In 2003, the last year for which comprehensive statistics are available, African airspace accounted for 28 percent of fatal aviation accidents worldwide,
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Between 1994 and 2003, Africa recorded 210 aviation accidents, the African Airlines Association (AFRAA) said. Almost 60 percent of those took place in four nations, three of which — Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Angola and Sudan — were wracked by war during most of that period, it said.
AFRAA has blamed the high number of accidents in those countries on the use of illegally acquired and often old, unsafe aircraft. In those and other states, poorly paid pilots, shortages of resources and mechanics as well as a lack of navigation equipment have contributed to the problem as have visibility problems, particularly during night flights which are favoured by cargo carriers, it said.
The AFRAA report, however, stressed that the vast majority of mishaps did not involve scheduled passenger flights and maintained that commercial air service, particularly on international routes, was safe.
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