Air travel experts say the real reason plane crashes keep happening isn't the plane.

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by alex mitchell

One aviation expert says it's just a bit of turbulence and there's nothing to worry about.

Scott Miller, a longtime commercial pilot and lecturer at San Jose State University, is trying to ease the fears of travelers after three chaotic months of problems with the very public airline. There is.

“I don't think there's an increase in the number of incidents that are happening,” Miller told television station KPIX on Sunday. “What I'm seeing is an increased interest in the events that are happening.”

Last week was a rough week for United Airlines passengers, as a plane bound for Japan from San Francisco had a tire fall off during takeoff and had to make an emergency landing in Los Angeles. On Friday, just weeks after an American Airlines plane skidded off the tarmac in Rochester, another United Airlines plane fell off a Houston runway.

Last week, a United Airlines plane caught fire in its engine before making an emergency landing in Houston.

Miller specifically cited the United Airlines tire and engine fire incident and argued that the focus should be on the bigger picture.

“Even though it looks like a United thing, [had] “It's been a bad week, but the reality is everything is going well at United Airlines because we're able to get everyone back on the ground safely,” he said.

“What's even more shocking to me than the actual incident itself is that these two rare incidents happened so close together,” Miller added.

Consumer behavior also appears unperturbed in the face of near-catastrophe situations. A February poll found that despite some dramatic events in the new year, 71% of Americans believe air travel is very or somewhat safe.

In another episode, an Alaska Airlines plane had its door plug blown mid-air in January, which Miller believes spurred the recent attention to the airline's operations.

Also in January, a Japan Airlines passenger plane burst into flames and collided with a Japan Coast Guard jet. Five crew members of the Coast Guard plane were killed in the combustion.

On a flight in Indonesia in the same month, a pilot fell asleep in mid-air. A February poll found that 84% of people trust the safety of pilots' abilities.

Two JetBlue planes crashed into the ground in Boston in February, and in early March an Alaska Airlines cargo door was reportedly open, with pets inside.

Just on Monday, another serious incident occurred when a New Zealand-bound Boeing plane nosedived dramatically, leaving 50 people injured and bloodied.

As far as the U.S. airline industry is concerned, Miller boasts that it enjoys “the longest period of airline safety in this country,” spanning nearly 20 years. “Even with these incidents, I think that trend continues.”