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Old 13th May 2008, 11:26 AM
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Default Significant improvement in accident rates compared to last year

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Annual Safety Report shows less fatalities in the air

The 44th Annual Safety Report by The International Air Transport Association (IATA) was released yesterday, showing significant improvement in accident rates compared to last year.

Number of passengers increased to more than 2.2 billion in 2007 whilst fatalities on a global scale declined 19 percent.

“In the ten years from 1998, the accident rate was reduced by almost half—from 1.34 accidents per million flights to 0.75. And the number of fatalities dropped significantly in 2007,” said Giovanni Bisignani , IATA’s CEO and Director General.

Due to accidents in Africa, Indonesia and Brazil, Western-built jet aircrafts were found to have a slightly higher accident rate in 2007 than 2006, with respective rates of 0.75 and 0.65 hull losses per million flights.

With 77 accidents (involving 46 jets and 31 turboprops) in 2006, 2007 saw an increase of 30% with 100 accidents (57 jet, 43 turboprop).
Accidents were primarily caused by failure to land safely (48%), ground damage (20%) and lack of maintenance (20%).

IATA will concentrate on enhancing runway safety, maintenance and preventing runway excursions.

Bisignani said “Ground damage is a US$4 billion cost to the industry. The launch of the first global standards for ground safety with ISAGO will improve safety, cut costs and reduce redundant audits.”

In relation to Africa’s rate of 4.09 hull-losses per million flights, Mr Bisignani said, “While this is an improvement over last year, it is still six times less safe to fly in Africa than the rest of the world. IATA is working side-by-side with our African members to bring them up to IOSA standards. And we just announced a US$3.7 million programme to give up to 30 African carriers access to IATA’s Flight Data Analysis service for a three-year period.”

Other countries had fluctuating rates with North America and Europe doing better than the rest with 0.09 and 0.29 hull-losses per million flights. Latin America had 1.61 hull-losses per million flights which was better than Asia-Pacific’s 2.76 rating. Russia and CIS did not have any accidents in 2007.

Standards for airline safety management are set by the IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA). By the end of 2008, in order for IATA carriers to enter the IOSA Registry they must complete audits and close all findings.
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