In February, a single-engine plane crash occurred near Nome, Alaska, leaving 10 people dead. At an Arizona Airport in early February, an airplane owned by Motley Crue singer Vince Neil veered into a jet,

In February, a single-engine plane crash occurred near Nome, Alaska, leaving 10 people dead. At an Arizona Airport in early February, an airplane owned by Motley Crue singer Vince Neil veered into a jet,

Although plane crash news is alarming, data shows that commercial passenger flight accidents are rare, and the overall number of recent aviation accidents is not out of the ordinary.