Planes Safer than Trains and Cars, But Safety Risks Still Remain
In 2009, there were 90 airplane accidents around the world while there were 5.8 million car crashes and 9,789 train wrecks. On the surface, this would indicate airplanes are dramatically safer than cars and trains, which is a legitimate observation. However, the drastic disparity in number of total airplanes in the sky compared to the…