Safety in air traffic 2024: How risky is traveling?

Safety in air traffic 2024: How risky is traveling?

travelers who fly regularly by plane will possibly be remembered as the year in which their worst fears regarding the safety of aviation were confirmed. A number of unprecedented and in some cases fatal aircraft incidents made headlines in the news.

unrest during travel time

In the past week there were three separate incidents - on airplanes from South Korea, Canada and Azerbaijan - which fueled additional fears during the busy vacation trip. But Statistics show that the risk of dying or injuring yourself during a commercial is extremely low.

shocking plane crash in South Korea

The recent incident occurred on Sunday in South Korea when a Passenic aircraft Muan emerged and 179 people cost the lives - the worst aviation accident in the country since 1997. In reports of several South Korean news organizations, the flight of Jeju Air slipped over the runway at high speed, hit an embankment and exploded in a fire ball.

The cause of the crash is still unclear, but experts reported that the chassis of the aircraft - especially the bikes used for start and landing - apparently did not fully extend before the runway touched. South Korean authorities examine the cause of the catastrophe with the help of investigators from the United States.

sad incidents for Christmas

The crash comes after 38 people died on the first day of Christmas when a Flight from Azerbaijan Airlines crashed while he entered the Russian airspace at Grosny, Chechnya. It is unclear what exactly led to the incident, but Azerbaijans President Ilham Aliyev has Russia " accused to have accidentally shot down the plane.

Russian reactions

The Russian President Vladimir Putin apologized according to a Explanation for the tragic incident in Russian air, however, no Responsibility. On Saturday evening, a flight from Air Canada Express reported a not fatal incident . The flight, which was carried out by a partner company, Pal Airlines, and had 73 passengers on board, "reported a suspected problem with the chassis" after he had landed at the Halifax Stanfield International Airport in Nova Scotia, but no injuries were reported.

a problematic time for the airlines

These incidents end a year that was not very flattering for the aviation industry, especially for the battered aircraft manufacturer Boeing. Boeing is facing increasing criticism in terms of the quality of its products. So in January it also happened that with a flight with alaska airlines a large opening in the side wall of the Boeing 737 Max was created. Although no passengers died, this incident was followed by the crash of two 737 Max machines in recent years-one in 2018 and one in 2019-which led to a global 20-month landing of the model.

security risks in air traffic

accidents-whether fatal or not-are carried out on the numerous commercial flights that are carried out every year, according to the Data The International Air Transport Association (IATA) very unlikely. In 2023 30 such accidents The IATA corresponds to millions of flights. This is lower than the Risk in the previous year in which one of 770,000 flights reported an accident.

Comparison of security risks

Anthony Brickhouse, professor of aviation safety at the Embry Riddle Aeronautical University in New Jersey, told CNN: “The risk is higher when driving to the airport than when flying with an airplane. In some parts of the world, you are less secure on a escalator than on the plane.” He emphasized the importance of waiting for the investigation in flight accidents and paying attention to the fact that such incidents should not generalize the entire aviation system.

a Flight safety , which was published in August and was also copied by Arnold Barnett, professor of statistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

future of aviation

In other words, if you accidentally chose a flight during this period, your risk of dying in a plane crash or a terrorist act was almost one to 14 million. However, a strong security report in the past does not guarantee the same security in the future, and passengers could have new concerns in view of the recent fatal crashes. The loss of more than 200 lives in the past few days alone will increase the number of deaths caused by commercial aviation accidents well above the 72 that the IATA recorded for 2023

The General Director of the IATA, Willie Walsh, said in the latest security report by the industry association, which was published in February that the security service in 2023 continues to show that flying is the safest type of transport. ” However, he also emphasized that we "can never take security for granted" and that "two top -class accidents show in the first month of 2024 that there is always space for improvement, even if flying is one of the safest activities."

Chris Isidore contributed to reporting.

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