San Francisco: The pictures coming out of San Francisco may lead some to think the worst of air travel and flight safety, but compared to the historical average the last two years boast exceptional safety records.
The analysis, assembled by the Aviation Safety Network, or ASN, shows that YTD aircraft fatalities stand at 62, down 85 per cent from the 10-year average of 357.
“The safety record for 2013 is extremely good,” said Harro Ranter, President of ASN, in an interview with Digital Journal. “Continuous developments in crashworthiness [and] flammability of the aircraft interior…possibly paid off, giving the passengers on flight 214 a fair chance of survival.”
In fact, exactly half of all fatalities so far this year can be attributed to only two accidents: the 29 January crash of a Canadair CL-600 Regional Jet near Almaty Airport in Kazakhstan killing all 16 passengers and five crew members, and the 7 July crash, just one day after the disaster in San Francisco, of a de Havilland Canada DHC-3T Texas Turbine Otter at Soldotna Airport in Alaska, killing all ten on board.
With only six months to go, 2013 is shaping up to be one of the safest years in aviation and likely to be safer than the “exceptionally safe” 2012, which boasted the lowest number of accidents since 1945.
“Since 1997 the average number of airliner accidents has shown a steady and persistent decline, probably for a great deal thanks to the continuing safety-driven efforts by international aviation organisations such as ICAO, IATA, Flight Safety Foundation and the aviation industry,” Ranter is quoted saying in the 2012 Flight Safety Foundation safety review.
09/07/13 Jordan Howell/Digital Journal
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The analysis, assembled by the Aviation Safety Network, or ASN, shows that YTD aircraft fatalities stand at 62, down 85 per cent from the 10-year average of 357.
“The safety record for 2013 is extremely good,” said Harro Ranter, President of ASN, in an interview with Digital Journal. “Continuous developments in crashworthiness [and] flammability of the aircraft interior…possibly paid off, giving the passengers on flight 214 a fair chance of survival.”
In fact, exactly half of all fatalities so far this year can be attributed to only two accidents: the 29 January crash of a Canadair CL-600 Regional Jet near Almaty Airport in Kazakhstan killing all 16 passengers and five crew members, and the 7 July crash, just one day after the disaster in San Francisco, of a de Havilland Canada DHC-3T Texas Turbine Otter at Soldotna Airport in Alaska, killing all ten on board.
With only six months to go, 2013 is shaping up to be one of the safest years in aviation and likely to be safer than the “exceptionally safe” 2012, which boasted the lowest number of accidents since 1945.
“Since 1997 the average number of airliner accidents has shown a steady and persistent decline, probably for a great deal thanks to the continuing safety-driven efforts by international aviation organisations such as ICAO, IATA, Flight Safety Foundation and the aviation industry,” Ranter is quoted saying in the 2012 Flight Safety Foundation safety review.
09/07/13 Jordan Howell/Digital Journal
