There were 556 fatalities as a result of 15 accidents over the course of the year, compared with 44 deaths in 10 accidents during 2017.<\/p>\n
While 2017 was the safest year in aviation history, the Netherlands-based Aviation Safety Network (ASN) says 2018 was worse than the five-year average of 14 accidents and 480 fatalities.<\/p>\n
Twelve of 2018’s fatal accidents involved passenger planes, while three related to cargo flights.<\/p>\n
The year’s deadliest crash came in October, when a Lion Air flight crashed in Indonesia – killing 189 people.<\/p>\n
A preliminary report suggested that technical problems had caused the Boeing 737 Max plane to crash into the Java Sea shortly after take-off from Jakarta.<\/p>\n
Overall, ASN says aviation safety has improved substantially over the past 20 years – despite increasing demand for global flights.<\/p>\n
Harro Ranter, its chief executive, said: “If the accident rate had remained the same as 10 years ago, there would have been 39 fatal accidents last year.<\/p>\n
“At the accident rate of the year 2000, there would have been even 64 fatal accidents. This shows the enormous progress in terms of safety in the past two decades.”<\/p>\n
ASN described loss of control accidents as a major safety concern for the aviation industry, as they accounted for at least 10 of the 25 worst crashes over the past five years.<\/p>\n
Most of those crashes have been described as “not survivable”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Skynews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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