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REVEALED: Flying s never been safer says mit study - The Real Truth

A commercial plane prepares to land at Ngurah Rai international airport in Denpasar, on Indonesia's Bali island (Credit: AFP)

Flying can be a nerve-wracking experience for many people -- but a new study out Thursday finds commercial air travel keeps getting safer, with the risk of death halving every decade.

The fatality rate fell to 1 per every 13.7 million passenger boardings globally in the 2018-2022 period, a major improvement from 1 per 7.9 million boardings in 2008-2017, according to a paper by researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

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