Travel: Rise in deaths from landing flights
Your support helps us to tell the story
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.
At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.
The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it.
Your support makes all the difference.A record 640 people were killed last year on aircraft coming in to land, according to Flight International magazine. But the numbers killed in flights last year were about the same as the average figure for the previous decade.
Flight said there were 51 fatal airline accidents in 1997 and these resulted in 1,306 deaths. This compares with an annual average of 49 fatal accidents and 1,243 deaths for the preceding decade. Special efforts have been made to reduce accidents involving aircraft coming in to land, which were often attributed to pilot error. Flight said: "Although small carriers and non-passenger operations tend ... to account for the majority of the ... accidents, major carriers are manifestly vulnerable."
Join our commenting forum
Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies
Comments