Plane accident

An aviation "accident" is defined by the Convention on International Civil Aviation Annex 13 as an occurrence associated with the operation of an aircraft, which takes place between the time any person boards the aircraft with the intention of flight until all such persons have disembarked, where a person is fatally or seriously injured, the aircraft sustains damage or structural failure or the aircraft is missing or is completely inaccessible.

 

If the aircraft is destroyed or severely damaged so that it must be written off, it is further defined as a hull loss accident. Annex 13 further defines an aviation "incident" as an occurrence, other than an accident, associated with the operation of an aircraft which affects or could affect the safety of operation.

Mortality Rate per Passenger Miles Travelled

Mode of Travel

Mortality rate per billion passenger miles travelled

Car

Air plane

Bus

Train

7.2

2.3

2

0.5


Facts about airplane crashes:

  • The chances of any single flight being involved in an accident is 1 in 1.2 million

  • The chances of dying in an airplane accident are 1 in 8,015 (over an entire lifetime)

  • The chances of dying in a car accident are 1 in 112 (over an entire lifetime)

  • 96% of all airplane crash victims survive

  • Modern aircraft are designed to be evacuated of all passengers within 90 seconds

  • 89% of passengers don't read the safety cards in the seat-back pockets

  • 50% of passengers don't watch the pre-flight safety presentation

  • 80% of plane crashes occur during takeoff and landing

  • Most air travel injuries occur as a result of turbulence when passengers are moving about the cabin

Here are some videos from Youtube that show you how it looks like.

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