2007: Safest Year for Air Travel Since 1963

So says the Geneva-based Aircraft Crashes Record Office. It reported yesterday that 136 accidents caused “severe damage” to aircraft last year, and 965 people died in air crashes, a 25 percent drop from 2006. Numbers are based on planes big enough to carry six passengers and a crew, according to Reuters. The AP also reports that the number of air passengers increased by 3 percent in 2007 to about 2.2 billion passengers. In that context, the drop in accidents and fatalities seems even more impressive.

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