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

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

By Bill Lukitsch

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)
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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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Bill Lukitsch is a business reporter for the Star Tribune.

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