On Aug. 31, 1986, Aeromexico Flight 498, a Douglas DC-9, flying from Mexico City to Los Angeles International Airport, collided with a Piper PA-28 Archer over Cerritos. Eighty-two people died — 67 aboard the two aircraft and 15 on the ground.

How safe is Aeromexico?

“The Mexican airlines that have been given permission to fly to the U.S. meet FAA's safety standards,” says Harteveldt. On the whole, the aviation industry still regards Mexico's airlines as safe. “We believe Aeromexico is incredibly safe,” Glen Hauenstein, Delta's president, said at a conference on Tuesday.

What airline has never had a crash?

Qantas holds the distinction of being the only airline that Dustin Hoffman's character in the 1988 movie "Rain Man" would fly because it had "never crashed." The airline suffered fatal crashes of small aircraft prior to 1951, but has had no fatalities in the 70 years since.