Airline safety: 2017 was safest year in history for passengers around world, research shows

Source: UK Independent | January 1, 2018 | Simon Calder

But air safety expert says ‘It is unlikely that this historic low will be maintained’ and warns of risk of electronic devices causing inflight fires

In a year when more people flew to more places than ever, 2017 was the safest on record for airline passengers.

The Dutch-based aviation consultancy, To70, has released its Civil Aviation Safety Review for 2017. It reports only two fatal accidents, both involving small turbo-prop aircraft, with a total of 13 lives lost. 

No jets crashed in passenger service anywhere in the world. 

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But Mr Young, senior aviation consultant for To70, told The Independent: “It is unlikely that this historic low will be maintained; in part, these very positive figures rest on good fortune. Nevertheless, the safety level that civil aviation has achieved is remarkable”.

He cautioned: “The risks to civil aviation remain high as shown by the seriousness of some of the non-fatal accidents.” They included, he said, “the spectacular loss of the inlet fan and cowling of an engine on an Air France A380” over Greenland in September.

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