How Safe is Air Travel?
Scott Breitbach As months turn into years of being cooped up in our homes and we slowly run out of creative ways to keep ourselves entertained, the desire to travel grows evermore at the forefront of our minds. And then we see terrible accidents happening on the news, like the recent and very public incidents in Indonesia and Pakistan, where dozens of people were killed in unfortunate airline crashes. When we travel, we want to know that our families are going to be safe from harm and so we want to make the safest available choices when selecting not just our destinations, but also our means of travel. What if I told you that flying is the safest choice you can make? Safest Mode of Transport Compared to other modes of transport, commercial airlines are not just one of the safest, but the safest means of travel. When we take a bus we don’t worry about whether or not we’re going to make it to our destination safely, but mile-for-mile air travel is almost an order of magnitude sa