Flights of fancy delve into disasters
According to AirDisaster.com, of nearly 19 million international departures last year, there were just 43 accidents, entailing 674 fatalities. In 1970, there were only six million departures but 69 accidents and 1,583 deaths. During that period, the average number of fatal accidents has fallen from 11.5 per million flights to 2.3 per million.