Parts of AirAsia Flight 8501 seen on the deck of rescue ship Crest Onyx at Kumai port in Pangkalan Bun, Indonesia, earlier this year. Pic: AP.
HONG KONG (AP) — An airline industry group says the number of deaths in jetliner disasters spiked last year despite there being fewer accidents in total.
The International Air Transport Association said in its annual safety report that 641 people died in airline crashes in 2014.
That’s up from 210 deaths in 2013 and higher than the five-year average of 517.
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IATA said the statistics don’t take into account the …read more
Source: Asian Correspondent
