Iata said it was also concerned about Africa's poor aviation safety record. Although the continent accounted for about 4% of the global air traffic, its accident rate, at 25%, was the highest.
Iata has named the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sierra Leone,
Equatorial Guinea and Swaziland as countries where governments "don't take air safety seriously".
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