The National Transportation Safety Board late last week released its preliminary aviation accident statistics for 2008, showing improvements in some industry sectors but increased accident rates in others. Fatalities among on-demand operations rose as did the accident rate for general aviation, but the number of accidents involving Part 121 and Part 135 carriers were not alarming. "While the overall aviation safety record in the United States is among the best in the world, the 2008 accident statistics reveal a mixed…
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