Canada recorded a 25 percent drop in aviation accidents in 2018, compared with the previous decade’s annual average.
Some 201 aviation accidents were reported in Canada in 2018, down 19 percent from the previous year and down 25 percent from the annual average of 267 accidents the previous decade, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) says (Figure 1).
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The FAA has rejected Republic Airways’ request for an exemption to the 1,500-hour rule.
Boeing statistics show the number of accidents increased in 2021 over the previous year, but fatal accidents and fatalities declined.
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ATSB reports a new occurrence of an airliner’s pitot tube covers being removed minutes before takeoff.
