How often do planes crash?

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How often do planes crash?

okay well I read online that if you have a dream of you pulling out your teeth then someone close to you will die? And my sister just had a dream that, she pulled out her teeth. And me and my mom are flying soon and I'm really scared that our plane might crash, like her dream said. So how often do they crash?

Travel / Travel (General) / Health & Safety

Roger K

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That dream relationship you mention is a complete myth. There is absolutely NO connection at all between dreams of teeth coming out and deaths. NONE. ZIP. NADA. Believe me on this.

There are about 25 million plane flights every year. There are maybe 2 to 3 commercial airline crashes in the world per year that involve fatalities, so the odds are about 1 in 8 to 10 million that any plane will crash.

In the US, more people die every single <<day>> in car accidents (more than 100), than die in an entire <<year>> from plane crashes. For US carriers, there were no fatalities at all in 2002, 2007 and 2008.

Plane travel is VERY safe.

The news media focus on plane crashes exactly because they are so rare. But the amount of time they spend covering a single crash distorts everyone's perception of air safety.

Anonymous

Whatever myth that is, it has never been 100% proven to be true. And planes very rarely crash. Heck, I can't even remember the last one that has since 9/11. You are more likely to be involved in a car accident than a plane crash, so don't sweat it.

The asshole that posted above me is just trying to scare you. I used to be afraid of planes and death, but there is nothing to be afraid of.