FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: The Skies Are as Friendly as Ever: 9/11, Al Qaeda Obscure Statistics on Airline Safety

January 7 2010, 8:50am

From the very dawn of commercial air travel, it was inevitable that some idiots -- whether acting alone or in concert -- might think it a bright idea to hijack or detonate passenger jets.

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