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We are planning a long stay in Indo with wonderful dives, but it is a concern that air safety in Indo ranks very low:
Arnold Barnett, a statistician at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who specializes in airline safety, said that the death rate in airplane crashes over the past decade in Indonesia was one per million passengers who boarded. That rate is 25 times the rate in the United States.
To assert that the disparity is only a coincidence or manifestation of bad luck would be preposterous, Mr. Barnett said.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/01/world/asia/airasia-flight-8501-indonesia-airline-safety.html
All airlines except Garuda are banned from flying in EU airspace:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/d...426/How-dangerous-is-flying-in-Indonesia.html
Well, there might not be much to say but I thought I would at least ask around to see what comments you might have. We do plan to go to some places served only by Indonesian airlines such as Garuda or Lion Air.
I'm trying to talk myself into the idea that one in a million chances are not so bad.....
Thanks,
Bill
Arnold Barnett, a statistician at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who specializes in airline safety, said that the death rate in airplane crashes over the past decade in Indonesia was one per million passengers who boarded. That rate is 25 times the rate in the United States.
To assert that the disparity is only a coincidence or manifestation of bad luck would be preposterous, Mr. Barnett said.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/01/world/asia/airasia-flight-8501-indonesia-airline-safety.html
All airlines except Garuda are banned from flying in EU airspace:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/d...426/How-dangerous-is-flying-in-Indonesia.html
Well, there might not be much to say but I thought I would at least ask around to see what comments you might have. We do plan to go to some places served only by Indonesian airlines such as Garuda or Lion Air.
I'm trying to talk myself into the idea that one in a million chances are not so bad.....
Thanks,
Bill