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Aircraft and transport. IATA: 2012 best in history of safety improvements

Montreal, Canada - Safety by the numbers

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that the 2012 global accident rate for Western-built aircraft was the lowest in aviation history. - The 2012 global Western-built jet accident rate (measured in hull losses per million flights of Western-built jets) was 0.20, the equivalent of one accident every 5 million flights. - This represented a 46% improvement over 2011, when...

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Rome, Italy, 02/28/2013 18:22
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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