Air travel in 2012 was the safest since 1945, group says - latimes.com

Air travel in 2012 was the safest since 1945, group says - latimes.com: Airlines reported 23 accidents and 475 fatalities in 2012; the 10-year average was 34 accidents and 773 fatalities a year, the Aviation Safety Network says.
The world's airlines reported only 23 accidents — including passenger and cargo flights — resulting in 475 fatalities last year, compared with the 10-year average of 34 accidents and 773 fatalities a year, according to Aviation Safety Network, a private online research group in the Netherlands.
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