Murder-Suicides By Pilots Leading Cause Of Airline Crashes

According to data collected by Bloomberg, the leading cause of airline crashes is murder-suicides by pilots and has outnumbered all other causes since the beginning of 2021.

Commercial airline travel has become increasingly safe over the years. However, one cause of death has persisted: pilots who deliberately crash in murder-suicides.

According to a source familiar with the investigation, preliminary evidence indicated that the March crash of a China Eastern Airlines Corp. jet w...

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