What cause plane crashes?

[ruggedair]

I am just curious with all the pilots. What is one of the main reason you think plane crashes happen? Is it the plane, pilot, both, ATC what? My main area of interest is proper flight instruction and safety in flying. I became concerned in this area after being a flight attendant and having a very scary flight experience. I would love some feed back! Thanks!

 

[dapoes]

I am just curious with all the pilots. What is one of the main reason you think plane crashes happen? Is it the plane, pilot, both, ATC what? My main area of interest is proper flight instruction and safety in flying. I became concerned in this area after being a flight attendant and having a very scary flight experience. I would love some feed back! Thanks!

The main reason? Not sure if there are compiled statistics. I did find something on Wikipedia that has something of a list tho. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_airliners_by_airline