Russia and other members of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) had the highest accident rate of all the regions in 2006, with 8.6 Western-built hull losses per million flights—13 times the global average.
That’s not just 13 times the global average - it’s almost twice as many losses per million flights as Africa, the poorest continent on the planet.
But, looking on the bright side, IATA notes that the losses are for Western built hulls, rather than Russian built.
April 18th, 2007 at 9:57 am
So what are the figures like for the Russian aircraft? (*shudder*)