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Many people dread Friday the 13th, a day fraught with bad luck and superstation. A whopping 72% of people claim to have experienced bad luck on Friday the 13th.<\/p>\n
And a staggering 30% of Brits actually have a phobia of the day \u2013 which is called friggatriskaidekaphobia.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s for this reason\u00a0flight prices are cut on Friday 13th, as many superstitious flyers will not travel during the 24-hour period.<\/p>\n
But is it really more dangerous to fly on Friday the 13th?<\/p>\n
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The truth is it\u2019s actually marginally safer to fly on this date.<\/p>\n
The average number of fatal aircraft crashes on Friday the 13th days is 0.067 per day, compared to a usual daily average of 0.091, according to a statistical analysis by the Aviation Safety Network, conducted in 2013.<\/p>\n
Fear of flying on the 13th may have been sparked by an air crash in October 1972 when Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 smashed into the Andes mountains on Friday 13th.<\/p>\n
Tragically 45 people onboard died, but 16 managed to survive for 72 days by eating bodies of the other dead passengers.<\/p>\n
It seems people\u2019s superstitions are subsiding though as a new survey by Hotels.com reveals most Brits would happily fly on Friday 13th.<\/p>\n
A whopping 86% say they would not think twice about flying on the \u201cunlucky\u201d day.<\/p>\n
Younger travellers were revealed as the most superstitious with 20% of 18 to 24 year old respondents saying they would not board a flight on Friday 13th \u2013 compared with just 10% of 45 to 54 and 11% of 55+ year olds.<\/p>\n
Here are 13 freaky facts about Friday the 13th.<\/p>\n