The spate of recent aviation disasters and close calls have people worried about the safety of flying.The midair ...

Despite incidents over the past month or so, statistics show that flying remains the safest form of transportation compared with driving or even riding on a train.

The National Safety Council estimates that Americans have a 1-in-93 chance of dying in a motor vehicle crash, while deaths on airplanes are too rare to calculate the odds. Crashes in recent weeks, ...