How to tell if your next flight is safe

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

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…