Recently, in many parts of the world, the number of aircraft accidents has increased. Aircraft accidents in the United States also received its share of this increase. The helicopter collision of the plane, the special aircraft crashed on the ground and the passenger aircraft in Toronto’da landing in the landing attracts attention.

So, is the flight travel still a safe transportation choice? The figures continue to say that the flight is the safest way. While the probability of death in a commercial aircraft accident is about 11 million, the probability of death in a car accident is about 101. This data is based on accident statistics in the world. Even when the latest events are taken into account, commercial air travel is still much safer than driving.

In order to compare the risks of both ways of traveling, it is important to look at deaths per kilometer traveling. People usually spend more time at the steering wheel than the time they spend in the aircraft seat. The data is as follows:

• Car Journey: 1,37 death per 100 million miles.
• Commercial air travel: 0.01 death per 100 million miles.

So, why are the flight travels safer?

One of the biggest reasons why flying makes you feel more dangerous is that accidents are involved in the media and seen in social media streams. Although the aircraft accidents are rare, they are shocking events that dominate the news for days. Car accidents occur every day, but relatively less attention. This constitutes the perception that aircraft accidents are more frequently experienced. However, there are tens of thousands of traffic accidents in the world every day.

Remember these details:

• Unlike automobile drivers, commercial airline pilots pass through thousands of hours of training before they start carrying passengers.
• Pilots perform their flights under constant supervision by means of guidance of air traffic controllers.
• Pilots pass through strict undergraduate exams, simulator tests and recurrent training programs.
• Airlines follow the maintenance programs that are required to be federal.
• While the cars are connected to you, the aircraft is meticulously controlled by expert technicians.
• Modern aircraft are produced with spare systems, so that the backups come into play when a system fails.
• Aircraft may continue to work even if one of the two engines fails.
• Standardization is the norm in the whole aviation industry. This is a security measure to reduce human error. However, a similar standardization is not possible between millions of vehicle drivers.
• During the flight, there are many institutions, including FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) and other global organizations that provide the safety of the aircraft during the flight.
• Even if you fly every day for 1,000 years, your probability of interfering with a deadly plane crash is still incredibly low: about 3 %…