Indonesia soldiers carry coffins containing bodies of the victims of AirAsia Flight 8501 on Jan. 2. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

(Bloomberg) — Three crashes which have yet to be fully explained, involving the most modern airliners in the safest phase of flight, made last year the deadliest for air travel in almost a decade.

The loss of two Malaysian Air Boeing Co. 777s, one thought to have disappeared in the Indian Ocean, and flight MH17 presumed shot down over Ukraine, plus last week’s unexplained AirAsia tragedy, killed 665 passengers, accounting for 75% of the annual toll of 884, according to safety consultant Ascend Worldwide.

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