The article discusses common fears about flying, particularly stemming from misconceptions rather than actual statistics. Despite several air accidents occurring in early 2025, flying remains one of the safest modes of transport. Many believe plane accidents are not survivable, which is largely due to media coverage focusing on tragic events while neglecting incidents with minimal or no injuries. The article also emphasizes that passengers can take proactive steps to feel more in control during flights, countering the feeling of helplessness often associated with air travel.
This misconception is the result of the lack of coverage when accidents end with zero fatalities. But low- to no-casualty events are the most common of air accidents.
Those horrible events really are the outliers. If the numbers alleviate your worries even a smidgen, then it is time to disarm the second fallacy about flying.
To travel by air is to move in a highly restricted environment, and be told where to go, what to do, and when to do it.
Yet, in any unlikely event that disrupts that environment, the prepared jet-setter can shine using the same techniques that...
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