Blackett Memorial Lecture Air safety: end of the golden age?

A Barnett
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A Barnett: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Journal of the Operational Research Society, 2001, vol. 52, issue 8, 849-854

Abstract: Abstract First-World aviation has become so safe that a passenger who takes a domestic jet flight every day would, on average, go 36 000 years before succumbing to a fatal crash. But certain aerial dangers that were practically absent from the First World in the 1990s might be poised for a resurgence. (Among these hazards are terrorism, mid-air collisions, and ground collisions.) We explore recent data about the mortality risk of air travel, and discuss the prospects for the years ahead.

Keywords: transportation-air; reliability-system safety; statistics-risk analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001
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DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601169

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