No.: 5
Date: 19 February 2009
More Accidents But Fewer Fatalities in 2008
New York - The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced the aviation safety performance for 2008. The total number of fatalities from aviation accidents dropped from 692 in 2007 to 502 in 2008. This resulted in a 56% improvement in the fatality rate from 0.23 fatalities per million passengers to 0.13 per million passengers.
The global accident rate (measured in hull losses per million flights of Western-built jet aircraft) stood at 0.81 - or one accident for every 1.2 million flights. This is a slight deterioration on 2007 performance when the accident rate was 0.75 - or one accident for every 1.3 million flights.
There were 109 accidents in 2008 compared to 100 in 2007. The number of fatal accidents increased from 20 in 2007 to 23 in 2008.
IATA member airlines significantly outperformed the industry in safety. With 33 accidents, IATA members drove their accident rate downwards from 0.68 in 2007 to 0.52 in 2008. That is equal to one accident for every 1.9 million flights.
“Safety is the industry’s number one priority. Today’s statistics confirm that travelling by air is one the safest things that a person can do,” said Giovanni Bisignani, Director General and CEO of IATA.
(((El resto acá.)))
Eso de que los restos del avión que encontraron no son del de AirFrance, me hace pensar que todo es un ardid publicitario para LOst.
ResponderEliminarYo, tan nerd y conspirativo, llegué a pensar estas noches algo parecido, pero en serio. Que todo fuera parte de la sexta temporada, ponele. Que en las peripecias de esos guionistas geniales de Lost haya una intromisión a la realidad severa como esta de la que recien nos desayunaremos dentro de un año. Pero seguro no es así. Aunque hay algo cierto: la falta de información, las omisiones, los desperfectos severos de la prensa en el tema, el pésame ante de determinar si realmente han muerto, etc. luego se traduce en que cualquiera imagine cualquier cosa. Ya van a aparecer crónicas marcianas al respecto. Y es un horror, un horror viajar en avión en estas circunstancias.
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