What are the chances of a plane crashing? How many transatlantic flights are there every day?

I'm flying from London to Denver (Colorado) later in November and am worried about my plane crashing for whatever reason although terrorism would be top of my list for things to worry about.|||just look at the cabin crew - that's what I do - they look so competent, and they do it all the time|||Hey Ben,





I presume you are wanting statistics.





Well I don't have statistics. But...


I do have words of "comfort "...





The airports have introduce full body scanners in Gatwick and I think most of the London airports. So literally they are that high on security that NOTHING unpleasant could be brought through.





I have a friend who used to work for air Iran as a senior cabin member for ten yrs and she was in some peoples perspective a very dangerous environment and I can tell you she is alive and well.





Do not worry. It's understandable to be aprehensive bout trans Atlantic flights cuz of all the terrorism hype but if I told you that worrying bout sumthing that has almost zero chance of happening is a waste of your energy when you could be looking forward to going to the states! Presumably on holiday. So The only thing u shud worry bout is wat your gonna pack!





Have fun and don't worry! Not worth it xx|||Transatlantic is actually safer than flying most routes. The Atlantic only opens up certain directions depending on the time, so its virtually impossible to get into a mid air collision. Once you are in the air you are golden. Should anything go wrong, they can simply just glide to an airport easily.|||There are about 28,000 take offs within the US every day. I don't know how many of those go across the Atlantic, but it must be many hundreds. Around the world, there are between 50,000 and 60,000 takeoffs every day.





The probability of anything happening to your plane are about 1 in a million - really.





In the US, more people are killed every single day in vehicle accidents than die in a whole year in air crashes. In 2002, 2007 and 2008, there were no fatalities on any US carrier.|||Here's an interesting statistic. If you took a flight every day, from any random airport to any other airport, it would be 6,000 years before you are statistically likely to be involved in an air accident, and the chances are that you would survive it.|||1 in 576,000. Do not worry, the U.S. and U.K. are two of the safest countries in the world when it comes to air terrorism this day in age.|||We flew to New York in July, my biggest fear was not crashing, but having to sit around for 7 hours! Flying is very safe and ,maybe just a little uncomfortable, but safe!|||it's Cars that are more dangerous- car crashes happen*** Every Day*** in the World


are you afraid to get in a car?|||Its like winning the lottery