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2003: Another Safe Year

Steve Scott

Monday, January 5th, 2004

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Results best 1990s trend Despite the Christmas Day fatal crash of a B727 on takeoff at Cotonou Airport, Benin, 2003 was one of the safest years ever for the commercial air transport industry. The number of fatal accidents involving passengers were down more than 45 percent compared to the 1990s average, and 35 percent below the 20 accidents "expected" by the long-term trend. The preliminary 2003 results were compiled by UK-based aviation consultancy Airclaims. The firm's annual look-back at the…

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