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		ceejayoz 10 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Boeing 787s must be reset every 51 days or 'mislea... Commercial air travel in the US is incredibly safe. The last fatal crash was in 2009.

mjewkes 10 months ago [–]

I agree completely with the first part. But SWA-1380 was a commercial operating fatality in 2018. Not a crash into terrain, but the engine definitely crashed into the fuselage.

faggotbreath 10 months ago | [2 more]

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class700 10 months ago | | [–]

Probably not much comfort for the passenger who was ejected from the plane and died...

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