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Ten Plane Crashes That Changed Aviation
Popular Mechanics | By David Noland | October 13, 2007

Flying in a jetliner is extraordinarily safe: There has been only one
fatal crash in the United States in the past five years, an astounding
record considering that more than 30,000 flights take off every day. How
did flying get so reliable? In part, because of accidents that triggered
crucial safety improvements. Here are eight crashes and two emergency
landings whose influence is felt -- for the good -- each time you step on
a plane.


No mention of the 1950's Comet crashes which resulted in the installation of
the black box and the process of laying out the aircraft in a hangar to
determine why it crashed. Very important methinks.