Are plane crashes rare

Looking at the perceptual probabilities without rational thinking, we need to first adjust our cognitive level of how a plane can crash... First take a toy airplane and throw it into air... see if it crashes... It will because it doesn't have a propeller on its wings... Now fit a 3000 RPM - 6.75 volts - 9 AMP cylindrical steel motor fitted with 3 propellers.. and connect it to a 2.4 GHz remote control and then charge it with zinc air batteries. Then set the tail fin to be mobile on control and then throw the airplane into the air... Immediately push the green button and TADA! It flies and will not crash... But do not push the RED button at any cost when the plane is flying at a speed of 19.5 Km/h... If you do then the plane will immediately go into warp and you may never find it again... <g>

So the bottom line is that planes don't crash often!