How safe is air travel?

It's very safe
Commercial airplane accidents are rare events. Nevertheless, a jetliner crash is major news all around the world, often raising anew the question: How safe is it to fly? This document, produced by The Boeing Company, attempts to answer some common questions about commercial aviation and the effort to make jet travel even safer than it already is.

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• How safe is air travel?
• How often do serious accidents happen?
• So is flying getting safer or riskier?
• What's the risk of flying compared to driving?
• What causes commercial jets to crash?
• What's the riskiest portion of a flight?
• Where's the safest seat on a jet during a crash?
  

• How do travelers know if airplanes are being properly maintained?
• What kind of maintenance steps do airlines take?
• Has deregulation made flying riskier?
  

• Are some jets safer than others?
• Are older airplanes less safe than newer ones?
  

• How safe are Boeing airplanes?
• In light of all the talk about its rudder system, is the 737 a safe airplane?
  

• How do jet manufacturers promote aviation safety?
• Who’s responsible for ensuring air safety?
• Is there any way to make air travel safer?
• What’s being done to enhance global aviation safety?
• Hasn’t Boeing said there’s going to be an accident every week in the future?

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