Experts give vote of confidence to civil aviation safety

BEIJING: Despite concerns over civil aviation safety triggered by the crash of a passenger jet in southern China, the nation’s civil aviation industry is still safe and trustworthy, experts said.

Li Xiaojin, a professor of aviation economics at Civil Aviation University of China in Tianjin, said: “China’s civil aviation safety can be trusted. Before the crash, the country had a safe flight record for 4,227 days, the best such record worldwide. This is a remarkable achievement for a vast nation with a large volume of passengers.”