It may not make you feel any better, but generally, immediately after a crash, the maintenance and aircrews are much more motivated to their jobs perfectly.
It's still statistically safer to fly than to drive.
And believe it or not, I'm safer in a combat zone than here in the states. Statistically speaking. ;>)
/john
I heard this morning that today's crash was the first crash of a commercial airliner in America in over a year.
About 40,000 people died in car accidents last year.
No comparison, really, in terms of safety. Air travel is many times safer.