FactCheck: is air travel getting more dangerous?

The claim-July 28, 2014
“Getting on an aircraft is still among the safest activities that one can do.”
Tony Tyler, International Air Transport Association, 25 July 2014
Tony Tyler, International Air Transport Association, 25 July 2014
The grim news that there were no survivors from the Air Algerie passenger jet that crashed in Mali means that almost 1,000 people have died in air crashes so far this year.