The Delta Air Lines plane flip might be a crash too far for nervous flyers like me

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. And only this Monday, a Delta Air Lines plane crashed and flipped on the runway of Toronto's Pearson Airport, injuring 18 people. This follows several high-profile aircraft incidents in 2024, including the fatal Azerbaijan Airlines flight that crash-landed in Kazakhstan, the South Korea disaster where all but two of the 181 people on board died, and the severe turbulence experienced on a Singapore Airlines flight. In the not-so-distant past, there was the mystery of flight MH370 and the two Boeing 737 Max crashes in 2018 and 2019, which killed 346 people – and that’s before we even get to the reports of parts breaking off mid-flight and the seemingly endless stream of images of planes rocking in high winds at London Heathrow.