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There's been only one fatal jet crash in the U.S. in the last five-plus years

That can't be right.

It is. There have been 3 fatal commercial aviation accidents in that time frame but the other 2 involved propeller craft:

http://www.ntsb.gov/aviation/Paxfatal.htm

Also note carefully: in the US. You might be thinking about other recent fatal jet crashes that happened outside the US.

Interesting link. Ignoring 9/11, the last 10 years the safety has clearly gone up very much compared the previous 20 years. 23 crashes in the 80's, 15 in the 90's, and just 7 in the last decade (again, ignoring 9/11).

On the flipside, every crash except 1 in the last 10 years has been 100% fatal, whereas the previous 20 years there are quite a number of crashes with a lot of survivors.

I dunno, I just find that interesting. :P

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