Last year was the safest for civil aviation over the last 5 years according to the results of examination of the international air transport Association (IATA), despite two resonant conflict with Malaysia Airlines aircraft, which claimed the lives of hundreds of people.

As reported in the safety report IATA released on the first day of the week, the number of people who died in the year 2014 in the crash, has been higher than Usual over the past years. However, the number of crashes in relation to the total number of flights has been a record low.

"and at the same time, aviation security was on the front pages in 2014, the data show that the flights become more and safer," said IATA Director General Tony Tyler (Tony Tyler).
IATA represents some 250 airlines. According to the Association, in 2014 were 12 crashes, where he died 641 people. In the period from 2009 to 2013 period Usually each year was 19 disasters, the victims of which every year became 517 people. Statistics IATA does not include the victims of the crash MH17 Malaysian airlines, was shot down over the territory of Ukraine. In the cabin there were 298 people. They all lost their lives.

Flight MN departed in early March from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on the night of 8 March 2014 with 227 passengers and 12 crew members in the cabin, disappeared from radar screens. It is planned that the aircraft flew in the southern part of the Indian ocean, which crashed.

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