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c-cube | 1 year ago

Another (small) plane crashed in Philadelphia today. That's two in a couple days.

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Levitz|1 year ago

Yes, non-commercial planes crash far, FAR more often than commercial flights, at the tune of about 200-300 fatalities a year, you can play with the data a bit here:

https://injuryfacts.nsc.org/home-and-community/safety-topics...

The fact that the incident you talk about was reported at all was exceptional.

kcplate|1 year ago

It was reported because of the prior incident in DC. Also this crash was more newsworthy because it was damaging to ground structures and there were bystanders on the ground who were injured.

c-cube|1 year ago

TIL, thank you.

BenjiWiebe|1 year ago

IIRC from another HN conversation, non commercial-airline flights crash pretty regularly. Maybe something like 1 ever couple of days?

Commercial airlines have different, far more strict regulations.