Travel

Question: How safe is airline travel, especially since there's been 2 big crashes this past month?

(Posted by: Amanda P on 2009-06-30 05:44:44)

Posted by: Fraser on 2009-06-30, 08:20:48

2 big crashes in the last month, but how many landed safely and without incident? Tens, if not hundreds of thousands...

Posted by: =42 on 2009-06-30, 05:49:18

I wouldn't be flying on an Airbus unless my life depended on it. Because I guess it would.

Posted by: Michael on 2009-06-30, 05:52:00

Flying is the safest form of transport. you have more chance of dying on the way way to the airport BY ANY MEANS than crash in the plane

Posted by: peterngoodwin on 2009-06-30, 06:08:13

Officials say, the most dangerous part about flying is your drive to and from the airport. Personally, I have flown on hundreds of flights over fifty years usually going fast asleep before takeoff. Here are some statistics:search.yahoo.com/ search?p= airliner+ safety &fr= ush-ans

Posted by: Yin H on 2009-06-30, 06:17:44

Its fairly safe despite the recent crashes. I will still fly and let fate take its course. I think driving is more dangerous!

Posted by: Emma on 2009-06-30, 06:56:53

I flew on an airbus this weekend, we flew through thunderstorms, had bad turbulence and dropped alot. But we still survived. Around 1.2million people die in car crashes every year. It is the safest way to travel. My friend who is an air hostess has been injured in a car accident this week, and she's only just become stable. It really does prove that you are more likely to have an accident on the way to the airport rather than in the air = D

Posted by: Puravida on 2009-06-30, 07:17:53

It's incredibly safe provided the airline takes proper precautionary steps to ensure the safety of the planes and passengers. the US and EU have strict safety regulations so if you fly within these areas you are very very safe.

Posted by: Roger K on 2009-06-30, 07:32:44

Of course it is. In both 2007 and 2008, there were no fatalities on commercial airline flights. Contrast that with the approximately 40,000 people who die every year, just in the US, from car related accidents. Flying is very safe.

Posted by: Techwing on 2009-06-30, 07:39:41

Despite media sensationalism, air travel is safer than it has ever been. If the media reported every car crash the way they report every plane crash, there wouldn't be enough hours in a day to cover them all.