While rare compared to other types of motor-vehicle crashes, aircraft accidents do happen regularly, usually with devastating results. Despite significant safety improvements over the past decades, many people each year experience the pain of losing someone in an airplane crash.
According to the National Transportation Safety Board, there was an overall decline in the number of US-registered civil aviation accidents. The number of civil aviation accidents fell from 1,539 in 2012 to 1,297 in 2013. The number of accidents involving commuter aircraft increased from four in 2012 to eight in 2013, with three fatal accidents.
While safety statistics for large commercial planes have been improving steadily for decades, the accident rate in personal flights has increased by 20% in the past decade, and the fatality rate for personal flights is up 25%.
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Two flight instructors who operated out of the Frederick Municipal Airport are both killed within weeks of each other. The latest fatal accident happened this weekend, when a small plane went down over Virginia.
According to an officer, a loud boom was heard in the area of Deerfield Valley Road in Deerfield and black smoke can currently be seen there. Sheriff's deputies and emergency crews are currently in the Deerfield area responding to these reports.
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