> The last time a structural failure of an aircraft resulted in a crash was in 2000 and it was a design that entered service in 1959. While I agree with your p

> The last time a structural failure of an aircraft resulted in a crash was in 2000 and it was a design that entered service in 1959. While I agree with your point, if the scope is scheduled airline flights in the USA, AA flight 587 crashed on 2001-11-12; globally, Egypt Air 804 on 2016-05-19. There have also been a few close calls, such as Qantas 32 on 2010-11-04, and collisions can also occur, such as that between BAL flight 2937 and DHL slight 611 on 2002-07-01, and Gol Transportes Aéreos flight 1907 with a business jet on 2006-09-29. And, given the topic is things going catastrophically wrong at altitude, there is AF447 on 2009-06-01.