The major premise for this article is tendentious!
Why are so many planes falling out of the sky?
This begs questions like:
- What constitutes "so many"?
- Over what period does this article measure the number of accidents?
- How does the number of accidents in the selected period vary from historical figures in similar statistical studies using similar samples?
- Does this article exclude aircraft accidents that occur outside the flight regime (ignoring the imprecision and emotive nature of the term "fall")?
The list of questions could go on a lot longer. It appears that a number of high profile accidents, over an arbitary period, with no common causality have been selected here for maximum dramatic effect.
No real conclusions can be drawn from the "evidence" in this article. It will only serve to reinforce prejudices, create confusion and make the nervous even more so!