MOSCOW, 4 Mar RIA Novosti/Prime. The number of accidents and catastrophes in Russia in 2014, increased by 31% to 38 cases, inform the data report on the state of safety in civil aviation at the 2014 international aviation Department (IAC).

according to the information of the report, in 2013, in Russia there were 29 accidents and catastrophes. So, in 2014, this figure increased by 9 units, or 31%. The number of deaths in one year decreased by 22, 5% to 72 people.

The absolute measure of the wealth of safety for all types of aviation activities in the States-parties to the Treaty POPPY presumably remained at the level of the previous year, and the number of crashes increased from 19 in 2013 to 25 in 2014. At the same time, the Number of deaths in accidents and accidents during the reporting period declined substantially, 81 people in 2014 against 126 people in 2013.

in the list of the countries parties to the Treaty MAC includes Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan.
on 21 February, the Libyan military transport aircraft An-26, headed to the airport in the immediate vicinity of Tunisia, crashed in the area Grombalia in the district of Nabeul. All eleven passengers in the aircraft cabin, lost his life.

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