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Following its opening on May 12th 2008 The Aviation Herald today celebrates the 20,000th coverage released, time for sort of an editorial to present some personal summary of the past nearly 9 years.
Since the opening of the website The Aviation Herald enjoys a steadily growing readership, that so far resulted in
418,251,204 page hits (average 131,732 page hits per day) and 175,005,862 visitors (average 55,119 visitors per day), in words more than 418 million page hits by more than 175 million visitors.
In January 2017 we so far have had 368,421 page hits per day in average and 142,609 visitors per day in average.
Since 2014 The Aviation Herald has been consistently amongst the top 50,000 websites of the world.
Records in a single day were 1,203,333 page hits and 577,244 visitors on Aug 3rd 2016, see Accident: Emirates B773 at Dubai on Aug 3rd 2016, long landing, go around without thrust results in runway impact, aircraft on fire.
To give you an idea of the evolution The Aviation Herald took: on January 16th 2009, following the Hudson River emergency landing see Accident: US Airways A320 at New York on Jan 15th 2009, ditched in Hudson River, we had 29,348 page hits by 16,537 visitors (at that time an almost incredible number far beyond all hopes I ever had!), on Jun 2nd 2009, see Crash: Air France A332 over Atlantic on Jun 1st 2009, aircraft impacted ocean, we had 89,930 page hits by 43,892 visitors, on March 8th 2014, see Crash: Malaysia B772 over Gulf of Thailand on Mar 8th 2014, aircraft missing, data indicate flight MH-370 ended west of Australia, first MH-370 debris identified, search suspended, we had 703,827 page hits by 343,786 visitors.
The steady growth is also visible in the annual traffic data:
In 2016 there were 106,460,138 page hits by 43,963,043 visitors, in 2015 70,453,165 page bits by 35,181,649 visitors, in 2014 63,255,134 page hits by 28,757,208 visitors, in 2013 53,241,960 page hits by 22,315,963 visitors, in 2012 46,447,954 page hits by 15,646,079 visitors, in 2011 31,899,482 page hits by 11,788,254 visitors, in 2010 24,703,709 page hits by 8,838,648 visitors, in 2009 13,524,941 page hits by 4,961,726 visitors and in 2008 1,264,721 page hits by 843,721 visitors.
The 20 most read coverages so far have been:
01. 4,956,654 reads: Crash: Malaysia B772 over Gulf of Thailand on Mar 8th 2014, aircraft missing, data indicate flight MH-370 ended west of Australia, first MH-370 debris identified, search suspended
02. 1,726,190 reads: Crash: Egypt A320 over Mediterranean on May 19th 2016, fire on board, traces of explosives found
03. 1,438,937 reads: Crash: Germanwings A320 near Barcelonnette on Mar 24th 2015, first officer alone in cockpit, initiated rapid descent, aircraft impacted terrain
04. 1,171,683 reads: Crash: Air France A332 over Atlantic on Jun 1st 2009, aircraft entered high altitude stall and impacted ocean
05. 1,154,582 reads: Crash: Indonesia Asia A320 over Java Sea on Dec 28th 2014, aircraft lost height and impacted waters, loss of rudder travel limiter due to maintenance
06. 1,104,604 reads: Accident: Emirates B773 at Dubai on Aug 3rd 2016, long landing, go around without thrust results in runway impact, aircraft on fire
07. 939,999 reads: Crash: Malaysia B772 near Donetsk on Jul 17th 2014, aircraft was shot down from separatist controlled ground
08. 920,128 reads: Crash: National Air Cargo B744 at Bagram on Apr 29th 2013, lost height shortly after takeoff following load shift and stall
09. 869,618 reads: Crash: Metrojet A321 over Sinai on Oct 31st 2015, broke up in climb over Sinai, preliminary report states no unlawful interference
10. 694,066 reads: Crash: Flydubai B738 at Rostov on Don on Mar 19th 2016, lost height on go around after stabilizer moved nose down following holding for 2 hours
11. 676,686 reads: Accident: Asiana B772 at San Francisco on Jul 6th 2013, touched down short of the runway, broke up and burst into flames
12. 579,980 reads: Crash: LAMIA Bolivia RJ85 near Medellin on Nov 28th 2016, electrical problems, no fuel, impact with terrain
13. 490,779 reads: Crash: Transasia AT72 at Taipei on Feb 4th 2015, right engine failed, left engine shut down, aircraft rolled sharply and lost height shortly after takeoff
14. 477,997 reads: Crash: LAM E190 over Botswana/Namibia on Nov 29th 2013, captain intentionally crashed aircraft
15. 434,628 reads: Crash: Tatarstan B735 at Kazan on Nov 17th 2013, crashed on go-around
16. 376,123 reads: Accident: ANA B788 near Takamatsu on Jan 16th 2013, battery problem and burning smell on board (including JAL Boston, Ethiopian London and JAL Tokyo events)
17. 374,701 reads: Crash: Swiftair MD83 over Mali on Jul 24th 2014, aircraft lost altitude
18. 361,912 reads: Crash: Sukhoi SU95 over Indonesia on May 9th 2012, aircraft impacted mountain
19. 356,435 reads: Crash: UPS A306 at Birmingham on Aug 14th 2013, contacted trees and touched down outside airport
20. 326,505 reads: Accident: British Airways B772 at Las Vegas on Sep 8th 2015, rejected takeoff due to engine fire, engine failure uncontained
My most memorable coverages were:
34. 205,958 reads: Accident: US Airways A320 at New York on Jan 15th 2009, ditched in Hudson River
45. 183,932 reads: News: The human factor named "Simon Hradecky" and the team of man and machine
1142. 27,205 reads: Incident: Blue Dart B752 at Mumbai and Bangalore on Jun 9th 2010, "mowed" runway edge lights on takeoff
1242. 25,682 reads: News: The rescue of Turkish Airlines Flight 1123
7642. 8,043 reads: News: The "other side" of the radio - Ozjet in distress at Norfolk Island on Dec 29th 2007
This concludes a brief review of the past almost 9 years of operation of The Aviation Herald. And we'll continue - with the support by our readers - in the years to come.
Simon Hradecky
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