surprising discovery shows the most common causes of air accidents

Flying on a commercial airline is not as safe as we think it is. Each year, regular as clockwork die, several thousand people or to air accident injuries. On average 1000-2000 people die and about 2000-5000 are injured every year since 1930.

aviation accidents have become so common that hardly makes news, and many "small" incidents are only one or two injuries and deaths reported in the press. Unless you personally experience or witness an accident, the airline, you can easily go through life with the illusion that the plane crashes almost never happen.

A surprising fact is that ninety percent of accidents occur on the aircraft during takeoff and landing, or about 88 percent of deaths (the figures for injuries are generally not recorded). The other four percent of the surface of accidents occur during the cruise plan to about 12 percent of deaths. The source of this is the "Statistical Summary of Commercial Jet aircraft accidents, Boeing."

But another, more surprising is that pilots and flight crew error, over 60% of all air disasters. And remember that we are talking here about regular commercial airlines, private aircraft without also added, military aircraft, etc. Source: The website of Air Crash information.

began to be collected from 1930 to an aircraft accident statistics, the rate of air accidents and casualties is surprisingly stable. That is, the percentage of accidents and deaths on average about the same from year to year. Thus, despite technological advances, the number of accidents and fatalities per hundred flights continues unabated.

So, what the chances of a passenger plane crash in participating? According to "OAGback Aviation Solutions & Plane Crash Info accident database, 1988 - 2007" The numbers are as follows:

The probability of an airline flight that results in at least one death of about 1 to 3.3 million. This requires that you travel on a mix of different airlines (not just the airlines with the safest records). Even worse is that many of these aircraft accidents (about 1 / 4) a mixture of people who die and those who survive, even if produced violated. These lesions are often long life (and destroy life).

The comparison with car accidents is difficult because statistics vary widely from country to country. In the U.S., for example, there are 6 million car accidents annually produce about 40,000 deaths annually.

It has been estimated that to be when you compare the number of trips involved (rather than mileage) are 12 times more frequently in a fatal crash than a fatal car accident. In other words, the air is safer than driving a car much less (Source: "Air Travel Safety Secrets").

Is there anything a passenger can do to prevent or minimize the risk of injury and death when you fly? Fortunately, the answer is yes. Can a few simple things you are doing that greatly increase the survivability of an airline calamity without injury. See below for more information.