Well as we come close to a close this year, the airline industry dodge another bullet. Yesterday an American Airlines flight 331 attempted a landing into Kingston, Jamaica when it suffered a hard landing & broke a part. The aircraft was carrying 154 passengers & crew. There were 40 injuries, but no fatalities. The Boeing 737-800 suffered major damage to the landing gear,& engines. As this year comes close to an end, its importance to know that we still had a good year for airline safety. There was only one fatal accident with 54 fatalies that happened  this year in Buffalo, NY when a Colgan commuter crashed. This American accident almost turned fatal. The cabin crew did a good job getting everyone out of the plane successfully. This underscores the importance of paying attention to those safety briefings. This also shows how most people do survive airline accidents.