Despite Trump's suggestion that 'air planes are becoming far too complex to fly,' global air traffic fatalities are near record-low levels.
Christopher Ingraham/The Washington Post By Christopher Ingraham Christopher Ingraham Reporter covering all things data Email Bio Follow March 12 at 1:51 PM President Trump opined on Twitter today that “airplanes are becoming far too complex to fly,” adding that “often old and simpler is far better” because “complexity creates danger.”
Boeing’s issues notwithstanding, the latest commercial air traffic safety data paint an unequivocal picture of increasing flight safety since the 1970s. In 2018, for instance, out of 37.8 million global commercial airline departures, 15 ended in a fatal accident, for a rate of 0.39 fatal accidents per million flights, according to the Aviation Safety Network, an independent initiative that monitors trends in airline safety statistics.
“If the accident rate had remained the same as ten years ago, there would have been 39 fatal accidents last year," said Aviation Safety Network CEO Harro Ranter in a statement in January. “At the accident rate of the year 2000, there would have been even 64 fatal accidents. This shows the enormous progress in terms of safety in the past two decades.”
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