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| Flying has become safer than ever, says air transport group | Flying has become safer than ever, says air transport group |
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| Flying has become safer than ever, with the aviation industry boasting a record low accident rate in 2012. | Flying has become safer than ever, with the aviation industry boasting a record low accident rate in 2012. |
| According to the International Air Transport Association (Iata), this is the safest year on record, without a single crash on modern western aircraft for any of its members, which comprise the world's 240 leading airlines. | According to the International Air Transport Association (Iata), this is the safest year on record, without a single crash on modern western aircraft for any of its members, which comprise the world's 240 leading airlines. |
| It claimed that, statistically, a passenger could travel for 14,000 years without being in a crash. | It claimed that, statistically, a passenger could travel for 14,000 years without being in a crash. |
| By the Iata definition of "western-built jet hull-loss accidents" – or one where a modern aircraft is written off – the industry rate was at a new low of just one significant incident per 5.3m flights. Including all aircraft in service, the global rate is one crash per 470,000 flights. | By the Iata definition of "western-built jet hull-loss accidents" – or one where a modern aircraft is written off – the industry rate was at a new low of just one significant incident per 5.3m flights. Including all aircraft in service, the global rate is one crash per 470,000 flights. |
| Günther Matschnigg, Iata's senior vice president for safety, operations and infrastructure, said: "It's an incredibly safe industry, the safest way to travel – but we still need to make it safer." | Günther Matschnigg, Iata's senior vice president for safety, operations and infrastructure, said: "It's an incredibly safe industry, the safest way to travel – but we still need to make it safer." |
| He called for a rigorous safety audit programme for Africa, the only region where the air accident rate had worsened. | He called for a rigorous safety audit programme for Africa, the only region where the air accident rate had worsened. |
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