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Wed, Jan 05, 2005

2004: Another Safe Year For Commercial Airlines

Few Fatal Mishaps Over Past Three Years

The 13 people killed when a Corporate Airlines Jetstream 32 went down in Missouri last October. Those were the only commercial aircraft fatalities of 2004.

In fact, the Corporate Air mishap near Kirksville, MO, was one of the very few planes flying for scheduled airlines that have gone down since November 12th, 2001, when AAL Flight 587 lost its vertical stabilizer and went down in New York City.

Noting that 42,000 people die on America's roads every year, NTSB chief Ellen Engleman Conners told reporters, "I hope all modes of transportation could replicate aviation's safety record."

FAA Administrator Marion Blakey said technological advances played a big part in the increased safety. She pointed to development of the TAWS system and more uniform controls on commercial carriers as two reasons for the better numbers.

FMI: www.ntsb.gov, www.faa.gov

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