As the American Airlines crash adds to a recent spate of air accidents, we look at the safety of flying and find cause for hope. View on euronews

A crash is considered “survivable” by the National Transportation Safety Board if the forces transmitted to passengers don’t exceed the limits of human tolerance and if the structure of the aircraft remains largely intact. A crash is nonsurvivable when G-forces are so great that the body can’t withstand it.

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The last deadly major crash involving a commercial airliner in the U.S. was in 2009, when 49 people — 45 passengers, 2 pilots and 2 flight attendants — aboard a Colgan Air flight crashed in New York state. One person also died on the ground.

Those sitting in the rear seats of an aeroplane might have a greater chance of surviving a plane crash, according to experts.

Aviation experts offer their insight into the most dangerous points of a flight and the safest part of the plane - and look at whether a high-profile string of plane crashes should put people off flying.

Thirty-eight people died when an Azerbaijan Airlines plane crashed in Kazakhstan; four days later, 179 perished when a Jeju Air flight crash landed in South Korea. While recent events are still ringing in the minds of many, 2024 was a year of disasters in ...

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The preliminary report was released by the Aviation and Railway Accident Investigation Board on Monday in South Korea.