February 4, 2015 at 02:58An app that calculates the probability of crashing during your flight
Am I Going Down App? for iOS will tell you the probability of crashing on a particular flight based on data on the deaths of at least one passenger disaster over the past ten years.
For example, the Cathay Pacific flight from Hong Kong to Los Angeles promises the opportunity not to fly with a probability of one in four million (4,068,434, to be exact) - in other words, you need to fly every day for 11 thousand years to finally fly .
Developer Nick Jones tells MailOnlinethat he was inspired by his wife to create the application, whose fear of flying hampered travel opportunities. "As a simple example: a flight from London to New York on a 747-400 British Airways promises one in nine million chances to break ... Not as unequal as the odds of winning the National Lottery, but close to that."
Of course, aerofobes cannot be penetrated by this: the argument “The chances of people who actually won the lottery, as well as the chances of people who still crashed in a plane crash before flying and buying a ticket, were just as small - and yet it happened” is impenetrable.
But for the part of passengers who balance between panic and reason, it really can help. Therapy is not free: the cost of the application is $ 0.99. But it is harmless and cheaper than alcohol.
The data source was the United States National Transportation Safety Council, the Accident Archive and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).
Am I Going Down? on iOS
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For example, the Cathay Pacific flight from Hong Kong to Los Angeles promises the opportunity not to fly with a probability of one in four million (4,068,434, to be exact) - in other words, you need to fly every day for 11 thousand years to finally fly .
Developer Nick Jones tells MailOnlinethat he was inspired by his wife to create the application, whose fear of flying hampered travel opportunities. "As a simple example: a flight from London to New York on a 747-400 British Airways promises one in nine million chances to break ... Not as unequal as the odds of winning the National Lottery, but close to that."
Of course, aerofobes cannot be penetrated by this: the argument “The chances of people who actually won the lottery, as well as the chances of people who still crashed in a plane crash before flying and buying a ticket, were just as small - and yet it happened” is impenetrable.
But for the part of passengers who balance between panic and reason, it really can help. Therapy is not free: the cost of the application is $ 0.99. But it is harmless and cheaper than alcohol.
The data source was the United States National Transportation Safety Council, the Accident Archive and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).
Am I Going Down? on iOS
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