• flora_explora@beehaw.org
    15·
    13 hours ago

    Neither beautiful nor conclusive data. With such a low amount of plane crashes over such a small time scale the number of incidents could just be random fluctuations. Since only the number of fatalities is given but not the number of incidents per year, it is impossible to tell if the difference in fatalities might just be due to varying sizes of planes.

    • Muad'dib@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      31·
      10 hours ago

      Double the usual number in one sixth the time. That’s one low p value.

      • Fonzie!@ttrpg.network
        1·
        8 hours ago

        It’s almost all from one event.

        These kind of stats are too sensitive to fluctuations to view them annually like this.

        This is bad days rep.

    • morrowind@lemmy.mlOP
      171·
      16 hours ago

      14 events, 5 of them with fatalities, but one accounts for the majority of them

    • jeffw@lemmy.world
      11·
      16 hours ago

      Yes and that’s why visualizing data on issues that are so prone to noise is silly

    • nocturne@sopuli.xyz
      151·
      17 hours ago

      My wife and I are supposed to fly to a concert in August for our anniversary, we are planning to drive now.

      • sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz
        3·
        6 hours ago

        Open flightradar24 and see how many flights are in the air at any given point. Now…how many of them do you hear about on the news?

        That should let you visualize how dangerous/safe air travel is.

      • bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        19·
        15 hours ago

        Even with recent events, flying is still the safer option over driving. We’re hearing about all the incidents because they are rare, but every day there are lots of automobile fatalities that it’s not even reported on beyond the local market since it’s common.