Surprisingly Easy Ways to Fly Safer

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Despite the rarity of plane crashes, the Air France flight 447, US Airways Flight 1549 and Continental flight 3407 incidences and their dramatic outcome make breaking news across the globe. But take heart, flying is still effective and safe thanks to better technology and enforced precautionary measures and the odds of actually being in a fatal plane crash are low. Airplane manufacturer Boeing says 1.4 billion miles flown for every fatal accident and the likelihood of dying on a commercial airline flight is 9 million to 1.