The Baha’i faith teaches that there can never be a conflict between their faith and science. Anything in the past against what science has shown to be true now is considered allegorical.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baháʼí_views_on_science

Planes are the safest form of transportation if you look at safety per km travelled. If you look at other metrics, like safety per trip or per travel time then they are less safe than busses or trains.

https://travel.stackexchange.com/a/184330