Aviation remains the safest means of transportation in the world

During what was the 2019 and despite notorious accidents toéprisoners, the aviationón is still the means of transport másafest in the world.

The best state portalístic of accidents toéaccused más important in the world Aviation Safety, reveló su análysis of what was theñor past in cuánto the development of security.

Aviationón, safe means of transportation

Despite the accidents Boeing 737 MAX high profile mediumático, the AñO 2019 was one of theñm axisáaviation insuranceón commercial, themselvesún show data from Aviation Safety Network. Nevertheless, although the núnumber of deaths has decreased, The núnumber of accidents has increased to a level above the average for the úlast five toños.

During theñO 2019, Aviation Safety NetworkóN Registró a total of 20 fatal plane crashes [1], what resultedó on 283 deaths (occupants). This makes 2019 be the séoptimal toño más insurance by the number of fatal accidents and the third más safe in youéterms of deaths. The año másafe in the history of aviationón It was 2017 with 10 accidents and 44 Lost lives.

Looking at that average of five toñthose of 14 accidents and 480 deaths, the Añor past showedó a núMarkedly higher number of accidents.

Thirteen accidents involved passenger flights, six were cargo flights. One of each 20 aircraft accidents 2019 They were operated on by airílines found in the «Blacklist» from the Unión European, two percent comparedón with him 2018.

Surprisingly, más of half of the accidents (11) occurred in Américh from the North (in comparisonón with only one in 2018 and three in 2017). Five accidents occurred in remote or rugged parts of Canadaá y Alaska. Despite the progress made throughés of various safety initiatives by Canadian and US regulators, This remains a cause for concernón.

Given the tráI'm theéestimated world population of approximately 39,000,000 (39 millions) of flights, the accident rate is one fatal accident per almost two million flights.

Reflecting on this accident rate, el CEO de Aviation Safety Network, Harro Ranter, declareó that the level of security has increased significantly: «If the accident rate had remained the same as it was ten toños, hornbeamíthere has been 34 fatal accidentsñor past. At the accident rate ofñO 2000, there will even beíthere has been 65 fatal accidents. This shows the enormous progress in téterms of safety in úlast two daysérock «.

[1] The statesíStatistics are based on all global fatal commercial aircraft accidents. (passenger and cargo flights) involving civil aircraft whose model básico has been certified to transport 14 o más passengers.