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Red alert on the skies

Jul 29, 2010

Civilian air travel, despite advancements in technology, has been far from safe in the new millennium. The crash of the Airbus A321 in Islamabad on Wednesday — Pakistan's worst civilian air disaster claiming 152 lives — is a grim reminder. Statistics available at Aircraft Crashes Record Office, Geneva, Switzerland, say there have been 12,242 human casualties because of civilian aircraft crashes since 2000.

Compiled by Karthik Subramanian; Photos: AP and PTI; Sources: Wikipedia and Aircraft Crashes Record Office, Geneva.

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