LIVE Q&A: Our reporter answered questions about airline safety

Reporter Bill Lukitsch answered reader questions about aircraft maintenance, turbulence, crash data and more.

The Minnesota Star Tribune
April 22, 2025 at 6:51PM
Delta is one of many airlines impacted by recent airline accidents. Pictured in 2021, a plane takes off as a Delta aircraft taxis on the runway at MSP in Minneapolis. (David Joles/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

After a Delta passenger jet flipped over in February and a small plane crashed into a house in Brooklyn Park in March, business reporter Bill Lukitsch wanted to examine flight safety and the prevalence of fear of flying.

Lukitsch answered reader questions about airline safety in a live Q&A on April 22. This live blog has ended, but catch up with the reader questions below.

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