i'll bet the survivors are, too.Wow. I am amazed everyone survived
Seriously, what is going on with all the plane accidents recently? It is supposed to be statistically safer than driving. Could it be the super-cold weather?
Unless/until a trend of multiple airline incidents per day start piling up (so to speak), the risks of airborne public travel will remain much lower than road travel. Your analytical mind certainly must know that complex systems yield complex results, and what remains a relatively small sample size should not be used to quantify probabilities. NYT addresses a range of contributing factors in this article. DON'T PANIC! Yet ...Seriously, what is going on with all the plane accidents recently? It is supposed to be statistically safer than driving. Could it be the super-cold weather?