Why Private Planes Are Nearly As Deadly As Cars

A private plane claimed another life when

the famous baseball pitcher Roy Halladay, age 40, died in a plane crash in the Gulf of Mexico today (Nov. 7), according to news sources.
Halladay — an eight-time All-Star who played for the Toronto Blue Jays and Philadelphia Phillies — recently got his pilot's license, and was flying a new Icon A5 just off the coast of Florida before the accident, according to ESPN. But this tragic loss is hardly unusual. Another private plane crashed in Alva, Oklahoma, on Nov. 4, killing both people aboard. In March, a private plane flying from Los Angeles to Aspen, Colorado crashed, killing 18 people.