article_snippet: While more people died in air accidents in 2014 than the .
article_snippet: average in recent years, the number of fatal accidents compared .
article_snippet: with the number of fatal accidents was a record low, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) said.
article_snippet: the International Air Transport Association (IATA) said in a new report that there were 12 fatal accidents in 2014 with 641 fatalities, versus 19 fatal accidents and 517 fatalities per year in the five-year period between 2009 and 2013.
article_snippet: The statistics translate into an accident rate, measured in 'hull .
article_snippet: losses' per 1 million flights, of 0.23, or the equivalent of one .
article_snippet: for every 4.4 million flights.
article_snippet: IATA's 2014 statistics did not include the loss of Malaysia .
article_snippet: a reduction in the number of fatal accidents - and
article_snippet: Beijing on March 8, 2014, with 239 passengers and crew, has .