Missing Airplanes – Why Real-Time Tracking of Airplanes Won’t Happen Quickly

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Air travel is a very safe mode of travel, with few accidents and a trend line that points to increasing safety year by year.  The following chart shows worldwide airline fatalities per million passengers from 1976 through 2014.  The trend line shows that safety is...