Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It's been a difficult couple of months for US aviation safety. With memories of recent incidents still fresh, travelers everywhere ...

Approximately 185,000 people have died in civilian aviation accidents since the advent of powered flight over a century ago. However, over the past five years among the U.S. airlines, the risk of ...

Is flying still safe? It feels like we’re seeing more flight safety incidents in the news in recent months. What’s going on? In January, the deadliest US airline crash in nearly 20 years killed 67 ...

Suzanne Rowan Kelleher covers travel for Forbes. Aviation safety experts say passengers can minimize the risk when flying this summer by being strategic when selecting airports, seats, planes and ...

While common, experts say allowing children under two to fly in laps is not the safest option. The FAA recommends that all passengers, including babies, fly in their own seat, with a car seat if ...

The article argues that the question "Are airplanes safe?" is complex and cannot be answered with a simple "yes" or "no" without misinterpretation. General aviation aircraft generally show lower ...

Business aviation is soaring to new heights in safety, but with increasing air traffic and evolving regulations, operators must take a proactive approach to risk management. While all aircraft must ...

The question is tough to answer as that crash wasn’t the only incident to rattle public confidence. Just a month later, a Southwest jet narrowly avoided a disaster while landing at Chicago Midway ...

Aviation Safety has spent decades helping pilots fly smarter and survive longer — through rigorous accident analysis, airmanship guidance, and the kind of frank, unsparing safety education that the GA ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Flying is routine and safe. Hard lessons were learned to make it that way. Vernon Yuen/NurPhoto via Getty Images Approximately 185 ...

This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. Approximately 185,000 people have died in civilian aviation accidents since the advent of ...