Recent plane crashes spark alarm toward air travel safety
After two deadly plane crashes in the past week, it's not uncommon for travelers to feel apprehensive about airline travel, experts say.
Travelers grapple with fears after plane crash: 'I don't know if I trust being in the air'
Reynolds is one of a number of travelers whose anxiety has spiked in the days since the crash. “It's just becoming too frequent to hear about these mishaps with planes, and it makes me feel like I don't know if flying is the safest way to travel anymore,” she said.
Major airline crashes persist even as plane safety improves
“The recent spike falls into the margins of unpredictability,” said Darren Straker, a former head of air accident investigation units in the United Arab Emirates and Hong Kong told Bloomberg News in December. He suggested airline crews could be better trained to respond to so-called outlier events.
Black Hawk chopper in D.C. plane crash had a safety system off, senator says
Army Black Hawk helicopter that collided with an American Eagle flight over the Potomac River​ late last month was flying with a safety system turned off, Sen. Ted Cruz told reporters after a briefing from the FAA and NTSB.
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After the D.C. plane crash, how safe is air travel in Minnesota, the U.S. and the world?
An American Airlines regional jet collided with a Black Hawk helicopter over the Potomac River, killing 67 people. A private medical jet crashed in Philadelphia, with 7 lives lost. Closer to home, a Delta Air Lines flight to Amsterdam returned to MSP for an emergency landing on Sunday due to a mechanical issue,
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Alaska crash marks third air tragedy in US in just 2 weeks
A plane carrying 10 people that went missing in rural Alaska on Thursday during bad weather looks set to be the third deadly aviation disaster in the U.S. over a span of just two weeks.
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