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11th Jan 2011, 11:44
Number of air passengers killed in crashes around the world soars to 817 in 2010 - compared to more than a MILLION on the roads
By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
817 airline deaths in 2010 - up from 749 in 2009
4.8bn air passengers across the globe in 2009
1.2m road traffic deaths worldwide
The number of people killed in airline flights worldwide has increased in the last two years.
There were 817 deaths to passengers and crew in 2010 compared with 749 in 2009 and only 583 in 2008, statistics from Flight International magazine showed.
Including freight flights and flights involving the repositioning of planes, the figures revealed that there were 26 accidents involving deaths, compared with 28 in 2009.
On January 9 an IranAir passenger jet carrying 106 people crashed as it made an emergency landing in a snowstorm in the country’s north-west and broke into several pieces, killing 71 of those on board
Despite the increases, flying remains a far safer way to travel than on the roads.
In 2009 there were 2,222 reported road fatalities in the UK alone, according to the Department for Transport.
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In the same year, the World Health Organisation recorded 1.2million road traffic deaths worldwide, with the figure forecast to increase to 2.4m in 2030.
Commenting on the flight statistics, operations and safety editor David Learmount said: 'Airline fatal accident figures for 2010 confirm that safety in the industry, which had improved constantly from 1903 to 2003, has stagnated for the past eight years.
Last year an Air India Express Boeing 737 crashed at Mangalore in India, killing more than 150 people
103 people lost their lives ten days earlier when an Airbus A330 operated by Afriqiyah Airways crashed near Tripoli airport in Libya
WORLD AIRLINE DEATH TOLLS
YEAR DEATHS
2001 778
2002 1,022
2003 702
2004 466
2005 1,050
2006 863
2007 744
2008 583
2009 749
2010 817
'An indication that airline safety could still be improved considerably comes from the performance of International Air Transport Association member airlines whose accident rate fell dramatically last year.'
Fatal accidents last year included the May 22 incident at Mangalore in India where an Air India Express Boeing 737 crashed, killing more than 150 people.
Ten days earlier an Airbus A330 operated by Afriqiyah Airways crashed near Tripoli airport in Libya with the loss of 103 lives.
On January 9 an IranAir passenger jet carrying 106 people crashed as it made an emergency landing in a snowstorm in the country’s north-west and broke into several pieces, killing 71 of those on board.
The others survived with light injuries.
The pilots of the Boeing-727, operated by Iran's national airline, attempted the emergency landing in the city of Orumiyeh after reporting a technical failure to the control tower.
Worldwide airport passenger numbers dropped by 1.8 per cent in 2009 to 4.796 billion, from a high of 4.882 billion in 2008, the Airports Council International reported.
Read more: Number of passengers killed in airline crashes soars in 2010 ¿ but it's still safer than travelling on the roads | Mail Online (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1346042/Number-passengers-killed-airline-crashes-soars-2010--safer-travelling-roads.html#ixzz1AjKFy4GS)
By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
817 airline deaths in 2010 - up from 749 in 2009
4.8bn air passengers across the globe in 2009
1.2m road traffic deaths worldwide
The number of people killed in airline flights worldwide has increased in the last two years.
There were 817 deaths to passengers and crew in 2010 compared with 749 in 2009 and only 583 in 2008, statistics from Flight International magazine showed.
Including freight flights and flights involving the repositioning of planes, the figures revealed that there were 26 accidents involving deaths, compared with 28 in 2009.
On January 9 an IranAir passenger jet carrying 106 people crashed as it made an emergency landing in a snowstorm in the country’s north-west and broke into several pieces, killing 71 of those on board
Despite the increases, flying remains a far safer way to travel than on the roads.
In 2009 there were 2,222 reported road fatalities in the UK alone, according to the Department for Transport.
More...
In the same year, the World Health Organisation recorded 1.2million road traffic deaths worldwide, with the figure forecast to increase to 2.4m in 2030.
Commenting on the flight statistics, operations and safety editor David Learmount said: 'Airline fatal accident figures for 2010 confirm that safety in the industry, which had improved constantly from 1903 to 2003, has stagnated for the past eight years.
Last year an Air India Express Boeing 737 crashed at Mangalore in India, killing more than 150 people
103 people lost their lives ten days earlier when an Airbus A330 operated by Afriqiyah Airways crashed near Tripoli airport in Libya
WORLD AIRLINE DEATH TOLLS
YEAR DEATHS
2001 778
2002 1,022
2003 702
2004 466
2005 1,050
2006 863
2007 744
2008 583
2009 749
2010 817
'An indication that airline safety could still be improved considerably comes from the performance of International Air Transport Association member airlines whose accident rate fell dramatically last year.'
Fatal accidents last year included the May 22 incident at Mangalore in India where an Air India Express Boeing 737 crashed, killing more than 150 people.
Ten days earlier an Airbus A330 operated by Afriqiyah Airways crashed near Tripoli airport in Libya with the loss of 103 lives.
On January 9 an IranAir passenger jet carrying 106 people crashed as it made an emergency landing in a snowstorm in the country’s north-west and broke into several pieces, killing 71 of those on board.
The others survived with light injuries.
The pilots of the Boeing-727, operated by Iran's national airline, attempted the emergency landing in the city of Orumiyeh after reporting a technical failure to the control tower.
Worldwide airport passenger numbers dropped by 1.8 per cent in 2009 to 4.796 billion, from a high of 4.882 billion in 2008, the Airports Council International reported.
Read more: Number of passengers killed in airline crashes soars in 2010 ¿ but it's still safer than travelling on the roads | Mail Online (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1346042/Number-passengers-killed-airline-crashes-soars-2010--safer-travelling-roads.html#ixzz1AjKFy4GS)