Theres been another two commercial aircraft with cracked windows, this new trend I have mentioned before, for some reason numbers are way up on normal the last few months.
Theres been a worrying rise in the number of aircraft diverting due to the smell of smoke or actual smoke in the aircraft. This is particularly worrying as a fire on board an aircraft in flight is one of the most dangerous things that can happen. You have limited fire fighting gear, and no easy way to escape the toxic smoke. The only answer is land as fast as possible. Good luck if your half way over the atlantic when it happenes...
Another type of accident on the rise is the "ground contact" this is when two (or more) aircraft hit each other on the ground. The good news is this is normally during push-back and it's almost always the wingtip that gets damaged. While very expensive theres normally no real danger to passengers, the biggest risk is it being repaired badly and failing later.
Happy flying.
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