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Fortune
Paolo Confino

Is it safe to fly? Experts say yes. ‘Thousands of operations have occurred since the accident’

Passengers boarding a plane (Credit: Lindsey Nicholson/UCG/Universal Images Group)
  • Aviation experts said it was still safe to fly after two high profile airplane crashes because flights are operated by "highly professional" pilots and air traffic controllers. They added that if conditions were deemed unsafe officials would cancel flights altogether. 

It‘s only natural to wonder if the fact that two plane crashes happened so close to one another means that flying isn’t safe anymore. But what do experts say? Fortune interviewed several seasoned aviation professionals who said that while these tragic crashes were jarring, flying remains safe. 

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