After the French aircraft tragedy last week that killed 150 people as many American air passengers fear a similar incident as fear a hijacking. That’s according to a poll by Reuters/Ipsos which showed that 37 per cent are concerned about suicidal or disturbed pilots and hijacking. Although 27 per cent say they are now more worried about flying 61 per cent say their opinions are unchanged. Five per cent had canceled or changed travel plans after the crash while 9 per cent said they were considering that. The biggest fear of air passengers is mechanical failure at 53 per cent followed by terrorism or attempts to crash the aircraft at 44 per cent and bad weather or turbulence at 41 per cent.
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