Table 2-10,,,,,,,,,,,,
U.S. Commuter Air Carriera Safety Data,,,,,,,,,,,,
,1980,1985,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999P
Total fatalities,37,37,7,d77,21,24,25,9,14,46,0,12
Total seriously injured persons,14,16,11,31,7,2,32,25,2,1,2,2
Total accidents,38,18,15,23,e23,16,10,12,11,R16,8,13
   Fatal,8,7,4,8,7,4,3,2,1,5,0,5
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Aircraft-miles (millions),192,301,450,434,508,555,594,550,591,R252,R51,42
Rates per 100 million aircraft-miles,,,,,,,,,,,,
  Fatalitiesb,19.27,12.29,1.56,17.74,4.13,4.32,4.21,1.64,2.37,R18.28,0.00,28.57
  Seriously injured persons,7.29,5.32,2.44,7.14,1.38,0.36,5.40,4.55,0.34,R0.40,R3.94,4.76
"  Total accidentsb,c",19.79,5.98,3.33,5.30,R4.53,2.88,1.68,2.18,1.86,6.37,R15.76,30.95
"    Fatal b,c",4.17,2.33,0.89,1.84,1.38,0.72,0.51,0.36,0.17,R1.99,0.00,11.90
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Aircraft departures (thousands),"1,777","2,561","3,160","2,820","3,115","3,601","3,581","3,220","3,515","R1,394",R707,530
Rates per 100 thousand aircraft departures,,,,,,,,,,,,
  Fatalitiesb,2.08,1.44,0.22,2.73,0.67,0.67,0.70,0.28,0.40,3.30,0.00,2.26
  Seriously injured persons,0.79,0.62,0.35,1.10,0.22,0.06,0.89,0.78,R0.057,R0.072,R0.28,0.38
  Total accidentsc,2.14,0.70,0.48,0.82,R0.74,0.44,0.28,0.37,0.31,R1.15,R1.13,2.45
    Fatal c,0.45,0.27,0.13,0.28,0.23,0.11,R0.084,R0.062,R0.028,0.36,0.00,0.94
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Flight hours (thousands),"1,176","1,737","2,342","2,292","2,335","2,638","2,784","2,628","2,757",983,R354,269
Rates per 100 thousand flight hours,,,,,,,,,,,,
  Fatalities,3.15,2.13,0.30,3.36,0.90,0.91,0.90,0.34,0.51,4.68,0.00,4.46
  Seriously injured persons,1.19,0.92,0.47,1.35,0.30,R0.076,1.15,0.95,R0.073,0.10,R0.57,0.74
  Total accidentsc,3.23,1.04,0.64,1.00,R0.98,0.61,0.36,0.46,0.40,R1.63,R2.26,4.83
    Fatal c,0.68,0.40,0.17,0.35,0.30,0.15,0.11,R0.076,R0.036,0.51,0.00,1.86
"a  Air carriers operating under 14 CFR 135, scheduled service. Includes accidents involving all-cargo air carriers when those accidents occurred during scheduled ",,,,,,,,,,,,
"14 CFR 135 operations. Before March 20, 1997, 14 CFR 135 applied to aircraft with 30 or fewer seats.  Since Mar. 20, 1997, 14 CFR 135 includes only aircraft with  ",,,,,,,,,,,,
fewer than 10 seats. This change makes it difficult to compare pre-1997 data with more recent years' data.,,,,,,,,,,,,
b  Data updated by rounding to two significant digits instead of one. ,,,,,,,,,,,,
"c  Rates are based on all accidents, including some that involve operators not reporting mileage or other traffic data to the U.S. Department of Transportation",,,,,,,,,,,
d  Total fatalities for 1991 do not include the 22 persons killed aboard an airliner when it and a commuter aircraft collided.,,,,,,,,,,,
e An attempted suicide case in 1992 is included in accidents but excluded in accident rates in this table.,,,,,,,,,,,
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KEY: P = preliminary; R = revised.,,,,,,,,,,,
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"NOTES:  Miles, departures, and hours are compiled by the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration.",,,,,,,,,,,
"Rates are computed by dividing the number of fatalities, serious injuries, total accidents, and fatal accidents by the number of ",,,,,,,,,,,
"miles, departures, or flight hours. These figures are based on information provided by airlines to the U.S. Department of Transportation,",,,,,,,,,,,
"Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Ofiice of Airline Information.",,,,,,,,,,,
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SOURCES:,,,,,,,,,,,
"Fatalities, accidents, aircraft-miles, aircraft departures and flight hours:",,,,,,,,,,,
"1980: National Transportation Safety Board, Annual Review of Aircraft Accident Data: U.S. Air Carrier Operations, Calendar ",,,,,,,,,,,
"Year 1980, NTSB/ARC-83/01 (Washington, DC: January 1983), tables 26 and 40. ",,,,,,,,,,,
"1985-99: Ibid. Internet site www.ntsb.gov/aviation/Table 8.htm, as of May 9, 2000.",,,,,,,,,,,
Serious injuries:,,,,,,,,,,,
"1980-94: Ibid., Annual Review of Aircraft Accident Data: U.S. Air Carrier Operations ",,,,,,,,,,,
"(Washington, DC: Annual issues).",,,,,,,,,,,
"1995-99: Ibid., Analysis and Data Division, personal communications, 1996; 1997; 1998; and Mar. 28, 2000.",,,,,,,,,,,
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