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Airplane Accident Statistics and Report
"Passenger enplanements in the United States more than doubled in the 16 years following 1983. This growth is expected to continue, approaching 1 billion enplanements by the year 2010 (an additional 53-percent increase). Commensurate with the increase in the number of people traveling will be an increase in the miles that air carriers fly. In 1999, U.S. air carriers flew 6.8 billion miles, a 50-percent increase from 10 years prior. Despite the growing demands on the U.S. aviation system, the system continues to maintain a high level of safety. The accident rate for commercial aircraft has remained about the same for the past two decades. If the accident rate continues, however, increased traffic projected over the next 10 years will be accompanied by a commensurate increase in the number of aircraft accidents."(www.ntsb.gov)
This quote indicates that the number of airplane passengers, as well as the amount of air traffic, will increase in the near future; however, if changes are not made and new precautionary measure not implemented, the number of accidents will also increase. Provided below in an excerpt from the 2000 safety report regarding accident numbers, number of passengers and fatality rates:
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Year |
Number of - |
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Number of Fatalities by- |
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Accidents |
Occupants |
Survivors |
Impact |
Fire |
Other |
Unknown |
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1983 |
2 |
175 |
174 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
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1984 |
1 |
39 |
39 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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1985 |
2 |
234 |
30 |
160 |
44 |
0 |
0 |
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1986 |
1 |
23 |
23 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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1987 |
1 |
82 |
54 |
19 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
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1988 |
2 |
148 |
134 |
0 |
14 |
0 |
0 |
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1989 |
1 |
296 |
185 |
76 |
35 |
0 |
0 |
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1990 |
1 |
44 |
36 |
3 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
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1991 |
2 |
191 |
169 |
1 |
21 |
0 |
0 |
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1992 |
2 |
343 |
316 |
9 |
2 |
16 |
0 |
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1993 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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1994 |
1 |
57 |
20 |
32 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
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1995 |
1 |
62 |
62 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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1996 |
1 |
149 |
147 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
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1997 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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1998 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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1999 |
1 |
145 |
134 |
6 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
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2000 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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