Will Flight 370 Change the Future of Flying?
Reuters: Jason Reed A ground controller guides a Royal Australian Air Force AP-3C Orion to rest after sunset upon its return from a search for Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 over the Indian Ocean, at RAAF Base Pearce north of Perth, March 24, 2014. 10 hr ago By Danielle Wiener-Bronner of The Wire SHARE 475 TWEET 40 EMAIL Here's what may -- or at least, should -- change as a result of the unresolved fate of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. On Tuesday, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) released a report that should have been received as good news by the flying community. In 2013, only 210 people were killed in commercial aviation accidents, nearly 50 percent fewer than the 414 casualties reported in 2012. For context, 3 billion people flew safely in 2013, traveling on 36.4 million flights, meaning that we should logically feel pretty good about the state of flying in 2014. Yet for three weeks, the...