25-05-2024, 07:14 AM
"How often does air travel lead to injuries?
Compared with the millions of flights that take to the skies each year (40.1 million forecast for 2024), what happened on SQ321 is rare.
In the United States, the world’s largest air travel market, there have only been 163 injuries between 2009 and 2022 that required hospitalisation, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
The National Transportation Safety Board hasn’t reported a single turbulence-related death on a large-body aircraft in that period"
Compared with the millions of flights that take to the skies each year (40.1 million forecast for 2024), what happened on SQ321 is rare.
In the United States, the world’s largest air travel market, there have only been 163 injuries between 2009 and 2022 that required hospitalisation, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
The National Transportation Safety Board hasn’t reported a single turbulence-related death on a large-body aircraft in that period"