How is aeroplane the safest form of travel?

Question

It just seems as if it's the most dangerous

Answer 1

It's simple. In 2006, 42,642 people died in traffic accidents in the US alone. By comparison, 855 people died in airline accidents in the entire world. I'll take my chances with the airlines.

Airline accidents seem worse because they are often spectacular and are all over the evening news. However, they happen far less frequently than auto accidents and result in far fewer deaths.

Answer 2

O.O In my opinion, it isn't the safest.

Riding a plane is right up there with taken balloons offered to you by clowns in sewage drains. >>

Because planes crash... (and apparently clowns kill).

Answer 3

I think this fact is realized through statistics . The fatalities that come from traffic accidents and possibly train accidents far more exceed fatalities that come through air travel . Only a speculation .