Security
Aviation Fatalities Among the Lowest
Although U.S.

Although U.S. transportation fatalities increased slightly last year, aviation remained one of the safest forms of travel, according to preliminary figures released by the NTSB last month.

The number of people killed in all aviation accidents dropped from 1,171 in 2001 to 618 last year. In 2001 airline fatalities accounted for a total of 531 deaths, a figure that includes the crew and passengers on the four airplanes hijacked on 9/11 (but not ground fatalities) and the crash of American Airlines Flight 587 near New York JFK Airport in November.