EASA Records ‘Best Year Ever’ for Commercial Air Transport Safety
Last year was one of the best ever in terms of safe airline operations, according to the latest data from the European Aviation Safety Agency, which last w
Latest data from EASA indicates that in 2010 European airlines had one of their safest years ever, with no fatal accidents in the air transport sector. (Photo: Airbus)
Latest data from EASA indicates that in 2010 European airlines had one of their safest years ever, with no fatal accidents in the air transport sector. (Photo: Airbus)

Last year was one of the best ever in terms of safe airline operations, according to the latest data from the European Aviation Safety Agency, which last week reported “one of the best years in aviation safety for EASA member states in commercial air transport history.”

For the first time ever, EASA recorded no fatal accidents in the air-transport category. Meanwhile, the number of nonfatal accidents, although higher than the year before, fell within the average for the decade, said the report. The agency recorded a 95-percent survivability rate of all accidents involving EASA member-state-operated aircraft in the decade 2001 to 2010.