While 2015 is set to be one of the safest on record in the skies, there are reminders that technology is only as safe as the people that use it, NBC News reported.
Seventeen fatal crashes have caused 564 deaths up until Dec. 18. That’s below last year’s 990 fatalities, according to the website Aviation Safety.
Experts are now facing questions over how the industry missed signs that a Germanwings pilot who crashed a plane into the French Alps was mentally ill and how a trained team lost control of a modern AirAsia jet.
Officials announced earlier this month plans for tighter rules including enhanced alcohol, drug and psychological testing for pilots, improved support and a new international database for pilots’ aero-medical data.
