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How to tell if your next flight is safe

If you're worried about another accident, you should read this story

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Christopher Elliott
Jan 21, 2024
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Illustration by Aren Elliott

Flying may be the safest way to travel, but it sure hasn’t felt that way lately.

Images of a flaming aircraft on a Tokyo runway and of a door blown off an Alaska Airlines flight seem to have undermined public confidence in air travel. 

And there’s also this burning question: Could anyone have known this would happen? 

Maybe. 

But…

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