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is commercial aviation as safe as we're told ?
On Thursday , May 19 , EgyptAir flight MS804 , ____________________ from Paris to Cairo , ____________________ into the Mediterranean Sea . All 66 passengers and crew members aboard were ____________________ . Terrorism is ____________________ .

This is the fifth major airline crash since the beginning of this year , a fact that ____________________ cause some people to ____________________ if flying ____________________ as safe as we ? ve been ____________________ to believe .

As a criminologist who ____________________ security and safety leadership , I have ____________________ how the airline industry ____________________ its safety record and ____________________ four different kinds of threats ? airport security , flight safety , regulations violations and cybersecurity ? in order to ____________________ a more accurate picture of the risks that ____________________ travelers .

How safety is measured

The level of security and safety in the commercial airline industry is mainly judged by examining specific types of fatal incidents and compliance with existing regulations .

A recent report published by the airline safety and product rating review website Airline Ratings identifies the top 20 safest commercial airliners ____________________ criteria such as safety and security certifications , being blacklisted by the Federal Aviation Administration ( FAA ) or other foreign transportation agencies and the number ( or absence ) of fatal accidents in the past 10 years .

It ? s important to note , however , that according to the International Air Transport Association , only six percent of airline accidents in 2015 ____________________ fatalities . This fact seriously skews the measurement of risks . Risk measurement should also , in my view , take into account close calls and incidents in which passengers are hurt , even if they aren ? t killed .