Is flying getting more dangerous? A plane collision near Washington DC has left no survivors, in a tragic accident President Donald Trump called “a dark and excruciating night in our nation’s history".
Skaters killed in horror plane crash
Is flying getting more dangerous? A plane collision near Washington DC has left no survivors, in a tragic accident President Donald Trump called "a dark and excruciating night in our nation's history".
All 64 people on an American Airlines passenger jet, and the three soldiers in the army helicopter it collided with, are believed to have died.
It might seem like aviation accidents are everywhere. Last Christmas Day, a Russian missile shot down an Azerbaijan Airlines plane in Kazakhstan, killing almost 40 people on board. Just days later, 179 people were killed after a crash-landing on a runway in South Korea.
You might be surprised to hear then that flying is by far the safest form of transportation.
Yet some scientists think that climate change is increasing extreme turbulence and making crashes more common. One predicts that by the 2060s, we could see a 180% increase in severe turbulence over the North Atlantic.
And wars across the world have made the amount of safe airspace available for Western airlines much smaller.
Is flying getting more dangerous?
Yes! War, climate change and technology are all coming together to make flying more dangerous.
No! There is no evidence at all that it is getting more dangerous to fly. In fact, the consensus from scientists is that it keeps getting safer.
Skaters killed in horror plane crash
