In spite of all the things we find wrong in aviation, Flyboy and colleagues have again hauled many buttocks across many miles with a record, or near-record low in accidents and fatalities.
We did have that busted turbine/busted window incident and some bent stuff here and there and an over run (that apparently is NOT worthy to be discussed there), but all in all a good job for the greedy, credit-card-selling, seat-pitch-squeezing industry.
Thanks.
2018, a good year.
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2018, a good year.
Commercial Pilot, Vandelay Industries, Inc., Plant Nutrient Division.
Re: 2018, a good year.
I a narrow Unitedstatian view (or even western view), yes. However, globally 2018 was worse than the previous 5 years' average and particularly worse than 2017 where there were 0 fatalities in a Jet commercial flight.
Take a look at the Safety Indicator on the right-hand side:
https://aviation-safety.net/
Take a look at the Safety Indicator on the right-hand side:
https://aviation-safety.net/
Re: 2018, a good year.
372 person were killed in the 3 totally or almost totally fatal Jet accidents in 2018 (out of the 373 that were in these planes).
An Antonov 148 in Russia, a 737-200 in Cuba (1 survivor), and a 737-Max8 in Indonesia.
Then we had 3 totally fatal turboprop accidents (a LET 410, an Antonov 26, and an AT-72) an one piston (JU-52).
(I am not counting the DH-8 taken by a non pilot on an aerobatic suicidal flight)
(I am also not counting other accidents where most persons walked away unharmed, and we had pretty spectacular ones, like the ditching of a 737 and an Embraer with inverted ailerons).
http://avherald.com/h?list=&opt=7681
https://aviation-safety.net/statistics/ ... ometer.php
An Antonov 148 in Russia, a 737-200 in Cuba (1 survivor), and a 737-Max8 in Indonesia.
Then we had 3 totally fatal turboprop accidents (a LET 410, an Antonov 26, and an AT-72) an one piston (JU-52).
(I am not counting the DH-8 taken by a non pilot on an aerobatic suicidal flight)
(I am also not counting other accidents where most persons walked away unharmed, and we had pretty spectacular ones, like the ditching of a 737 and an Embraer with inverted ailerons).
http://avherald.com/h?list=&opt=7681
https://aviation-safety.net/statistics/ ... ometer.php
Re: 2018, a good year.
Yes....in a narrow Unitedstatian view (or even western view)...
Are there others?
We invented aeroplanies, too.
Commercial Pilot, Vandelay Industries, Inc., Plant Nutrient Division.
Re: 2018, a good year.
Then you may want to know that 4 of the fatal accidents involved Boeing airplanes.Yes....in a narrow Unitedstatian view (or even western view)...
Are there others?
We invented aeroplanies, too.
In one of them the crew had clearly no way to avoid it, but was caused by the destruction of a very american GE engine (sort of).
In another one, the crew could have definitively done better, but a serious design flay was at play, which will end up curtaining Boeing.
On the other hand, we had exactly ZERO superior-composite-polymers-materials-and-smart-cockpit-automation-and-interface European Airbus fatal accidents.
Re: 2018, a good year.
So much for airmanship.On the other hand, we had exactly ZERO superior-composite-polymers-materials-and-smart-cockpit-automation-and-interface European Airbus fatal accidents.
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