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Of the 85 this year, 79% (67) were from one crash.
Y'all thinking this is meaningful have the memory of a goldfish.
Yes, but we are still in February, and the safety issues won't get better with shrinking numbers in air safety.
Another 10 came from the commercial commuter in Alaska - https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2025/02/07/missing-plane-found-3-people-reported-dead/
Meaning there were two commercial aircraft crashes in the first 2 months of the year.
fatal crashes. ~~don't forget the one that bounced and flipped upside down.~~
edit: that one might not count. still this is only fatal crashes.
I think that technically counts against Canada, but not actually sure.
ah yeah maybe. edited my comment.
The graph clearly says fatalities, not crashes, but whatever makes you feel comfortable, sure.
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.
even so the number of fatal commercial flight crashes is like 4 in 2024. it's 2 in two months this year.