How Safe is Flying
The recent decline of Air France Flight 447, traveling from Rio de Janeiro to Paris, killing 216 passengers and 12 crew on board, June 1, 2009, was one of the deadliest air accident in the history of Air France. Although statistically, it is shown that air transport is one of the safest modes of transport, and news such horrible tragedies are never forgotten even long after they occur. This leads us to think, ‘How safe is flying?
A survey of twenty years ago showed that about 25 million people in the United States feared flying. The survey was conducted again in March 2001 showed that 20% of people were afraid to fly. The September 11 tragedy may have increased fears and forced everyone to think, ‘is flying really safe?
Fly: Is it safe?
Here are some statistics to understand, is it still safe to fly?
More than three million people travel by plane every day. A Boeing plane takes off and lands every day around the world every two seconds. It is estimated that air traffic will increase by almost double in the next 20 years.
Therefore, “how safe is flying? Statistics show that flying is 22% safer than traveling by car. The amount of attention paid to an accident is enough evidence to show how rare it is. The same type coverage is not given to all auto accidents that occur regularly. Although it may come as a shock, a recent study by the National Safety Council shows that the number of deaths that occur due to car accidents only six months, is equal to the total number of fatalities caused by the accident of commercial aircraft worldwide over the past 60 years! Another study by the Ministry of Housing, Regional Development and Environment indicates that a person has a probability of 1 in 800,000 of being killed while traveling on an airplane, while a 1 in 6000 chance in case of a car accident . Even after reading these statistics, can be difficult for some of us to focus on the relationship of probability of 800,000. According to Mr. Nicholas Sabatini, chief security officer of the FAA, the risk involved in flight is almost zero. In a speech to international air safety investigators said that if he flew once a day on weekdays and 365 a year, would be 43 thousand years before having the opportunity to be in an accident, which also 50 -50.
No one can offer a 100% guarantee that you will be completely safe, but who can give a guarantee for anything in life. There may be situations where even crossing the street can be dangerous. Some people believe the reason why many people have a phobia of flying, or nervous during the flight because we have no control if something goes wrong. It’s more of a psychological fear than one based on facts. This fear is often referred to as aviophobia or aerophobia. People who are aviophobic can learn more about how to overcome fear of flying.
We must bear in mind that airport security in the U.S. has hardened in recent years and is now better than ever. Everyone from security personnel for the flight attendants are more alert now. The safety of passengers is the overriding objective. Each flight has an air marshal on board, people can only receive a tote bag, every bag is thoroughly examined and only passengers with a valid ticket are allowed after the security checkpoints. The pilots now locked from inside the cabin and can not open the door to anyone. These measures have undoubtedly safer to fly. Apart from the authority of the airlines, government regulators and manufacturers are also responsible for security. Many airlines also regularly come with brochures that include tips for travelers flying, it will inform them about safety measures and other useful information.
Flying is now a necessity than a luxury, and therefore can not categorize the flight as an option. Where time is money, how can you really sacrifice hours of travel by other modes, flying is safe, if not safer than other modes of transport.
Even if we compare our security to the birds, whose playground is the sky, thousands die each year during flight by hitting something. So in the end we can answer the question “How safe is air travel, saying they are safer than the birds!
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