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Crashes in the early days of commercial jets tended to be caused by technical faults, such as metal fatigue in the airframe or engines.
Although CFIT accounted for just over a third of crashes in the past six years, it caused 53% of the deaths.
Boeing's safety experts have joined others in the industry to form an international task force to try to eliminate one particular kind of air crash known as controlled flight into terrain, CFIT.