First-half Bizjet Accident Fatalities Exceed All of 2013
Turboprops registered worldwide were the only segment of the turbine business fleet to have reduced fatal and nonfatal accident numbers.

Accidents/Incidents Worldwide 1H/14 vs. 1H/13

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This year’s accident picture is looking worse than last year’s. The number of fatalities from business jet accidents worldwide in just the first half of this year exceeds the number for all of last year, according to statistics gathered by AIN. In the first six months of this year, 29 people died in seven fatal crashes involving U.S.- and non-U.S.-registered business jets, compared with 23 people killed in eight fatal mishaps in all of last year. Fifteen people aboard N-numbered business jets died in four fatal accidents in the first half of this year versus nine in three crashes last year.

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