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> How many airplanes crashed due to The pilot being on drugs?

good question, but there is just no way to get an answer



Nearly every NTSB report of a major accident has a post-mortem analysis for alcohol and other drugs. (When it’s missing, it’s usually because no body was recovered.)

Every crew involved in a commercial aviation mishap knows they’ll be tested as well.

There may be no way to get an answer with 6 significant figures, but you can get a pretty good answer.




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