U.S. Airline Accident Rate Falls, But Fatalities Soar
There were 531 fatalities attributed to U.S. scheduled airliner crashes last year, with half occurring in the four aircraft hijacked on Sept. 11, according to National Transportation Safety Board statistics. Last year's total was the highest since 1977, when a KLM Boeing 747 collided with a Pan Am...
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