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3. Thank you for the info.
Mon Feb 17, 2025, 01:15 AM
Feb 2025

Aviation attorney and former USAF navigator Jim Brauchle:

“There is probably, maybe not every day, but probably on average, every other day, a plane crash somewhere in the US.”


He added those crashes involved non-commercial aircraft “almost 99 percent of the time.”

Sources:

https://hollywoodlife.com/feature/how-many-plane-crashes-2025-5366808/

https://www.faa.gov/newsroom/statements/accident_incidents

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