Air safety - tell us something we don't know
September 7th 2010 02:24
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A study shows that "flying in the developing world is 13 times more dangerous than flying in first world countries" (smh.com.au Sep, 2010)
Um. Tell us something we don't know.
I do give credit to to the study in pointing out that even though places like Singapore and Hong Kong are considered developed world, they still have a lot to catch up to say, Canada and Japan.
Even though we do have our own assumptions and prejudices towards flying an airline from a particular country, the report didn't seem to be based on that. The report stresses the flying part, but not the airlines part. It seem to suggest that if you are flying Qantas to India there is still a higher chance of accident than if you fly Qantas to Los Angeles (I did not use Qantas as an example due to their recent mishaps everywhere, but it was the only airline I could think of very quickly)
Reference article: Your chances of dying in a plane crash? It depends on where you fly (Smh.com.au)
At the travel agency we do get a lot of customer information on their experiences flying on different airlines. From the Chinese nationals we were told never to sell a China Eastern ticket to a foreigner as they have old planes and will probably scare them off. Kingfisher Airways, although based in India, has a surprisingly safe record compared to other regional based airlines.
For an independent record check, you can visit Air Safe website and browse crash/accident data by airline.
Antoher article I found that talks about air safety:
Which is the safest airline? - ninemsn.com.au
Um. Tell us something we don't know.
I do give credit to to the study in pointing out that even though places like Singapore and Hong Kong are considered developed world, they still have a lot to catch up to say, Canada and Japan.
Even though we do have our own assumptions and prejudices towards flying an airline from a particular country, the report didn't seem to be based on that. The report stresses the flying part, but not the airlines part. It seem to suggest that if you are flying Qantas to India there is still a higher chance of accident than if you fly Qantas to Los Angeles (I did not use Qantas as an example due to their recent mishaps everywhere, but it was the only airline I could think of very quickly)
Reference article: Your chances of dying in a plane crash? It depends on where you fly (Smh.com.au)
At the travel agency we do get a lot of customer information on their experiences flying on different airlines. From the Chinese nationals we were told never to sell a China Eastern ticket to a foreigner as they have old planes and will probably scare them off. Kingfisher Airways, although based in India, has a surprisingly safe record compared to other regional based airlines.
For an independent record check, you can visit Air Safe website and browse crash/accident data by airline.
Antoher article I found that talks about air safety:
Which is the safest airline? - ninemsn.com.au
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