makes me always think: By now i could have been... by car!
Look @aneukpineung78!
I am a MOuSE, I don't fly. I explore space. 😅
Thank you!