Aviation Safety Network

The Aviation Safety Network (ASN) is a website that provides accurate, up-to-date information regarding airline accidents and safety issues. ASN was founded by Harro Ranter in 1996 as the Aviation Safety Web Pages. The website was renamed as the Aviation Safety Network in the year 1999.

ASN relies solely on on donations for the day-to-day operations of the website; no advertising is accepted on the pages of the site. ASN has been recognized by many aviation safety bureaus as a reliable source of information. This fact is given weight by the fact that around 50 million web surfers visited the site in 2006. The database contains details of over 8,700 accidents. In addition to extensive analysis and statistics involving aviation safety, there is also a large photo section showing pictures of accidents.

The Aviation Safety Network covers accidents of passenger airliners, military transport planes and corporate jets. The ASN Safety Database also contains detailed descriptions of hijackings or terrorism-related incidents. Most of the information contained in the Aviation Safety Network site is sourced from official sources. Some of these sources include aircraft production lists, ICAO Aircraft Accident Digests, and accident reports from the National Transportation Safety Board.