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Aircraft Accident Fatalities Fell to 224 in 2013, Fewest in a Decade

Aircraft accident fatalities fell to a 10-year low in 2013, with 224 deaths involving large commercial planes compared with 703 annually on average from 2003 to 2012. Last year there were 17 aircraft accidents worldwide involving such planes, compared with …

Civil Aviation Accidents in the U.S. Declined in 2012: NTSB

The National Transportation Safety Board today released preliminary aviation accident statistics showing U.S. civil aviation accidents fell from 1,550 in 2011 to 1,539 in 2012. For the third year in row, there were no fatal accidents involving scheduled Part 121 …