Charter Leader Challenges WSJ Aviation Safety Claims

Air Charter Safety Foundation president Bryan Burns said that an October 24 story in The Wall Street Journal has unfairly tarnished the safety record of business aircraft operations in the U.S. The article reported that 140 people have died in non-airline commercial aircraft crashes during the first 10 months of this year. Citing Flight Safety Foundation data, the newspaper maintained, “The number of accidents involving business jets and turboprops worldwide is more than five times that of commercial jets this year, highlighting the challenges facing accident-prevention experts in improving safety for private and charter aviation.”