Aircraft accident
fatalities fell to a 10-year low in 2013, with 224 deaths involving
large commercial planes compared with 703 annually on average from 2003
to 2012.
Last year there were 17 aircraft accidents worldwide
involving such planes, compared with a yearly average of 27, the
European Aviation Safety Agency said in a statement today. There were no
airliner fatalities in EASA member states, which include European Union
countries and Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Lichtenstein, EASA said.
The
encouraging statistics come at the beginning of the 100th anniversary
of commercial aviation this year, EASA said. Last year’s performance was
the best for safety in aviation history, EASA said.
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