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People has been skeptical about the safety of aviation ever since the crash of the Wright Model A A manned powered aircraft in 1908 The flight resulted in the death of the passenger Lt Thomas Selfridge who was an officer in the Signal Corp that was sent by his Supervisors to examine the aircraft for potential use in the military and injuring Orville Wright who was the inventor and pilot Dezeen 2015 Another major Aircraft accident that instill fear in flyers is when TWA Flight 2 collided with United Airlines Flight 718 over the Grand Canyon that accident prompted a major upgrade to Air Traffic Control System and the establishment of the Federal Aviation Agency in 1958 In the last decade there has only been five major Aircraft accident involving U S airliners Despite these two examples of major Aircraft accidents flying is known to be the safest mode of transportation in fatality rate per distance travelled Between the years 1959 through 2016 there has been 623 Fatal accidents which resulted in 32 total loss and 1325 Non fatal accident resulting in 68 total loss In the years 2007 through 2016 there has been 62 Fatal accident resulting in 16 total loss and 326 Non fatal accidents resulting in 84 total loss Boeing 2016 Catastrophic airline accident has been on a decline since the early 1950s a notable accomplishment considering the enormous headway in airline travel in that specific era There was a total of 40 fatal accidents for every one million airlines departure throughout the United States in 1959 inside a 10 year period the numbers were decreased drastically to two fatalities for every one million departed flights
