Are Asia-Based Airliners More Dangerous?

It’s hard to know why most of the high-profile airplane crashes in the past year have involved Asia-based airliners, says one expert.
Are Asia-Based Airliners More Dangerous?
The mangled fuselage of a TransAsia Airways commercial plane is dragged to the river bank after it crashed in Taipei, Taiwan. The Taiwanese commercial flight with 58 people aboard clipped a bridge shortly after takeoff and crashed into a river in the island's capital of Taipei on Wednesday morning, Feb. 4, 2015. AP Photo
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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It’s hard to know why most of the high-profile airplane crashes in the past year have involved Asia-based airliners, says one expert.

On Wednesday morning (local time), a TransAsia turboprop plane with 58 people on board crashed into the river in Taipei. It’s the second time the airliner experienced a fatal aviation accident in less than a year. Malaysia Airlines suffered two major aviation disasters last year, and an AirAsia plane crashed in December.

So is there a clear-cut reason why this is a phenomenon?

Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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