9525. richard quest, cnn, new york. >> even though there have been several high profile air disasters in the past year an airline trade group says the global accident rate in 2014 was, in fact, the lowest in recent years. there were 12 fatal air accidents in 2014. according to new safety report from the international air transport association, compared to 16 aviation disasters the year before that. >> 2014 was the lowest number of fatal accidents since 2009. in all, the report says 641 air passengers died while traveling in the skies, well above the 210 killed in 2013. but 2010 had the highest numb of fatalities with 786 people dying. we're going to take a quick break here on cnn. when we come back in a few hours, italy's highest court will decide the fate of amanda knox the american convicted of killing her british roommate in