Data scraped from Aviation Safety Network

  • @shalafi
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    05 hours ago

    Of the 85 this year, 79% (67) were from one crash.

    Yet the Jan. 29 crash in Washington that killed 67 people is the only fatal commercial aviation crash in 2025 and in the past 15 years.

    Y’all thinking this is meaningful have the memory of a goldfish.

      • @pyre
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        131 minutes ago

        fatal crashes. don’t forget the one that bounced and flipped upside down.

        • @jacksilver
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          124 minutes ago

          I think that technically counts against Canada, but not actually sure.

    • mrmule
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      24 hours ago

      The graph clearly says fatalities, not crashes, but whatever makes you feel comfortable, sure.

      • @jj4211
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        32 hours ago

        The point is there is certainly some intent for visualizing and sharing the data, and a nuanced understanding of the circumstances make it obvious that, as yet, the number of fatalities while tragic, is not indicative of any trend yet. If you went by “number of fatal incidents” the graph would look less anomalous. We’ve had many years without any passenger liner incidents, and this year we have had one.

        So it’s a graph that wants to be suggestive of something but ultimately shouldn’t be considered suggestive of any comparative significance. It’s data that is precisely what it purports to be, but there are intended inferences that have to be answered.

        • @pyre
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          227 minutes ago

          even so the number of fatal commercial flight crashes is like 4 in 2024. it’s 2 in two months this year.