But how often do airplanes glide into the ocean because they had some failure and couldn't reach land?
Seems like an insignificant risk, and cutting the flight time by 10% might do more to reduce risk than staying over land.
Seems like an insignificant risk, and cutting the flight time by 10% might do more to reduce risk than staying over land.
Given modern aircraft design, flying over open water makes good sense.
Of course, we don't know what happened to mh17, which might have also glided into the ocean.