Air crashes at new low in 2003
There were fewer air crashes worldwide last year than any other, according to a survey by Flight International magazine. Today’s edition of the Daily Telegraph quotes the magazine, reporting that there were 27 crashes involving fatalities last year, with 702 people killed, out of a global total of 50 million aircraft movements. The magazine states that the number of crashes was the lowest since records began in 1950, and that the death toll was the lowest since 1990, since when air traffic has grown some 40 per cent. It also reportedly offers the opinion that the data “offers no support for theories that the weak financial position of the airline industry worldwide would lead to carriers cutting corners on safety to cut costs.” The Telegraph reports that Africa accounted for 28 per cent of crashes with only three per cent of the world’s flights. The worst air crash of 2003 was on Christmas Day in Benin, killing 148 people.
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