Infographic showing that each dot on the page represents 100 departures, with red dots indicating fatalities. The graphic highlights 10 accidents with fatalities in 2017, totaling 79 fatalities that year.

Safe skies

For anyone suffering from aviophobia, a fear of flying, good news: 2017 was the safest year on record for commercial flight. Progress on air safety has been swift. Just a decade ago, 21 accidents resulted in more than 700 fatalities. Compare that with last year, when 10 accidents culminated in the deaths of just 44 passengers, proving that commercial flight is statistically the safest way to travel.

A densely packed dot matrix visualization representing airplane departures and fatalities in 2017. The image includes a callout with a black square grid illustrating 100 departures, with one red square indicating 10 fatalities, and a note showing 79 total fatalities in 2017.

An easy way to explaining the low number of accidents in the page.

Infographic showing that each dot represents 100 departures, with an enlarged dot indicating 10 accidents, and highlighting the total accidents with fatalities as 10 out of 79 fatalities in 2017.

Newspaper article titled 'Safe skies' dated January 22, 2018, from South China Morning Post, with a graphic showing airline safety statistics, including a map with dots representing airline accidents in 2017 and the number of fatalities.

A couple views of the print page result

A newspaper page with an article titled 'Safe skies' and a graphic showing statistics about aircraft fatalities. The page appears distorted with visual noise, making much of the text difficult to read. A cup of coffee is partially visible on the left side of the table.

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