The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Safety Report 2020 provides initiatives to improve aviation safety and updates on some safety performance indicators, including accidents that occurred in 2019, and related risk factors. According to the details, ICAO underlined the aviation accidents in its safety audit report which rose 16 per cent in the year 2019 as compared to the previous year’s report. The aviation watchdog said in its safety report that the rate of accidents rose to 2.9 per million flights taking off globally in the year 2019, which is 12 per cent more than what was in 2019: 2.6 per million accidents. The number of worldwide accidents and fatal accidents on scheduled commercial flights during the 2015–2019 period are shown in the chart below: Between the years 2015 to 2019, the trend of the annual number of accidents has increased. The lowest count recorded was 75 accidents in 2016 and the highest was 114 in 2019. However, the number of fatal accidents per year significantly decreased from 11 in 2018 to 6 in 2019. Mubasher Lucman’s Hard Talk With CEO PIA Arshad Malik Ali Zafar Defamation Case: New Developments, More Warrants… Chart below shows the number of fatalities associated with … Continue reading ICAO releases Safety Report, air accidents rose 12pc globally