Major commercial airline deaths fell by 50% overall in 2019, despite a high-profile Boeing 737 Max crash which killed 157 people

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• The number of people killed in large commercial airplane crashes fell by more than 50% in 2019, according to aviation consulting firm To70. 
• To70 said the fatal accident rate for large airplanes in commercial passenger air transport was just 0.18 fatal accident per million flights in 2019, or an average one fatal accident every 5.58 million flights.
• The decline in fatalities from commercial accidents comes despite the high-profile Ethiopian Airlines crash in March, which left 157 people dead.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of people killed in large commercial airplane crashes fell by more than 50% in 2019 despite a high-profile Boeing 737 MAX crash in Ethiopia in March, a Dutch consulting firm said on Wednesday.

Aviation consulting firm To70 said there were 86 accidents involving large commercial planes - including eight fatal incidents - resulting in 257 fatalities last year. In 2018, there were 160 accidents, including 13 fatal ones, resulting in 534 deaths, the firm said.

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