Three weeks earlier, a Black Hawk helicopter collided with an American Airlines regional jet in Washington ... air travel has gotten roughly twice as safe each decade since the 1960s, thanks ...

But read on if you want to hear about exactly how safe it is and how the aviation industry made it so. Yes, extremely. Especially on U.S. commercial airlines. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY ...

McGee agreed that he doesn't get nervous flying on regional airlines but acknowledged that he does try to keep things in context. "We all know statistically how safe the system is, but it’s ...

In its 2024 safety report, released in February 2025, IATA, the trade association of the world’s airlines ... had labeled 2023 “an exceptionally safe year.” Last year saw 1.13 accidents ...

Immediately following an exceptionally safe 2023, the first week of this year woke the air transport industry up with two almighty shocks. On 2 January a Japan Airlines (JAL) A350-900 collided ...

This fact is what you really want to know when asking the question “How safe is flying ... than 1,000 times higher than for ...