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Old Aug 3, 2010 | 9:03 pm
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Originally Posted by DenverBrian
While remembering the people who perished, it's also good to realize that we must pause for these kinds of remembrances far less often in 2010 than a generation ago. Airline travel continues to get safer and safer. Often after improvements made as a direct result of tragedy.
Absolutely correct. We used to have a downburst-related crash or major incident about every 18 months. The last one was in July, 1994, in CLT (USAir 1016), so we have now gone more than sixteen years.

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