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The aviation expert reveals how sure its flight is really, and a unique error that can kill

The aviation expert reveals how sure its flight is really, and a unique error that can kill

Washington, Colorado, Philadelphia and Pennsylvania have been scenes of accidents and emergencies that have led to a growing fear of flying, with the sales of tickets that fall

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Passengers standing in the wing of an American Airlines plane while they are evacuated after it caught fire while it was at a door at Denver International Airport in Denver, Colorado, on March 13, 2025(Image: Courtesy of Branden Williams/AFP)

In the middle of undulating clouds of smoke, the terrified passengers are crowded in the wing of their plane on the track after the plane caught fire seconds after the landing.

The incident at Denver International Airport is one of plane accidentS and emergencies in recent months, which has raised a growing concern for the current state of air travel safety.

Flight 1006 went from Colorado Springs to Dallas Fort Worth on Thursday, but deviated to Denver after the crew reported motor vibrations.

The passengers left the plane on their left wing, when an engine under the right wing burned. They aligned and reached the ground with slides and stairs brought by terrestrial teams.

A passenger told CBS Colorado shortly after landing, people on board had begun to notice a “strange Fathering plastic smell. “

Gabrielle Hibbitts, who was traveling with his mother and sister, said: “Then everyone started screaming and saying that there was a fire.”

His mother, Ingrid, added: “He was surreal. I thought ‘Is this going to explode? What is happening here? Will they be able to turn off the fire?’ I am really grateful that this happened in the field because if this happened in the air, I do not think I would be stopped here telling the story. “

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Passengers standing in the wing of an American Airlines plane while they are evacuated after it caught fire while it was at a door at Denver International Airport in Denver, Colorado, on March 13, 2025
Passengers standing in the wing of an American Airlines plane while they are evacuated after it caught fire while it was at a door at Denver International Airport in Denver, Colorado, on March 13, 2025(Image: Courtesy of Branden Williams/AFP)

American Airlines said that his plane had suffered a problem related to the engine after shooting at his door in Denver and that there were no reported injuries.

The Federal Aviation Administration has said that an investigation has been launched, one of several simaltaneous investigations in the USA. After multiple air and shaved accidents closed

These include the clash in the air between a helicopter and a passenger plane on Ronald Reagan National Airport In Washington, DC that charged 67 lives in January. A few days later, a small medical transport plane crashed into several buildings in the city of the United States of Philadelphia Killing the six people on board and a person on the ground. Also in February a plane crash in Alaska killed 10 people.

A month later, a small plane with five people on board crashed in a parking lot near Lancaster airport in the municipality of Manheim, Pennsylvania . Fortunately there were no deaths.

On the other side of the border in Canada A Delta Air plane, owned by us, turned to Toronto Pearson Airport. Miraculously, only minor injuries were reported.

Toronto Pearson airport disaster when the Delta plane slows upside down on the track
Toronto Pearson airport disaster when the Delta plane slows upside down on the track(Image: @Shadowofezra/x)

The plane arrived from the American city of Minneapolis and had 80 people. He slipped along the track on fire before turning and stopping at a dramatic stop upside down, losing his tail and an entire wing in the process.

As the plane stopped, the passengers found themselves hanging face down in the cabin. They were locked in their place thanks to the modern seats and belts that managed to resist the accident force, experts said.

Following the accident, the CEO of Delta Air Lines, Ed Bastian, said he had seen a decrease in ticket sale

Speaking at the JPMorgan industry conference, he said: “We saw a rather immediate position both in corporate trips and reserves,” he said. “The confidence and certainty of the consumer on air trips began to decrease a bit as security questions approached.”

Bastian also added that accidents were some of the worst aviation incidents in the last 25 years and, as a result, “there is a complete generation of people traveling these days who did not realize that these things can happen,” he said.

The Secretary of Transportation of the United States, Sean Duffy, has said that he believes that Pilot error It has contributed to most recent flat accidents and nearby calls.

Speaking later private jet Almost crashing with a passenger plane in Chicago Midway Airport.

He said “a majority, probably the errors go to the pilots.” The heartbreaking images showed that the Southwest plane prepared to land on Tuesday, February 25. The passenger plane was seen descending to the track when the private plane crossed its flight route. Southwest Airlines’s 2504 flight stopped, abandoning the air security effort. I missed the private plane, a Bombardier Challenger 350.

He Pilot’s stunned reaction He was also captured in accompanying audio. He asked air traffic controllers: “How did that happen?” Although the investigation is ongoing, aviation officials blamed the error of the track to the private Jet pilot, judging by the footage, seemed to have been taught on the landing route of the Southwest Airlines flight.

A NBC news review indicates that the incident rate and deaths in the US. UU. On flights has not increased compared to previous years.

The number of fatal collisions involving airplanes, including helicopters, small airplanes and hot air balloons, has seen a decrease in the United States in recent years, according to an analysis. Last year he saw the least number of incidents in the last 25 years, with only 179 registered.

The Coast Guard investigates the remains of the airplanes on the Potomac River
The Coast Guard investigates the remains of the airplanes on the Potomac River after an American Airlines flight crashed in the air with a Black Hawk military helicopter while approaching Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (Image: Getty images)

Speaking exclusively with the MirrorThe security aviation expert, David Learmont, believes that the main accidents in recent months have resulted in smaller air incidents, when they would not previously generate interest in the media.

He says: “Due to the collision of Washington DC, which was the deadliest incident that involved a plane in the United States for 25 years, has created a lot of interest in aviation security, so any type of plane accident or emergency is being collected when otherwise it would not be.”

And the scenario was prepared for more press scrutiny after two international air accidents outside the United States, which has meant that Washington’s accident only added fuel to the fire.

December 25 to Azerbaijan airlines Jet hit the floor and exploded in a fireball in Aktau, Kazakhstan. He hit a bird, or several birds, and then came falling down, breaking to the ground at speed. It is reported that an oxygen tank exploded on board.

And four days later, on December 29, 2024, a Jey Air Boeing 737-800 Airplane He crashed Maun International AirportIn southern South Korea, Sunday, which killed everyone but two of the 181 passengers and crew on board.

During the last four decades, David has made an annual security review for Flight Global, an online aviation news magazine.

He says: “Fatal high profile accidents in South Korea and Kazakh did world News at the end of December: creating the impression that the security of the airlines began a downward trend in 2024.

“In fact, although the security performance of the global airline last year saw more fatal accidents and deaths than any year since 2018, the difference was not statistically dramatic compared to the annual average in the last ten years.

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