It’s an odd headline that, I can’t for the life of me think why they didn’t go “statistics show continuing improvement in aviation safety “, given they’ve got this quote at the end of the very same piece...
Overall, ASN says aviation safety has improved substantially over the past 20 years - despite increasing demand for global flights.
Harro Ranter, its chief executive, said: "If the accident rate had remained the same as 10 years ago, there would have been 39 fatal accidents last year.
"At the accident rate of the year 2000, there would have been even 64 fatal accidents. This shows the enormous progress in terms of safety in the past two decades."
