Flying Is Much Safer Than You Think
With all the recent headlines about windows and tires popping off of planes, you might think flying is becoming more risky. But is this actually true, or are we just overreacting? Let's dig a little deeper. In 2022, 42,514 people in the US were killed in vehicular accidents [1] . That's enough people to fill a typical college stadium. Considering the US population was roughly 333 million at the time, that means that one in every 7400 people were killed in a traffic accident. Meanwhile, it has been over 15 years since the last fatal crash of a commercial airliner in the US [2] . This means that despite roughly 45,000 flights taking off every day of the year, there has not been a fatal crash since the Samsung Galaxy was first put on the market Rate of Airline Fatalities Per Million Flights Over Time Number of Fatal Airline Accidents Over Time And this isn't just unique to the United States. Since the 1990s, both the total number and rate of global a...