IATA: 2006 was safest year ever but Russia, Africa lag behind

IATA released safety statistics yesterday that marked 2006 as the "safest year on record" for commercial air transport, although it criticized Russia and other CIS states as well as Africa for far exceeding the accident rate of the rest of the world. The association reported that the 2006 industry...

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