Fatal Airline Crashes In US Down 65 Percent In Past Decade

New York Times:

After two infamous crashes in 1996 that together killed 375 people, a White House commission told the airline industry and its regulators to reduce the domestic rate of fatal accidents 80 percent over 10 years. That clock ended Sunday.

They have come close to reaching that goal. Barring a crash before midnight Sunday, the drop in the accident rate will be about 65 percent, to one fatal accident in about 4.5 million departures, from one in nearly 2 million in 1997.

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Comments

[mcnary]

Say what are the crash rates if you're a congressional liberal?

[choada777]

Knock on wood...

[realitytrumpsbull]

Yeah, well who knew they needed a damn in-dash
breathalyz­er/ignitio­n lock for a jetliner? ROTF

Dino:"So, what do you do for a living?"

Guy in bar:"I'm an airline PIIIIIIIIII-LOT!"

[jbgnyc]

Glad planes are safer. Now let's get one off the ground in under four hours.

[ReasonIsMyReligion]

Let us not mistake risk with results here. It's not a mutual fund.

Granted there are enough flights that this IS a statistically relevant improvement, HOWEVER, look at one cost: flight delays are unacceptable.

Yes the system is safer, and the aircraft themselves are better engineered, but that does NOT mean the nation has a system we should be satisfied with.

Note that the three terrorist-caused crashes on 9/11 were excluded. Harumph.

Just feeling grumpy tonite.

[JulieSA]

I blame Bu$h for this.

[ming099]

....damn small comfort in those numbers..........