Airline fatalities grow tenfold in 2018
Assuming a safe New Year’s Eve, Monday ends what can best be described as an average year for airline-related fatalities. According to one measure (fatalities involving airliners in flight, not necessarily in revenue service) there were 16 accidents that killed 555 people (as of Dec 27) in 2018. That compares to the safest year on record in 2017 when there were only 59 deaths. Aviation Safety Net opined that the tenfold increase “is not acceptable. The airlines, regulators and crew must work together to ensure this troubling trend does not continue,” the publication said in its annual review. For perspective, there were 45m airline flights in 2018 carrying 4.5b passengers. The most serious crash was the loss of a Lion Air Boeing 737 MAX in Indonesia in October, which killed all 189 on board. <br/>
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Airline fatalities grow tenfold in 2018
Assuming a safe New Year’s Eve, Monday ends what can best be described as an average year for airline-related fatalities. According to one measure (fatalities involving airliners in flight, not necessarily in revenue service) there were 16 accidents that killed 555 people (as of Dec 27) in 2018. That compares to the safest year on record in 2017 when there were only 59 deaths. Aviation Safety Net opined that the tenfold increase “is not acceptable. The airlines, regulators and crew must work together to ensure this troubling trend does not continue,” the publication said in its annual review. For perspective, there were 45m airline flights in 2018 carrying 4.5b passengers. The most serious crash was the loss of a Lion Air Boeing 737 MAX in Indonesia in October, which killed all 189 on board. <br/>
