Positive Trends Despite 2011 Increase in Global Fatal Airline Accidents

Baum Hedlund just published an article about the latest international aviation accidents statistics suggesting that global airline operations continue to present many hazards to travellers. Fatal aviation accident statistics from 2011 show an increase in the overall number of plane crashes.

The total number of fatal airline accidents rose from 26 to 32 between 2010 and 2011. The latest figure exceeds the ten-year average of 31 world airline fatal accidents. However, the number of human fatalities that resulted from those accidents was the second lowest figure in the past decade.  Read more here http://knowledgebase.findlaw.com/kb/2012/Apr/523369.html