How to reduce them?

Check the post of Information is Beautiful before you take off.
(Thanks @bduperrin for the info)

• density of fatal accidents 1942-2009 by final destination
• fatal accidents by aircraft type
• ratio of fatal accidents to number of planes in services (the higher the better)
• survival rate relative to seat position
• months with the most fatal airlines accidents 1942-2009
• fatal accidents by airlines
• bad flights statistically speaking

Have a safe flight, and don’t forget: tweeting #boarding at the airport won’t make your flight safer but surely more interesting

The pilots’ report contradicts the findings of the French agency leading the investigation, the BEA, which has said that the speed monitors were a factor, but not the leading cause of the crash that left 228 people dead on June 1.

According to France’s Journal du Dimanche, the pilots’ union report primarily blames the plane’s manufacturer Airbus, Air France, civil aviation authorities and the European Aviation Safety Agency for neglecting problems with air speed sensors, also called pilot probes, which have been known to Airbus authorities since at least 2001.

Pilots say that if the appropriate measures have been taken, the crash “would have probably been avoided.”

To improve safety in Europe further, the European Commission – in consultation with Member States’ aviation safety authorities – has decided to ban airlines found to be unsafe from operating in European airspace.

Since several years, it has been maintaining an airline black list.

“The EU blacklist has proved effective. Now we want to see these standards applied throughout the world to safeguard passengers.” said European Union transport commissioner Antonio Tajani on Thursday, when announcing he would start consultations on a worldwide aviation blacklist. He said the planned worldwide blacklist would not be a “punitive list” but would motivate airlines to improve their safety standards.

So, does the E.U.’s Airline blacklist make flying safer? Bruce Crumley, answers: Even that, though, can’t prevent disaster from striking some of the largest and most reputable airlines on earth, whose accidents often account for the industry’s highest death tolls.

Meanwhile, approximately 80 percent of all aviation accidents occur shortly before, after, or during takeoff or landing, and are often described as resulting from ‘human error’.  Apart from the fact that there are, luckily, too few fatal accidents to serve as a basis for reliable statistics, you can visit the Aviation Safety Network, and even follow them on twitter.

Comoros, Republic, AfricaOfficials from Yemenia Air say the plane crashed early Tuesday morning while flying from the Yemeni capital of Sanaa to Moroni on the main island of Grand Comore.

The cause of the crash is unknown, however news reports say it occurred as the plane was approaching the island.

Officials say most of the passengers are French or from the Comoros islands.

An Air France Airbus A330 crashed into the Atlantic Ocean June 1, killing all 228 people onboard.

Some information for this report was provided by AFP, AP, Reuters and VOA.

Cold blood needed!

Thanks StefW .