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There are fewer and fewer accidents per passenger-mile every year (allowing for some noise because they are rare events)

You're just hearing about it more because there are more planes than ever before, and more media exposure than ever before.

Unfortunately this year is well on track to be a significant increase in the casualty rate from commercial aviation even if nothing happens for the next ten months. While a lot of progress has certainly been made it is concerning that the trend is moving in the wrong direction.

One year is not a trend, especially because there are only a few events per year.

There have always been many: https://hollywoodlife.com/feature/how-many-plane-crashes-202...

Its only commercial airline crashes in the USA that are vanishingly rare. Once you expand scope to all types of planses or the world as a whole you get a lot more.

The Red Army Faction effect.

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