18 JANUARY 1952, Page 18

Travellers' Deaths

Sut,—I am interested in the correspondence which is taking place on this subject, and it may be some help to Mr. W. Hilton-Young to tell him that the statistics published in the insurance Press show that there is one death in every 15,000 people flying, and the corresponding figures for railway-travel are one in 80 million.

Is it any wonder that Professor Brogan does not accept the figures