Fate catches up a woman who missed the Air France flight

[Steven_Draker]

"A woman who dodged death when she and her husband narrowly missed Air France Flight 447 before it plunged into the Atlantic Ocean, killing all 228 aboard, was killed in a car accident just over a week later."

 

http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/us_world/NATL-Woman-Who-Missed-Flight-447-Killed-in-Car-Crash.html?corder=&pg=9

[josephga]

I thought of the final destination films when I heard this

[KMEM]

Not making fun of or picking on this poor woman or her family but it WAS her time to go and no matter what else happened, she went.

 

Are you ready to go? Here I mean your paper work, your stuff and, if so inclined, your religious thoughts. I'm not and I admit it.

 

Best regards,

KMEM

[happyguy2]

This sure does make you stop and think!

[+ purplekow]

These kind of coincidences are thought provoking. I recall a woman who survived the Twin Tower collapse being killed on the plane crash to the Dominican which happened weeks later.

[N.N.]

These kind of coincidences are thought provoking. I recall a woman who survived the Twin Tower collapse being killed on the plane crash to the Dominican which happened weeks later.

These kind of coincidences are coincidences.

[+ purplekow]

yes but still thought provoking

[+ Lucky]

These kind of coincidences are coincidences.

 

N.N.- I like your style.

[Steven_Draker]

Probability theory

 

These kind of coincidences are coincidences.

 

They may be coincidences, but extremely rare coincidences.

 

For the math experts: what is the probability of missing a plane that crashes and dying in a car accident a week after?

[+ purplekow]

They may be coincidences, but extremely rare coincidences.

 

For the math experts: what is the probability of missing a plane that crashes and dying in a car accident a week after?

The probability of a person missing a plane which crashes and then dies in an accident within a week is much higher than for the person who made the flight.

[KMEM]

PK-

 

I assume you mean this flight or one where all the occupants perished? The chances of a dead person being killed in a car wreck are zero.

 

However, didn't a passenger in the miracle on the Hudson manage to be killed a few days later? Whatever the odds of that happening might be closer to the odds previously in question?

 

Best regards,

KMEM

[MsGuy]

I wonder if anyone has ever been bumped from a flight and then killed when the plane crashed into his taxi on the way home?