Since the dawn of the jet age, there has been safety concerns in the airline industry, but today would be the safest period ever, so whether you are scared of flying on a commercial jetliner, it would never have been safer. In fact, for folks living in the US, it has been precisely four years since the last fatal crash happened there, making it an unmatched record to term. Around the globe, 2012 marked the safest year since World War 2 ended in 1945, where 23 deadly accidents and 475 fatalities were recorded according to the Aviation Safety Network, which was less compared to under half the 1,147 deaths which happened in 42 crashes in the year 2000.

Do bear in mind that flying might be safer than ever, but it is not entirely risk-free. With air traffic

set to grow in the next 10 years, airports will get more congested, and statistically speaking, it would plus increase the number of near-misses on runways and taxiways, with the element of an accident risk going up as well. whether there is a takeaway report from that story, do bear in mind that a traveler could fly every day for an average of 123,000 years before being involved in a fatal crash. Pretty good odds compared to driving, or even being a pedestrian, no?

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Original post by Edwin Kee