More accidents, fewer fatalities in aviation last year

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DATA from IATA has revealed that there were more commercial jet accidents in 2015 compared to the year before, but resulted in far fewer passenger fatalities.

The global jet accident rate (measured in hull losses per 1 million flights) stood at 0.32, which equates to one major accident for every 3.1 million flights, a rise from 2014’s rate of 0.27, or approximately one major accident for every 4 million flights.

However, while 2014 saw a staggering 641 passenger fatalities, the number dropped to 136 last year, if only taking accidents into account. If including the tragic loss of Germanwings 9525 and Metrojet 9268, which were caused by deliberate pilot suicide and a suspected act of terror respectively, the number of passenger deaths last year stands at 510.

In total, there were four fatal aircraft accidents in 2015 versus 12 in 2014.

Sorted by operator regions, only north America saw a decline in safety performance last year when compared to the respective five-year rates between 2010 and 2014, with 0.32 accidents versus 0.13.

North Asia experienced zero accidents in 2015, while Asia-Pacific saw 0.21 incidents last year compared to its five-year rate of 0.56.

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