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International obligations as regards safety in international civil aviation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

R. I. R. Abeyratne
R. I. R. Abeyratne*
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Air Transport Officer, International Civil Aviation OrganizationMontreal, Canada
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In 1995, 19 western built jet aircraft were totally destroyed in air crashes which killed 383 passengers and 39 crew members. Although this rate of loss has been steady for the past 10 years, there were three major losses in 1996 — the famous Valujet and TWA aircraft in the United States and the world's worst midair collision in history New Delhi, India, where a Saudia Boeing 747 with 312 persons aboard collided with a Kazak aircraft carrying 37 passengers and crew. All on board were killed.

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The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 101 , Issue 1010 , December 1997 , pp. 457 - 466
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Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1997 

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This article has been written in the author's personal capacity and its contents should not be attributed to his position in the Icao Secretariat.

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