The aviation industry’s onshore resource sector has seen a steady decline in reported accidents, including fatal accidents, since numbers peaked in 2012, according to the current World Wide Accident Summary report released by Flight Safety Foundation’s Basic Aviation Risk Standard (BARS) program.
Aircraft being flown in support of the onshore resource sector — a term that encompasses mining and energy companies with onshore operations — recorded 13 accidents, including three fatal accidents, in 2016, the report said (Figure 1). The numbers represented the fourth consecutive year in which reports of total accidents and fatal accidents declined. (Only partial data are available for 2017.)
Figure 1 — Onshore Resource Accidents — Industry, Registered Operators and BARS Member Organizations
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