Air accidents fell in 2016 compared to the 2015 level, explains the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) in its Preliminary Safety Review’ – 2017, published on 20 February, but serious incidents increased over the same period.
The document covers the EASA’s 32 member countries. In 2016, there were 16 accidents and 100 serious incidents, 3 and 16 per million flights respectively. The accident rate recorded by the agency is 0.0003% of total flights. Imbalances due to the...