U.S. Airline Accident Rates Decline, But Fatalities Highest Since 1977
The accident rate of U.S. scheduled carriers in 2001 was down compared with 2000, although the year's 531 fatalities were the highest since 1977, when 579 people were killed in the on-ground collision of KLM and Pan Am Boeing 747s at Tenerife, Canary Islands. According to the National Transportation...
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