• Troy@lemmy.ca
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    9 months ago

    Did you live?!

    Statistically, flying on a 737MAX is safer than driving – by such a huge margin that it isn’t even funny.

    Boeing has some work to do on some things. And the aviation industry isn’t perfect.

    The news cycle, on the other hand, is feeding hysteria because clicks. Seriously, more people die driving to and from the airport than they do on planes. By a huge margin. But because they’re spread out into multiple tiny events…

    • TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz
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      9 months ago

      Also nobody was seriously injured on the flight where the door fell off. The vehicle as a whole must be very well built