What are the chances of a plane crashing?

im going on a plane ride and i don't like plane rides. so what are the chances of a plane crashing?|||Almost none, much less than 1% I think. You actually have a greater chance of dying in a car accident on the way to the airport than dying in an airplane crash.|||Actually the chances are very slim.


As a driving school instructor with 24 years of service in Naval Aviation, I can assure you that flying is far safer than driving in a car. An average of 42,000 people die on America's roads every year. If aviation suffered that type of fatality rate, that would mean that more than one fully loaded 737 would be crashing every day.


One thing to remember is that the aircraft wants to fly and it can still fly safely with multiple systems failures. All the noises and rumbling can be a bit unnerving to someone who has never flown before but it is all normal.


Although I have no fear of flying, I am not crazy about being cramped in with all of those people so I try to stay up the night before so I can easily fall asleep during the flight. That makes it a go a lot quicker.|||Hi!





I dont like plane rides either.The chances of a plane crashing is zero.. becuz your in the air u cant crash into anything not unless another plane or when your landing. The other 2 user are abosuletly right it is much safer in a plane then in a car.When your in the plane try not to think so much.|||50/50 It will or it won't. But its true that a car crash is most likely due to traffic. In the air, there is no stop signs, traffic lights, speed limit signs, intersections, or road rage.|||On an average day in the US there are 87,000 flights. That amounts to 31,755,000 flights per year.





Out of those flights, there is an average of 47 accidents per year, or one in 675,638 chance of a plane being in a crash.





In other words, you are fairly safe and should not worry too much....