Scheduled airlines suffered 28 accidents involving passenger fatalities during 1994, compared with 34 in 1993, says the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO). In 1994, the number of deaths was 941, an increase of five fatalities on the 1993 total. Non-scheduled operations suffered 54 accidents, accounting for 251 fatalities, reports ICAO, which also listed 31 acts of unlawful interference with aircraft, in which 25 people were killed, including four perpetrators. The 1993 figures for unlawful interference showed 30 incidents, 27 deaths and one perpetrator killed.
Source: Flight International