The odds of a passenger being killed on any one flight are approximately 8 million to one.
From PlaneCrashInfo.com: "If a passenger boarded a flight at random, once a day, everyday, it would statistically be over 21,000 years before he or she would be killed."
There are many ways to analyze the statistics, which can be found at the links below.
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The odds of a plane crash depend on a various amount of factors, such as:
Typically, most plane crashes occur during takeoff and landing. Most plane crashes happen in the months of September and December. Car accidents kill more people each year than the total amount of people killed in plane crashes. Large planes tend to be safer than smaller ones. Most plane crash survivors were sitting in the rear half.The odds of being killed in a plane crash are about 1 in 11 million. There is 1 in 3 chance of living if your plane crashed.
With all these facts considered, it is impossible to calculate the odds of a plane crash. Remember, it is a very rare occurance.
If you or someone you know is worried about plane crashes, show them these facts above; and take the following precautions:
Fairly small, but it depends on which country you are in. I recollect a few spectacular train crashes in India.
Vigerslev train crash happened in 1919.
Kurunegala train crash happened in 2001.
Karanjadi train crash happened in 2004.
Dete train crash happened in 2003.
Crevalcore train crash happened in 2005.
Fatuha train crash happened in 1998.
Vaibhavwadi train crash happened in 2003.
Garrison train crash happened in 1897.
Ghatnandur train crash happened in 2003.
Kurnool train crash happened on 2002-12-21.
Aracaju train crash happened on 1946-03-20.
Voghera train crash happened on 1962-05-31.