Is aviation getting more dangerous? Anyone in the field know? We've had multiple crashes this year when we had gone multiple years without a fatal crash in the 2010s.
this post was submitted on 12 Jun 2025
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Not in the field, but I think it depends. It's for sure more dangerous on average if we consider the entire world, but I feel like that's mostly because of certain areas (US w/ toothless FAA and ATC shortage, Russia with the war&part shortages etc, ...) and new Boeing aircraft.
Flying is still the safest mode of travel per km, and if you're flying Airbus/Embraer/COMAC/pre-2010 Boeing it's likely as safe as it was a decade ago. However it kinda sucks due to all the greenhouse gas emissions.
it's a boeing in case you're wondering https://finance.yahoo.com/news/boeing-stock-plummets-after-air-india-plane-crash-120138157.html
Fuuuuuuuuck I was about to blindly post "I'll bet 10 grand it was a Boeing." Ofc it's a Boeing rofl. Look guys the Boeing shareholder meeting is coming to town 🎪🤡 🐘🤡🎩!!!
I actually cannot imagine being an engineer and willingly taking a job at Boeing. "Yeah so I paid for my degree and don't actually have any engineering skills. Perfect you're hired."
I continue to be amazed they're still allowed to fly.
That's the power of monopoly baybeeeee!
I mean Boeing is a huge percentage of commercial aircraft, so of course it's a Boeing. It's like when you hear about an electric vehicle exploding, of course it's a Tesla, but that doesn't necessarily mean it was a design flaw. (Though fuck Tesla, they sucked way before people realized Musk sucks.)
The plane involved was a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, delivered to Air India in 2014, according to the aviation tracking site FlightRadar24.