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During what was the 2019 and despite notorious air accidents, aviation remains the safest means of transport in the world.
The best statistical portal of air accidents, the most important in the world Aviation Safety, revealed his analysis of what was last year in terms of security development.
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Despite the accidents Boeing 737 MAX high media profile, year 2019 it was one of the safest years for commercial aviation, as data from the Aviation Safety Network show. Nevertheless, Although the number of deaths has decreased, the number of accidents has increased to a level above the average of the last five years.
During the year 2019, the Aviation Safety Network recorded a total of 20 fatal plane crashes [1], which resulted in 283 deaths (occupants). This makes 2019 be the seventh safest year for the number of fatal accidents and the third safest in terms of fatalities. The safest year in aviation history It was 2017 with 10 accidents and 44 Lost lives.
Looking at that five-year average of 14 accidents and 480 deaths, last year showed a markedly higher number of accidents.
Thirteen accidents involved passenger flights, six were cargo flights. One of each 20 aircraft accidents 2019 were operated by airlines that are on the "Black List" of the European Union, two percent compared to 2018.
Surprisingly, more than half of the accidents (11) occurred in North America (compared to only one in 2018 and three in 2017). Five accidents occurred in remote or rugged parts of Canada and Alaska. Despite progress made through various safety initiatives by Canadian and US regulators, this is still a cause for concern.
Given the estimated world air traffic 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, stated that the level of security has increased significantly: «If the accident rate had remained the same as ten years ago, there bad been 34 fatal accidents last year. At the accident rate of the year 2000, there would even have been 65 fatal accidents. This shows the enormous progress in terms of security in the last two decades.".
[1] Statistics are based on all global fatal commercial aircraft accidents (passenger and cargo flights) involving civil aircraft whose basic model has been certified to carry 14 or more passengers.
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