A TransAsia Airways plane crashed into a river outside the Taiwanese
capital Taipei Wednesday, leaving at least 23 dead, the latest
high-profile accident this year, especially in Asia.
Despite several headline-grabbing crashes, 2014 continued a long-term
trend of improving air safety, online accident database Aviation Safety
Network said in December.
The number of crashes last year was well below 32, the annual average since 1946.
Here is a list of major crashes over the past 12 months:
— 2014 —
– Feb. 11: ALGERIA – An Algerian military C-130 Hercules plane
crashes in bad weather in the mountainous northeast Oum El Bouaghi
region killing all …read more
Source: The Jakarta Post
