[Boeing Guy]

Well planes cannot fall from the sky, at the very worst they glide. Which means you can still land, it may not be nice, but you should survive.

As to incidents, several, from loss of Autopilot, meaning you have to hand fly the plane! To a slow decompression! None have been paticually life threatening. We work very hard to keep it routine and boring!

Your right Accidents are very rare. In 2011 there were 37 fatal accidents, with 515 deaths. I am not to sure how many flights there were, Flight International have not published that number yet, you will have to wait till next week!
Compare that to road deaths!
Or deaths connected to cigarette smoking.

As to being nervous, I would love to invite you into the Flight Deck, but thanks to the Americans I cannot, soooo next time you fly,when you land, ask to say Hhello to the flight crew and tell them you are a bit nervous about flying, they would love to say hi