Most common forms of plane crash...

Now I'm not one for scare-mongering but there's always a dire fascination with what can go wrong with planes in the air. I met an aviation engineer once in Orkney a few years ago who cheerfully pointed out that there were 'some things that can go wrong with a plane for which there's no warning signal or alarm for the pilot...because there's nothing they can do about them'! Nice. So, for the aviation paranoid out there, courtesy of the gang at the Travel Insurance Blog (shameless plug!) here's a handy guide of what tends to go pear-shaped on planes...so fasten your seat-belts people and watch out for my personal favourite 'over-aggressive piloting' (It's not Top Gun you know). Interestingly they don't mention Malcolm Gladwells' 'Ethnic Theory of Plane Crashes'...now that's REALLY scary. Enjoy!