Aviation's deadly 2014, yet safety record improving


  • World
  • Monday, 29 Dec 2014

LONDON (Reuters) - The loss of Indonesia AirAsia Flight QZ8501 would cap one of the deadliest years in civil aviation for almost a decade - yet experts say the industry’s underlying safety record is improving.

The statistics underscore a year of tragic contrasts dominated by two Malaysian catastrophes and a handful of weather-related incidents, yet a record-low number of crashes.

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