• Missing Jet Alone Will Push Up This Year’s Airline Death Toll - Businessweek
    http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-04-01/missing-jet-alone-will-push-up-this-years-airline-death-toll

    In a world where our every move seems to be tracked, there is disbelief both that an aircraft could simply disappear and that the ‘black box’ is so difficult to recover,” [IATA Chief Executive, Tony] Tyler said. “Air France 447 brought similar issues to light a few years ago and some progress was made. That must be accelerated. We cannot let another aircraft simply disappear.

    He also said governments need to review and improve their policies for vetting the passenger information that airlines are required to submit before flights, a response to the discovery that two passengers aboard the vanished jet had used fake passports. “It costs the airlines millions of dollars every year to provide (passenger data) to some 60 governments,” he said. ”I’ve often wondered whether they were using it.

    À l’occasion de la publication des résultats 2013 pour la sécurité du transport aérien.

    The airline industry has built an enviable safety record in recent decades. Last year only 81 accidents occurred among 36.4 million flights with 3 billion passengers.

    http://www.iata.org/pressroom/pr/Pages/2014-04-01-02.aspx

    2012 : 414 morts
    2013 : 210 morts
    2014 : les 239 disparus du vol #MH370 entrainent, à eux seuls, une augmentation pour cette année.