RF AND CIS COUNTRIES ARE RECOGNIZED THE MOST DANGEROUS STATES AS REGARDS FLIGHTS SAFETY
Arminfo
2007-04-18 12:15:00
Upon results, 2006, RF and CIS countries are recognized the most
dangerous states from the viewpoint of flights safety, the data of
the report of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) say.
The level of air incidents in these states makes up 8,6 cases per 1
mln of flights, that exceeds the world level 13 times (0,65 cases per
1 mln of flights). At the same time, the IATA noted the improvement in
the area of air flights safety in the African countries, which take the
second place by the flights safety. The coefficient of air incidents
in 2006 in this region was fixed at the level of 4,31 cases per 1
mln of flights, having reduced more than twice against the similar
indicator, 2005 (9,2 cases per 1 mln of flights). On the whole, the
report notes, the number of major air incidents upon results, 2006,
reduced to 77 from 111 cases in 2005, that allowed the Association to
call the year, 2006, "the most safe year in the area of flights" over
the whole history of surveys. Bad weather conditions (the reason of
43% of air crashes), non- coordination of actions of the dispatcher
and the crew (38%), as well as the poor training of pilots (33%)
remain the basic reasons for air crashes.