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Originally Posted by All Darc
In a TED-X video, a speaker said that the chance of die in a plane today it's 99% less than in the 70's. I know safety get quite better, and I would believe if he had said 80% or even 90% less likely to die in airplane. But 99% ????
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It seems somewhat over-optimistic. Well, in fact the reliability of aircraft engines evolved a lot, to the point that twin-engined widebodies are now rated to perform commercial transoceanic flights that would be previously reserved for aircraft with 3 or 4 engines.