Reports today that an Air Algerie flight with 116 people aboard has gone missing comes amid a spate of bad aviation news. Although the crashes may have come a few days apart, industry experts say that's nothing more than a coincidence and thatair travel remains safe.

• Exactly one week ago, Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down in a rebel-held area of eastern Ukraine. Flight 17, carrying 283 passengers and 15 crew members, crashed after being hit by what U.S. officials suspect was a surface-to-air missile launched from an area controlled by Russian-backed separatists.

• The downing of the plane was the second tragedy to strike the airline in recent months. The disappearance of Flight 370 on March 8 remains a mystery. The plane was traveling from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. It vanished with 239 passengers and crew aboard. Despite massive search efforts, the plane's whereabouts remain unknown.