Passenger aircraft have safest year on record in 2017

Posted on 2 Jan 2018 by Michael Cruickshank
2017 was a record low year for aircraft crash fatalities. Image courtesy of Flickr - Bill Abbott

2017 was officially the safest year on record for the operation of commercial passenger aircraft according to a newly-released tally of accidents.

2017 was a record low year for aircraft crash fatalities. Image courtesy of Flickr – Bill Abbott Compiled by aviation consulting company ‘to70’, the Civil Aviation Safety Review detailed a year with a death toll which they describe as “much better than could reasonably (and statistically) be expected”. Most notably, last…

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