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The accident (non‑fatal) rate has increased over the last 4 year period, though the rate of fatal accidents is sta‑
ble over the same time period.
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Table 5:
EASA MS CAT number of fatalities and serious injuries
Fatalities
Serious Injuries
2014
116
11
2004-2013 average
52.4
8.6
In terms of fatalities, 2014 has resulted in a total of 116 persons being fatally injured, all of them in the only fa‑
tal accident that occurred. Eleven serious injuries were recorded during 2014 with the majority of these caused
by turbulence encountered in flight. Despite increasing passenger figures, the number of fatalities remains rea‑
sonably stable with an average of 50 fatalities per year. Although the number of fatalities recorded in 2014 is
significantly higher than the average number of fatalities during the period 2004-2013, the increase does not
signify a deterioration in the level of safety but demonstrates the variability in terms of fatalities between indi‑
vidual accidents.
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Figure 7:
Evolution of number of fatalities for MS over the last 11 years
Number of Fatalities
Year
Number of Fatalities
Number of Passengers Transported (MS)
0.0
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.7
0.8
0
50
100
150
200
250
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
Number of Passenger Transported by MS
(1 Billion of pax)
Phase of Flight
The Figure 8 shows the distribution of accidents and serious incidents across the different phases of flight. The
majority are concentrated en route, which correlates with majority of the exposure time and the link to injuries
during turbulence. It is worth highlighting that the similarity between the numbers of accidents and serious in‑
cident for standing, taxi and landing is mainly due to the severity of the damage caused to the aircraft during
these flight phases and not to high level of injuries to the persons on board (i.e., damage caused by collapsed
landing gear, by the collision during taxiing with parked aircraft or by a ground vehicle during ground servicing).