Originally Posted by
ATC Watcher
I think it was Winston Churchill who once said :" never trust a statistic you have not manipulated yourself .." or something similar.
Simple example : are Germanwings and Sully's US Air counting as A320 hull losses accidents in that comparison?
Sully, yes (although as a hull loss, not a fatal hull loss since no one died). "Bad Luck" accidents are included, as is blatant crew error.
Germanwings - probably not. The stats specifically exclude intentional acts such as war or terrorism and I suspect pilot suicide would qualify.