Interesting analysis of the numbers in this post, which ends as follows:
Therefore, the odds of being on given departure which is the subject of a terrorist incident have been 1 in 10,408,947 over the past decade. By contrast, the odds of being struck by lightning in a given year are about 1 in 500,000. This means that you could board 20 flights per year and still be less likely to be the subject of an attempted terrorist attack than to be struck by lightning.
This post comes up with the spoof idea that we’ll all need to travel naked in future, and develops the theme nicely explaining how it would work as the best preventative measure ever:
Think about the people you see on airplanes. Then imagine what they would look like naked. Eeeew. That’s right, fat, old, wrinkled, smelly bodies surrounding you. Not a muscle would flex on board, fearing that they might touch someone’s sagging fleshiness. Every muscle would go limp. Minds would shut down. Aside from the occasional retching, there would be utter silence as people froze in place to avoid any possibility of human contact. You can’t bring down an airplane with your eyes tightly shut.
Very insightful!
