I wrote a post a couple of weeks back on how I've developed a fear of flying. I now want to tell you my 6 secrets facts that will cure your fear of flying. They work for me, for the first time in many years, I know I can get onto a plane without worrying about it too much.
It's all down to statistics. I've convinced myself that the chances of dying in a plane crash are infinitesimally small and that I have more chance of dying before I've left the house in the morning, or by falling out of bed, or by being hit on the head by a coconut than I have of dying in a plane crash. Here are my favourite 6 reassuring statistics.
Statistic #1
I'm sure you've all heard that it's much safer flying in a plane than driving a car. Do you know how much? Well you have a 1 in 11,000,000 chance that you'll die in a plane crash and only a 1 in 5,000 chance of dying in a car crash. So you're about 2000 times more likely to succumb to an automobile accident. The old cliché that you are more likely to die in the car on the way to the airport than actually in the plane seems to be correct.
Statistic #2
This was a live snapshot around an hour ago of the air traffic around London/Paris, Aceh (as you guys seem to be huge on Steemit), and the US East and West Coast. Wow, look how many planes are in the air! This doesn't include the small planes, mostly just the ones carrying a few hundred passengers. These images come from www.flightradar24.com, it's a great website if you've never used it before. Before these planes have landed, you can be pretty sure that not one of them is going to crash and look how many there are in the air at the same time.
Statistic #3
I have lived on airplane flight paths all my life. Not once has a plane ever crash landed anywhere near my house.
Statistic #4
Almost everyone knows someone who is a member of cabin crew or a pilot. These people fly for a living, these people who are in the air for many hours a week, every week and its unlikely that your friend has ever been in an air accident. How much less likely is it for you if you are only flying a few days every year.
Statistic #5
Even if you are involved in an air crash, 95.7 percent of passengers involved survive.
Statistic #6
Remember around the world twice as many left handed people die ever year using tools designed for the right handed than die in plane crashes!