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Plane still safest made for travel
Aviation fatalities rose overall in 1977 due to a Tenerife disaster that killed 573, but traffic deaths on roads, motorcycles, bicycles, and pedestrians remained far higher. General aviation accounted for most deaths with 1,395, while U.S. air carriers saw 54 fatalities in 26 accidents.
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Ken Hudson Copley
Canary Islands
National Transportation Safety Board
NTSB
Kay Bailey
U.S
Canary Island
Pan American World Airways
Tenerife
KLM
Pan Am
The
Air Transport Association