I'm not talking about private plane crashes in the U.S.
I'm talking about airliner crashes world wide.
NTSB doesn't have those numbers, and I'm not sure anybody does.
In 2004, for example, the Chechen Islamokazis took down two Russian airliners on the same day. I don't remember or know how many other airline crashes worldwide there were that year, but I certainly remember those two.
When I hear major airline crash, the first cause that comes to mind is rabid islamic fanatics. It's unlikely that I'm the only person who thinks that way.
When I hear of a bombing in a subway, pizza parlor, bus, super market, school, or other soft civilian target, the first cause that comes to mind is rabid islamic fanatics.
Coulda been IRA, or neo-nazi skinheads, but the first cause I think of is the moozies.
You can disagree, but I don't think that qualifies me for a tin hat.
So am I. And the numbers are easily found on the internet. Try www.airdisaster.com. It lists every commercial accident from 1950 to 2005. So far in 2005 alone, there have been 16 commercial aircraft accidents. Exactly none of them were due to terrorist attack. In 2004 there were 28. The only two you remember were the only two attributed to terrorism. So were up to 2 out of 44 in less than two years. Keep moving backwards and you won't see anything dramatically different.
>>I'm talking about airliner crashes world wide.
NTSB doesn't have those numbers, and I'm not sure anybody does. <<
ICAO and other aviation organizations, here and abroad.