Sentences with phrase «rate of plane crashes»

* Source: National Transportation Safety Board released a report stating that since 1983, the passenger survival rate of plane crashes is 95.7 %.

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Rasmussen has analysed meteorological data from the time of the accident and he estimates that snow was falling on the plane at the rate of 2.5 millimetres per hour — fast enough to coat the plane's wings with enough ice to cause a crash.
Ships have armor ratings for the top and bottom of their hulls, and if they're on the same plane they'll crash straight into each other.
If you are planning a trip that involves air travel and you find out that one airline has a crash rate of.01 % and another.1 % (these are just hypothetical numbers; planes are much safer than this), you are going to choose the former, even if you are considering one - in - on - thousand chances because the consequences are so dire / fatal.
The court system does not have to have the success rate close to 100 % just like, for example, planes do not have to be safe enough to not crash in 100 % of the cases.
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