Astonishing Revelation Shows Biggest Cause of Plane Crashes

[Edith Wright]

Flying on a commercial airline is not as safe as you would like to
believe. Every year, as regular as clockwork, several thousand people
die or get injured in airline accidents. On average 1,000 to 2,000
people die, and roughly 2,000 to 5,000 are injured every year since
the 1930's.
Airline incidents are now so common that they hardly make headline
news, and many 'minor' incidents involving just one or two fatalities
and injuries go unreported in the press. Unless you personally
experience or witness an airline accident, you can easily go through
life under the illusion that plane crashes hardly ever happen.
One astonishing fact is that ninety four percent of plane accidents
happen on take off and landing, accounting for about 88 percent of
fatalities (figures for injuries are generally not recorded). The
other four percent of plane accidents happen while the plane is
cruising, accounting for about 12 percent of fatalities. The source
for this is the 'Statistical Summary of Commercial Jet Airplane
Accidents, Boeing'.
But another even more astonishing fact is that pilot and flight crew
error accounts for over 60% of all airline calamities. And remember
that here we are talking about regular commercial airlines, without
including private planes, military aircraft, etc. Source: information
compiled by the website Air Crash Info.
Since the 1930's, when air crash statistics first started to be
collected, the rate of airline accidents and fatalities has been
surprisingly steady. That is, the percentage of accidents and deaths
is on average about the same, year on year. So in spite of technical
advances, the number of accidents and fatalities per hundred flights
continues unabated.
So what are the chances of an airline passenger being involved in
plane crash? According to 'OAGback Aviation Solutions & Plane
Crash Info accident database, 1988 - 2007' the figures are as follows:
The odds of being on an airline flight which results in at least one
fatality is about 1 in 3.3 million. This assumes that you travel on a
mix of different airlines (not just the airlines with the safest
records). Worse still is that many of these plane accidents (about 1
in 4) produces a mix of people who die and people who survive, albeit
injured. Such injuries are often life-long (and life destroying).
Comparison with car crashes is difficult because statistics vary
wildly from country to country. In the USA, for example, there are 6
million car accidents every year which produce about 40,000 deaths a
year.
It has been estimated that when you compare numbers of journeys
(rather than mileage) you are 12 times more likely to be involved in a
fatal plane incident compared to a fatal car incident. In other words,
air travel is much less safer than car travel (source: 'Air Travel
Safety Secrets').
Is there anything an airline passenger can do to avoid or minimize the
risk of injury and death when you fly? Fortunately, the answer is yes.
There are some simple things you can do that greatly increase the
chances of surviving an airline calamity without injury. See below for
more information.

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