Originally Posted by
WillCAD
Wait a sec - 18 deaths per year in air travel related terrorist activities in the US?
When did that happen, and why hasn't it been in the news?
Or, perhaps like TSA, the authors of the study used a ridiculously broad and nebulous definition of the term "terrorism" to include simple assaults, domestic violence, drunken/drugged behavior, and common "air rage" incidents, which are all crimes but definitely don't fit the definition of terrorism.
I'd love to see a list of these alleged air travel related terrorism deaths for the last five years or so. At an average of 18 per year, that would be about 90 deaths since 2009.
Sorry, my mistake! I should have said MAX 18 deaths/year (NOT average) in the years since 11/9/2001. The max occurred in the year a lone gunman opened fire on the El Al check in line at LAX, an attack which of course would not be prevented by TSA security theatre.
Of course, even if there were 90 deaths, it would still be trivial even compared to other trivial causes of mortality -- over 400 deaths from lightning strikes in the same period, for example.