
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, February 1, 1994                   TAG: 9402010133
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-6   EDITION: STATE 
SOURCE: 
DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                LENGTH: Short

MAJOR AIRLINES REPORT NO PASSENGER DEATHS IN '93

Accidents involving major U.S. airlines claimed only one life in 1993, a government board reported Monday.

The major airlines were involved in 23 accidents last year, but the only death involved a member of a ground crew who was struck by a propeller. The National Transportation Safety Board said the fatal-accident rate among the major airlines was the lowest since 1980, when no deaths were reported.

Preliminary figures also show that charter airlines reported no deaths for the fourth straight year, and the number of deaths on air taxis was 42, down from 70 the previous year.

The only increase in deaths was on commuter airlines, where 24 people were killed in 1993, compared to 21 in 1992.

- Associated Press

Keywords:
FATALITY

Memo: shorter version ran in the Metro edition.

by CNB