Comair is a subsidiary of Delta Air Lines based in the Cincinnati suburb of Erlanger, Ky.
The crash marks the end of what has been called the "safest period in aviation history." There has not been a major crash since Nov. 12, 2001, when American Airlines Flight 587 plunged into a residential neighborhood in Queens, N.Y., killing 265 people, including five on the ground.
Globally, or just for the United States? If only for the nation, is Qantas (Australia) still crashless?