Airline safety improved in 2014, despite a number of high-profile air disasters, according to a new report.
Last year marked the most accident-free year on record for commercial airliners with one accident for every 4.4 million flights, according to a new report by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). The number of accidental commercial airline fatalities increased to more than 600 in 2014.
The loss of two Malaysia Airlines flights was “extraordinary and tragic,” the report said. Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared en route to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in March with 239 people aboard and has yet to be found. …read more
Source: Time
