Scudrunners

[quote]There were 16 accidents that killed 555 people in 2018.

That compares to 2017 when there were only 59 deaths.[/quote]

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[quote author=Colonel Sanders link=topic=9433.msg26234#msg26234 date=1546285175]
[quote]There were 16 accidents that killed 555 people in 2018.

That compares to 2017 when there were only 59 deaths.[/quote]

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How many died in 2016 versus 2017. Then compare. Or perhaps over the last decade. As the saying goes, there are lies, damned lies, and statistics.

[i]"Lies, damned lies, and statistics" is a phrase describing the persuasive power of numbers, particularly the use of statistics to bolster weak arguments. It is also sometimes colloquially used to doubt statistics used to prove an opponent's point.

[/i]No wonder the four bars get paid so much combined with all that time off ;).

Some of us could look at the raw data:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelgol ... 01fe031820

[quote]the [u]555 deaths in 2018 are the highest in the last five years[/u] since 2014, when 692 died.

In 2018, plane crashes in Russia, Iran and Nepal killed 195 people in just one month, from February 11 to March 12.

May 18, 112 of 113 passengers and crew were killed when a Cubana de Aviación 737-200 crashed after takeoff from José Martí International Airport in Havana, Cuba

the crash of Lion Air Flight 610 near Jakarta, Indonesia on October 29, killing all on board. The 189 fatalities, on a brand-new Boeing 737 MAX, made it the deadliest crash of the year and accounted for more than one-third of airline deaths in 2018.[/quote]

To avoid being accused of "tribalism" I will refrain from trying to learn anything
from the data, to avoid hurting people's feelings.  That way we can keep repeating
mistakes.