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IATA has announced that last year’s accident rate for Western-built commercial jets was the lowest in aviation history, beating the previous mark set in 2010.

The 2011 global accident rate, which is measured in hull losses per million flights, “was 0.37, the equivalent of one accident every 2.7 million flights” said the Association. “This represented a 39 per cent improvement compared to 2010, when the accident rate was 0.61, or one accident for every 1.6 million flights”. A hull loss, explained IATA, is an accident in which the aircraft is destroyed or substantially damaged and not subsequently repaired for whatever reason including a financial decision by the owner.

By region, Asia-Pacific, Europe, North America and North Asia performed better than the global average while Africa had the worst record with an accident rate of 3.27. This was still a 56 per cent improvement over the previous year.