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Aircraft and transport. A global round-up for safety in 2012

Rome, Italy - Less incidents compared with 2011 for scheduled flights

According to the Safety Review released by the website "Air-Accidents.com", 2012 was a positive year from the point of view of safety for scheduled flights: less aircraft were involved in fatal accidents (even if with a slightly higher number of casualties) compared to the previous year. The persons who died on scheduled flights during 2012 were 362 in 9 accidents, 8 more compared to 2011 when the...

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Rome, Italy, 01/03/2013 12:07
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