Improved fatal airline accident trend takes step back in 2019

By David Learmount2020-01-02T15:22:00

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Fatal airline accident data for 2019 appears to confirm that a long period of consistent improvement in airline safety statistics is coming to an end. Until now, modern airline safety performance had improved relentlessly, decade by decade, since the Second World War.

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