Boeing 737 MAX: After two fatal crashes, an expert explains the issues

Boeing 737 MAX: After two fatal crashes, an expert explains the issues

5 years ago
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https://phys.org/news/2019-03-boeing-max-fatal-expert-issues.html

But statistically, this nonetheless is a very safe aeroplane. In the newer "Next Generation" 737, you'd have to take about a million flights to reach a 25% chance of being present at a "hull loss" accident ("hull loss" doesn't even mean fatalities, just that the aeroplane is beyond economic repair).

By comparison, the British annual average for road traffic fatalities is 13 per million inhabitants. In Britain, which has some of the world's safest roads, your chance of dying as a car passenger per year are about four times greater than being in a serious accident if you fly in a Boeing 737 every month.