IATA Encouraged by Safety Improvement in Africa
IATA director general Tony Tyler says there is still plenty of safety work yet to be done in Africa.

According to the latest data from the International Air Transport Association (IATA), African aviation has made significant progress in safety with airlines on that continent experiencing only one Western-built jet hull loss last year. The Western-built jet hull loss rate improved 55.4 percent between 2013 and 2012, while the region’s accident rate for all aircraft types improved nearly 50 percent (7.45 accidents per million flights from 14.80 in 2012).