Flying fears continue after the Airport crash in Scottsdale, ASU Expert releases worries – The State Press

With three aviation accidents in the United States in the United States in early 2025, students developed concerns about their upcoming flights.

On January 29, the passenger plane of the American Airlines collided with the middle of the air with a military helicopter, killing 67 people and noting the most deadly plane crash of American Airlines in November 2001, according to CBS News.

Two days after the incident, a medical plane crashed into a Philadelphia neighborhood, leading to seven casualties.

Most recently, an airplane crashed at the Scottsdale airport on Monday, killing one person and wounds three. According to a statement from the city of Scottsdale, the crash is the result of a Learjet, which diverts from the track when landing, crashing into another jet.

“It was a pity,” said Jordin Begay, a freshman who studies chemistry. “There are many flights every day, so the possibility is scary.”

With an upcoming flight to Los Angeles, Begai said the air trip was upset by the latest incidents. Begay also has numerous flights scheduled in the spring vacation for a conference in Indiana.

As a strategy to deal with any fears of flying he has developed over the last month, Begai said he was avoiding the topic of plane crashes.

“I’m just trying not to think about it,” he said.

These accidents cause fear of students, but a professor in aviation believes that no one should worry about flying. Michael Pearson, a clinical associate professor at ASU, said airline passengers had nothing to worry about. Pearson is a pilot and has previously worked as an air traffic controller.

“Flying, although we have some major challenges right now, is still the most secure way to travel,” Pearson said.

In 2023, there were 0.318 aviation accidents of 100,000 planned deviations, according to the National Transport Safety Council.

Lily Vega, a sophomore studying computer science, is concerned as Begay with frequent airplane crashes in the United States, as she already has aversion to flying.

“Honestly, it’s quite scary how more and more is happening,” Vega said. “I’m not big about flights. I usually get sick only when I go, so it just makes me avoid the plane even more.”

Vega said the view of the plane crashes in the news makes her want to be more preferable than anything.

“This can be anyone – a friend, a family member,” Vega said.

Pearson said he was attributing the crash in Washington to the refusal of the air traffic controller, who was lacking in the right of fatigue awareness.

“My assumption is that the controller, due to a lack of staff, was tired and may have ignored some things that they should not ignore,” Pearson said in the crash.

Even among Reagan airport protection protocols, Pearson said it was an anomaly and it should never have happened.

“It’s just really sad,” Pearson said. “There was a system. The system failed.”

As for the Philadelphia crash, Pearson said he believed it was caused by some kind of “catastrophic insufficiency”, but is in no way related to Washington’s crash. According to Pearson, the two incidents that occur within days are a pure coincidence.

“People don’t have to think that since we have things to happen in a row, there is a failure of the system because they are not even connected,” Peerson said.

Despite the delicious accidents over the past month, Pearson said that the most secure way to travel is still commercial flying and this is true before and after the incident with the Reagan Airport.

The Airport in Scottsdale is currently closed as the National Transport Safety Council is investigating the crash, according to the city of Scottsdale. The facility is not used by commercial airlines and is mainly used by corporate aircraft.

“It is too much now because he was in Pennsylvania and was in DC and now in Scotsdale, who is right along the way,” says Deniz Ortega, senior training finances.

Ortega said she was more scared to fly after reading about the plane crashes, but tries to keep her fears in the back of his mind.

“Now that you see it more and more often, it is starting to get worse,” Ortega said.

Jordan Fusa, junior studying business, remains confidence as Pearson of planes and pilots. He said the statistics did not give him a reason to be afraid.

“The people who fly the planes are incredibly competent,” Fosa said. “Even if there were many accidents in such a close time frame, in my bigger part, I have never been afraid of flying.”

Edited by George Hedley, Abigail Beck and Natalia Jarrett.

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