Birthday Plane Crash
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understandinguncertainty.org was produced by the Winton programme for the public understanding of risk based in the Statistical Laboratory in the University of Cambridge. The aim was to help improve the way that uncertainty and risk are discussed in society, and show how probability and statistics can be both useful and entertaining.
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The Malaysian Airlines MH17 (remember the 17 there) that crashed on 17 July 2014 first flew on 17 July 1997. I was born on 17 July 1997 so of course, it crashed on my birthday and was technically the same age as me, 17 years old. Take the date 17/07/97, way too many 7's, and the plane that crashed was a Boeing 777. Massive and unsettling coincidences, especially for an aerophobe. RIP to the 298 people who died yesterday and condolences to their families
Date submitted:Fri, 18 Jul 2014 11:51:34 +0000Coincidence ID:7667
