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Comment by stouset

It is irrational.

Since November 2001, there has been one death aboard a major airline operating in the U.S.[1]. That was a Southwest flight where an entire engine self-destructed. It was an issue with the CFM engine, Not with anything Boeing did.

You might choose to include one more. An Asiana flight tumbled end over end after arriving short at SFO. Everyone survived the crash, but a passenger was killed when an emergency responder hit them with a vehicle, unable to see them due to firefighting foam.[2] The accident was again not caused by anything related to Boeing.

You are safer aboard any aircraft operated by a major American airline than you are on any other form of transportation. Including walking.

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatal_accidents_and_...

[2] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asiana_Airlines_Flight_214

parent stouset 2 years ago

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