NTSB figures show increase in deaths from US civil aviation accidents

Airline Industry Information,  March 23, 2004  

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US government figures show that nearly 700 people were killed last year in US civil aviation accidents.

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) reported that total civil-aviation accidents rose to 1,864 in 2003 from 1,820 in 2002. Overall fatal crashes were up by six, to 351, but deaths jumped by 79 to 695. The NTSB did not provide an analysis to explain the increases.

The vast majority of the crashes involved privately owned small aircraft, reported Reuters.

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