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Of course, half the media reporting will try to link it straight to Boeing.*

About 70% of airliners in US flagged carriers are Boeing jets. Statistically any event will likely be a Boeing jet.

But loose panels, blown engines, bird strikes, flat and missing tires, poor piloting, cracked windshields, and other such events are not related to the plane's design. If anything, the fact that no one is hurt in these events and the plane always safely lands IS.

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But loose panels, blown engines, bird strikes, flat and missing tires, poor piloting, cracked windshields, and other such events are not related to the plane's design. If anything, the fact that no one is hurt in these events and the plane always safely lands IS.

A very germane point. People just don't quite seem to understand how safe modern air travel is.