MH370 skews half-year safety figures

摘要

The disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 casts a shadow over a set of excellent global airline safety figures for the first half of 2014, which would otherwise surpass previous records by a big margin. However, MH370 cannot yet be declared an "accident". The official line at present is that its loss was probably the result of deliberate action by someone on board. The Boeing 777-200ER disappeared on 8 March, having last been seen on radar over the Andaman Sea. No trace of the aircraft or the 239 people on board has been found since.