NZ Herald Tuesday 14 March 2017 Air safety figures show the jet crash rates increased last year although 3.8 billion passengers travelled safely.
Figures released by the International Air Transport Association show there were 10 fatal accidents last year in which 268 people died, down from an average of 13.4 fatal crashes during the preceding five years which killed 371 people a year.
But the 2016 jet hull loss rate for association member airlines was 0.35 (one accident for every 2.86 million flights). This was up from the 0.22 accidents per million flights achieved the year before.
Most accidents happened when aircraft run off runways although these generally result in fewer fatalities. Read more…
