Why do planes keep crashing?

Last week, two more serious air travel incidents occurred, adding to the mounting number of aviation disasters this year. Is flying safe?Over the past year, the number of aviation disasters that have been blasted across the media has been steadily rising, with February alone having a half dozen incidents. It begs the question: Is air travel becoming more dangerous? Or has the media just increased its coverage of a "normal" amount of crashes? If you look at the data, it suggests that flying has b