Why Air Disasters Keep Happening in Southeast Asia

Photographer: Juni Kriswanto/AFP via Getty ImagesIndonesian Army personnel during a search and rescue operation for missing AirAsia flight QZ8501 over the Java Sea on Dec. 29. In the past year, Malaysia’s aviation industry has suffered an unprecedented amount of tragedy. Although the odds of any person boarding a flight dying in a plane crash are about one in 11 million, three Malaysia-based aircraft have apparently gone down, with no survivors.