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Flying is an extremely safe way to travel. Fewer than 14, 000 individuals perished in U.S. airline disasters during the twentieth century. In contrast, nearly three times as many people lose their lives in automobile accidents every year.

While flying is an extremely safe way to travel, plane crashes have a tremendous impact on public perceptions of air safety in the United States. In this book, Cobb and Primo examine the impact of high-visibility plane crashes on airline transportation policy and provide a framework for understanding conflicts about the meaning of air safety and the implications of these battles for public policy.