Recent air disasters and close phone clumps have made people worried about flight safety.
Air collision It killed 67 near Washington A fiery crash of a plane Philadelphia and nowadays There are no planes in Alaska It is just the most well-known disaster. There was also a Japan Airlines plane. I clipped a parked delta plane While taxiing on Seattle Airport and United Airlines planes earlier this week I set it on fire It was taking off at Houston airport on Sunday after an engine problem ignited the wings.
It's not even mentioned Security concerns It occurred after the captain was found dead inside. Wheel well Of the two planes, I'm on two other flights. And don't forget the time for passengers I opened the emergency exit door I took a plane while I was leading him to take off in Boston.
So of course people wonder if they belong to theirs Flying is safe?
What happened in the worst case?
A January 29 collision between an American Airlines passenger jet and an Army helicopter killed everyone on both planes. That was America's most deadly plane crash Since November 12, 2001, the jet has hit a New York City neighbourhood shortly after takeoff, killing all 260 people on board and five people on the ground. Since February 2009, there have been no fatal crashes of any kind involving US passenger aircraft.
The crash is more common, including small planes like the single-engine Cessna, which went missing with 10 people on board in Alaska on Thursday. The crew were looking for the plane on Friday.
a Medical transport crashed On January 31st, in Philadelphia, six people on board and another person on the ground were killed. The Learjet produced a giant fireball when it hit the ground in the neighborhood shortly after taking off from a small nearby airport.
How worried should I be?
Fatal crashes are rare and therefore attract extraordinary attention. The US Airlines' track record is extremely safe, as demonstrated by its long stretches during a fatal crash.
However, fatal crashes have recently occurred elsewhere around the world. Killed all 179 people I will be boarding in December. There were also two fatal crashes, including the 737's biggest jet liner that had Boeing issues in 2018 and 2019. Last January, a door plug was blown off from the 737 Max while flying, and there were more questions about the plane.
Federal Employees raises concerns Especially after a series of close calls between planes at US airports, the air traffic control systems that have been overtensive and understaffed for years. Some of the reasons they cited due to a lack of staff include uncompetitive pay, long shifts, intensive training and mandatory retirement.
President Donald Trump condemned these concerns on Thursday the air collisions of an “outdated” air traffic control system that the airport promised to rely on.
But even with all of that, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy went to Fox News earlier this week to assure viewers that it is “a lot safer than traveling by car or train.” This is the safest mode of transport. ”
The statistics confirm this.
The National Safety Council estimates that Americans could die in 1993 in a car crash, but plane deaths Rare to calculate Odds. Numbers from US Department of Transportation Please talk about the same thing.
What is going on?
The National Transportation Safety Board and Federal Aviation Administration is investigating these recent crashes and intimate calls to find ways to cause them and prevent similar incidents.
There have already been some nasty revelation about airborne collisions, but it will take more than a year to get a full report on what happened.
The NTSB always recommends procedures that may be taken to prevent crashes from happening again, but agents have hundreds of neglected by other government agencies and the industries they are investigating. There is a long list of previous recommendations.
But Duffy said it's right to say crash drops are unacceptable, like the ones that are more recent. So he plans to “safety is paramount” to lead agencies that regulate all modes of transport.
“I feel really good about where we are, where we are going and what we are planning to make sure our systems are safer and more efficient than they are today,” Duffy said in an interview with Fox.
