2017 was the safest year for commercial air travel. That’s according to new study released this week. The study’s authors found 44 people were killed during the year on 10 commercial plane crashes. The number of those that occurred in the United States? Zero. Flying in America is – it would seem – as safe as it has ever been.

2017 was the safest year for commercial air travel. That’s according to new study released this week. The study’s authors found 44 people were killed during the year on 10 commercial plane crashes. The number of those that occurred in the United States? Zero. Flying in America is – it would seem – as safe as it has ever been.