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By Arlene Fleming, About.com Guide to Air Travel since 2002

Dangerous skies

Wednesday November 2, 2005
As reported in the London Telegraph, the African skies are the most dangerous in the world. While accounting for only a few percent of the flights worldwide, flights over Africa account for just over a quarter of airline crashes. The Telegraph reports on this story of obsolete planes, and poor maintenance - proving a deadly combination in the world of air travel.

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