Footage has been circulating this week of a Boeing plane that was forced to make an emergency landing due to a gaping hole in its fuselage. Hundreds of Boeing 737 Max 9 planes have now been grounded whilst safety checks are performed.
Despite the terrifying footage, it’s an example of the exception proving the rule. For context, there were more than 32 million flights taken during 2022, with only 39 aviation accidents recorded. In fact, the likelihood of something going catastrophically wrong whilst flying is so small,that the risk of dying in a car crash on a per mile basis is 100x higher.
The videos are sensational and will cause many people anxiety, but the data doesn’t lie; we shouldn’t be afraid of flying Boeing.