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Over 50% of people worry about flying after crashes in Toronto and U.S.: Poll [Video]

Recent plane crashes have some Ontario travellers worried about stepping on a plane.

On Family Day Monday, a Delta Air Lines plane crashed, burst into flames and flipped upon landing at Toronto Pearson Airport, leaving two passengers seriously injured.

The crash is the second involving a commercial flight recently. On Jan. 30, an American Airlines jet with 60 passengers and four crew members aboard collided with an Army helicopter, killing 67 people, while landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington D.C.

Also in January, a small medical plane slammed into the ground in Philadelphia and burst into flames, killing seven.

And on Feb. 6, a small regional plane crashed off the western coast of Alaska, killing all 10 on board.

Steve Joordens, a psychology professor at the University of Toronto told the Canadian Pressthat these incidents may have people thinking that air travel is much more dangerous than they previously thought. Joordens said he would not be surprised to see people …

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