2017 safest year for postwar civil aviation, agencies say

WASHINGTON - Last year was the safest year for civil aviation since plane crash statistics were first compiled in 1946, two industry studies have found.

US President Donald Trump hailed the results on Tuesday, and credited his "very strict" stance on commercial aviation for the positive data in the United States.

A total of 10 crashes of civil passenger and cargo planes claimed 44 lives, said the Aviation Safety Network in a statement published on Monday.