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A drone causes a fatal crash of a commercial passenger flight before August 30, 2036.
The report weighs drone encounters against collision-avoidance systems and airport defenses. It distinguishes a close encounter from a collision that causes a fatal crash.
The forecast depends on how safeguards and enforcement develop.
Read the conclusion and its reasoning, with FAA drone sighting records and an NTSB investigation record among the report’s sources.
As of 2026-09-08, humanity has an estimated 98% probability of surviving to January 1, 2050, with a plausible range of 94 to 99. A catastrophe killing at least 10% of the world's population is a different and more likely outcome, estimated here at 8%, with a range of 3 to 20. These are editorial judgements informed by published risk surveys, whose participants disagree sharply and mostly forecast
Will humanity survive until 2050? Funders covered the whole $5.00 budget and the report is in. They read it first, and it goes on public sale after 24 hours.
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