Gary Kelly, CEO of Southwest Airlines: “I don’t think the risk on an airplane is any greater risk than anywhere else, and in fact, you just look at the layered approach that we use. It’s as safe an environment as you’re going to find.” 

Victoria Knight of Kaiser Health News — and fact-checking project PolitiFact.com: "Mostly false."

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