However that's a specific type of plane that may have crashed for unrelated but improbable reasons. In geenral flying on a scheduled airline is immensely safe.

However that's a specific type of plane that may have crashed for unrelated but improbable reasons. In geenral flying on a scheduled airline is immensely safe. A 777 is no safer or no less safe than an A340. Unless you fly air france and they decide to divert to Damascus in the middle of a civil war and have a whip round to pay the fuel bill [0], in which case the solution is Don't Fly Air France. [0] https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/9482126/Air-France-asks-passengers-for-whip-round-to-pay-for-fuel-after-emergency-stop-in-Damascus.html https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/...