Most of us have heard of the Bermuda Triangle in the North Atlantic Ocean where ships, planes, and people are said to have mysteriously disappeared. But less familiar is a similar phenomenon in Nevada.

The United States’ streak of more than 15 years without a major fatal airline crash came to a shocking end this week when a regional jet collided with a U.S. Army helicopter and revived lingering concerns about gaps in safety procedures.

The United States’ streak of more than 15 years without a major fatal airline crash came to a shocking end this week when a regional jet collided with a U.S. Army helicopter and revived lingering concerns about gaps in safety procedures.

Two aviation experts interviewed by Vox News — University of North Dakota's Daniel Adjekum and University of Nevada, Las Vegas's Dan Bubb — agreed that, despite a string of recent crashes, travelers should consider air travel to be safe.

Questions are mounting in the wake of the devastating plane crash near Washington DC, which claimed the lives of 67 people on Wednesday night (January 29).

The midair collision that killed dozens of people over Washington, DC, is still being investigated. It’s the latest in a string of air accidents that, globally, have left several hundred dead.

The mid-air collision between an American Airlines regional jet and a U.S. Army helicopter near Washington’s Reagan National Airport was a shock to the nation. It may have been even more shocking because, over the last 25 years crashes involving U.S. commercial aircraft have been extremely rare.

Daniel Bubb, a commercial aviation expert, said it was hard to understand how the passenger jet and military aircraft collided near Reagan Airport. ‘It's a clear night. How can you not see the plane?,’ he asked.