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		</div><p>There was a sharp increase in the number of deaths resulting from air crashes last year, according to new figures.</p>
<p>There were 556 fatalities from 15 airliner accidents in 2018 – up from 44 deaths from 10 accidents in 2017, according to figures released by the Aviation Safety Network (ASN).</p>
<p>It means that 2018 was worse than the five-year average of 14 accidents and 480 fatalities – while 2017 was the safest year in aviation history, the ASN said.</p>
<p>Netherlands-based ASN said that 12 of the accidents in 2018 involved passenger flights, while three related to cargo flights.</p>
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<p>The accident with the highest number of deaths in 2018 was October’s Lion Air crash in Indonesia – which left 189 people dead.</p>
<p>The Boeing 737 Max plane crashed into the Java Sea shortly after take off from Jakarta. It was reported that a preliminary study found it had previously suffered technical problems.</p>
<p>ASN suggests that safety has been improving over the past 20 years, and at a time when there has been strong demand for worldwide air traffic.</p>
<p>Chief executive Harro Ranter said: “If the accident rate had remained the same as 10 years ago, there would have been 39 fatal accidents last year.</p>
<p>“At the accident rate of the year 2000, there would have been even 64 fatal accidents. This shows the enormous progress in terms of safety in the past two decades.”</p>
<p>ASN described loss of control (LOC) accidents as being a major safety concern in the aviation industry over the past five years, as these accounted for at least 10 of the 25 worst accidents – most of which were described as “not survivable”.</p>
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