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Aviation Safety Network
Type of site
Database
Available inEnglish, French, German, Spanish, Dutch
OwnerFlight Safety Foundation
Created byHarro Ranter, Fabian Lujan[1]
URLhttp://aviation-safety.net/

The Aviation Safety Network (ASN) is a website that keeps track of aviation accidents, incidents, and hijackings. Their database contains details of over 10,700 reports. The ASN includes an aviation database with aviation investigations, news, photos and statistics.[1]

History

ASN was founded by Harro Ranter in 1996 as "Aviation Safety Web Pages". Fabian I. Lujan joined ASN in August 1998 to assist Ranter in reporting accurate, up-to-date news on airliner accidents.[3] The website was renamed Aviation Safety Network (ASN) in 1999.

References

  1. ^ a b "About ASN". Aviation Safety Network. Archived from the original on 23 April 2011. Retrieved 26 April 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ "Aviation-safety.net Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 2014-04-01.
  3. ^ "About ASN". Aviation Safety Network. Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 20 August 2014.