Just past the air disaster

Major accidents in civil aviation are actually only rare today. The aircraft are safer, the electronics are more reliable, the pilots are better trained and flight safety is closely monitored — yet, the year began with two spectacular flight accidents. In Alaska, shortly after takeoff, a door fell out of the fuselage of a new Boeing and then, following a collision in Tokyo, a large Airbus completely burned out. All passengers were rescued, but that could have been a disaster. How can such incidents occur? Benjamin Kanthak asks aircraft engineer Lasse Krutschinna this question:

Lasse Krutschinna inspiziert Flugzeuge auf ihre Sicherheit