IATA addresses safety post tragic week in aviation

IATA addresses safety post tragic week in aviation
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After three tragedies in just one week, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has addressed the issue of aviation safety insisting “flying is safe.”

Director general Tony Tyler said the the greatest respect that we can pay to the memory of those involved in the recent tragedies is “to leave nothing unturned in our quest to understand the cause and to take steps to ensure that it is not repeated.”

Approximately 100,000 flights take to the sky daily and land without incident, he stressed.

Last year more than three billion people flew and there were 210 fatalities, a figure that has already been surpassed this year.

Tyler underlined safeguarding the customers from harm as they are transported around the world as core to the mission of the aviation industry.

“It has been that way throughout our development over the last century, and we continue to do everything in our power to make flying ever safer," he said.

As most people around the world will agree, this has been a very sad week for everyone involved with aviation and heartfelt sorrow goes out to all those who have lost their lives in these tragedies. 

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