Others, however, said they are still confident in flight safety, pointing out that commercial air travel remains one of the safest modes of transportation.
Cara and Erin Ashcraft survived the crash of American Airlines Flight 1420, operated on a McDonnell Douglas MD-82, during a landing at Little Rock National Airport on June 1, 1999.
“I’ve never had concerns (about air travel safety) before.
This is the hole left behind when the plug door of an Alaska Airlines flight blew off midflight on January 5, 2024.
Pierson is wary of attitudes around the apparent safety of American air travel, he said.
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