Another plane crash in 2025 in Toronto is grabbing eyeballs. Why are plane crashes becoming so frequent this year and how safe is air travel after all?
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00:00Another day, another plane crash. This time in Toronto. A Delta plane crashed on Pearson
00:08Airport's Snowy Runway, flipped and turned turtle on the afternoon of February 17, 2025.
00:14Nearly 80 passengers, including crew, hung on to their lives, hanging upside down like
00:19bats.
00:20I was just in a plane crash! Oh my God!
00:23In what could have been disastrous, miraculously, everyone survived, with 17 people sustaining
00:28injuries, some very severe.
00:31But why are aviation disasters suddenly becoming so common on our newsfeeds?
00:35The US alone has seen four deadly aviation accidents in 2025, and we are not even through
00:41two months yet.
00:42This comes just days after the worst commercial aircraft crash in 16 years in Northern America,
00:47when 67 people died due to a collision between an American Airlines flight and an Army Black
00:52Hawk helicopter, on January 29, 2025.
00:56The reason? Human error.
00:58And a misunderstanding between air traffic controllers and Black Hawk pilots.
01:01While chances of human error in this industry are few, how many times is too many?
01:06Jan 31, a medical plane crashed in Philadelphia, killing seven people and causing a big fire.
01:12A bird strike or engine failure was suspected.
01:15February 6, a plane vanished in Alaska, only to be found wrecked with all 10 passengers
01:20dead.
01:21February 10, two aircrafts ran into each other on the runway in Arizona, leading to one casualty.
01:27So how safe is air travel, really?
01:29According to the 2024 Transportation Statistics Report, air travel is actually the safest
01:35form of transportation known to exist, with car and bike travel being the riskiest, with
01:39maximum incidents occurring on motor roads.
01:42In fact, in 2023, there were zero deaths from commercial airline crashes in the US.
01:47Airplanes are still one of the biggest marvels of modern engineering, with many divisions
01:51working together to ensure safety.
01:53It is one of the most heavily regulated industries in the world, with stringent safety protocols.
01:59Planes have seats made of fireproof materials that can withstand 16 times the force of gravity,
02:04and an almost endless number of checks and balances.
02:08Statistically, airplanes are much safer than cars, where the likelihood of an accident
02:12is quite high.
02:13Unlike cars, planes are also equipped with multiple backup systems in case some fail.
02:18These safety features easily surpass even those of the most sophisticated cars.
02:23Airplanes also accumulate nearly 1,500 flying hours to become a first officer, and the training
02:28is nowhere as easy as securing a car driving license.
02:31With all this and more, what is going on in Northern America in 2025, with not one but
02:35four deadly aviation accidents?
02:37A mere coincidence, or something more?
02:39Share your thoughts.