"Despite high-profile tragedies, 2014 was the safest year on record for flying" [The Washington Post] - http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...
Dec 31, 2014
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From the Wonkblog post by Christopher Ingraham (Dec. 29, 2014): "With yet another airliner gone missing over Southeast Asian airspace, there's no question that 2014 has been a year beset by mysterious air tragedies. But there's a surprising fact hiding behind this year's high-profile air tragedies: 2014 has been the safest year for flying since, well, ever."
- Stephen Mack
More: "2014 has seen something of a spike in fatalities, however. ASN's numbers show 1,007 deaths for 2014 so far, a figure which includes only major commercial airliner accidents. The AirAsia flight and the two Malaysia Air flights earlier in the year account for over half of those fatalities -- 699."
- Stephen Mack
It's interesting data. And to be fair, the media can accurately say this is the worst year for air fatalities since 2005 (if you go by the second chart, which is the total number of fatalities) AND the safest year on record for flying ever (if you go by the first chart, which is the total number of accidents).
- Stephen Mack