re: Plane that departed Gonzales has crashed in Tennessee.

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There hasn’t been a major commercial aviation crash in 15 years. Meanwhile, there’s hundreds of small-plane crashes in the U.S. every year. That’s the risk you take when flying a private aircraft. It’s way less regulated compared to commercial aviation.

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As someone who is currently pursuing his PPL I can tell you “private” is heavily regulated. Pickup a FAR on Amazon and see for yourself.

Something like 90% of the fatal mishaps in small aircraft are due to avoidable mistakes by the pilot.

I’ll wait for the report before passing judgement but aircraft simply do not break up in the air without being pushed beyond their structural design