For the past few months, there have been some concerns about accidents in the past few months, including the drop in American Airlines in Washington. So what is the risk, and can it fly safely?
Is flight more dangerous?
In a nutshell, no. However, we can understand that some careful flyers have safety concerns.
The family is still sad after two accidents within four days during the celebration period. On a Christmas day, the Azerbaijan Airlines EMBRAER E190 was shot down by a Russian missile near Actta International Airport in Kazakhstan's Actau.
Azerbaijan Airlines debris 8243 Flight
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Of the 67 on board, 38 died in an accident, including both pilots and flight attendants.
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4 days later, 179 people in Jeju Air flight The plane collided and was killed after sliding down the runway at Muang International Airport in southwestern Korea.
Firefighters and recovery teams at Jeju Airlines Accident
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The two crews were saved from the wreckage, which was the worst aeronautic disaster in the national history.
A series of cases, including the tragic lion air and the crash of Ethiopia's Boeing 737 Max 8, also made passengers anxious.
In January of last year, the Alaska Airlines flights reached 16,000 feet on the way from Portland, Oregon to Ontario, California, and the “doorplag”, a panel that fills unused emergency exits, exploded. Miraculously all passengers survived, but the related airplane was the largest Boeing 737, so the questions have returned to the mentality and their recent safety records.
However, Boeing 737, which has a variety of models, has a powerful safety record. The world's most successful aircraft released in 1967, constructed about 10,000 people and 20 billion passenger trips, only a handful of accidents. Still, one crash is too many crashes in the traveler's hearts.
How is flight compared to other transport mode?
Despite the recent incidents, flights are much safer than other transportation. Only rails are excellent.
In 2024, about 280 people died in an airplane crash drop. This is close to the number of killed on roads around the world in just two hours. In the UK, five people die every day on the road.
A study at Harvard University in 2017 revealed that the probability of dying in an airplane crash accident was one in 11 million, and the possibility of dying in a car accident was close to one in 5,000.
Is the flight safer?
It is so in the long term. The fatal accident in 2023 was not involved in the scheduled passenger jet. 86 passengers died in a crash drop of a domestic propeller aircraft.
According to researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the risk of dying as a result of aviation travel was calculated in one 13.7 million passengers in 2018 to 2022.
This is far from one fatal improvement for boarding of 7.9 million people from 2008 to 2017, and is far from boarding of 350,000 boards that occurred between 1968 and 1977. 。
In 1982, Panam Flight 759 dropped CRASH in New Orleans, killing all 145 on boarding.
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Arnold Barnet, co -author of this research, states: You may think that there are some impossible risk levels we can't get: It doubles every 10 years. ”
What is the cause of an airplane crash?
From technical failures to misunderstandings, there are huge amounts that can be wrong. However, research on Embrew-Ridden Aeronautical Academy revealed that up to 80 % of air accidents could be caused by human errors.
Continental Flight 3407 dropped Crash in Buffalo, New York in 2009. The investigator concluded that the accident was caused by the combination of ice condition, pilot training, and fatigue.
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Pilots are thought to account for 53 % of the accident, but mechanical disorders are considered to be only an obstacle in 21 % cases.
Research by Airbus, a flying manufacturer, is the most dangerous that a part of the flight is the most dangerous. It is the most likely moment of takeoff and landing, and the latter applies to American Airlines planes and that case. Military helicopter at Ronal Dragan Airport.
