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535. Why Is Flying Safer Than Driving?

Freakonomics Radio

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Katie Truett, Delta Airlines flight attendant, is trained to respond to emergencies on board planes./nDelta Airlines has a 90 second evacuation time for 300 people./nConnor McGill, a listener of the Freakonomics Radio podcast, was flying from Amsterdam to Minneapolis and had a patient who was unconscious and needed medical attention./nMcGill's plane was already over the Hudson Bay in Canada when the call for help went out, making a closer airport impossible to reach./nThe patient was successfully evacuated and McGill's plane landed safely.

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