Kenny Naboo & SIA safety
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Gladiator,
SIA as we know it today, has been in existance since 1971 (it's predecessors being Malaysia-Singapore Airlines (MSA) & Malayan Airways (MAL)). In the 28 years that have elapsed from 1971 until the present, 104 persons lost their lives - since you argue that SilkAir needs to be included, & I won't argue that.
For your next homework session, please tell us that in the same 28 year period, how many have lost their lives at the hands of United, Delta, American, Northwest, the now defunct Pan-Am, Eastern, KLM, Swissair, Air France, British Airways, Japan Air Lines, SAS & like major carriers. Please, just the numbers, & let us draw our own conclusions. (I would still put my family on any of the above carriers, even though I have a pretty good idea of the answers already, & certainly don't brand each & every one of these in the tainted way that is becoming sadly common here).
QANTAS & Cathay also have a pretty good record so far. But as someone has recently pointed out on this forum, it would be wise for those living in glass houses not to throw stones. I eagerly await the numbers that come out of your statistical research into the question I have posed.
SIA as we know it today, has been in existance since 1971 (it's predecessors being Malaysia-Singapore Airlines (MSA) & Malayan Airways (MAL)). In the 28 years that have elapsed from 1971 until the present, 104 persons lost their lives - since you argue that SilkAir needs to be included, & I won't argue that.
For your next homework session, please tell us that in the same 28 year period, how many have lost their lives at the hands of United, Delta, American, Northwest, the now defunct Pan-Am, Eastern, KLM, Swissair, Air France, British Airways, Japan Air Lines, SAS & like major carriers. Please, just the numbers, & let us draw our own conclusions. (I would still put my family on any of the above carriers, even though I have a pretty good idea of the answers already, & certainly don't brand each & every one of these in the tainted way that is becoming sadly common here).
QANTAS & Cathay also have a pretty good record so far. But as someone has recently pointed out on this forum, it would be wise for those living in glass houses not to throw stones. I eagerly await the numbers that come out of your statistical research into the question I have posed.
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The list of the airlines you provided gengis are not a party to legal action, so it doesn't matter. SIA however is.
The answer to your other question is:
Rate of accident in which entire passenger planes were destroyed, 1989-1998
Sources: Boeing Co.; Inspector general, Department of Transportation.
Destructive accidents per million departures.
Oceania 0.3
USA & Canada 0.5
Europe 0.7
Middle East 2.1
Asia (excluding China) 2.2
China 2.6
Latin America & Caribbean 3.9
Africa 8.3
The answer to your other question is:
Rate of accident in which entire passenger planes were destroyed, 1989-1998
Sources: Boeing Co.; Inspector general, Department of Transportation.
Destructive accidents per million departures.
Oceania 0.3
USA & Canada 0.5
Europe 0.7
Middle East 2.1
Asia (excluding China) 2.2
China 2.6
Latin America & Caribbean 3.9
Africa 8.3
