Over the last year or so I've noticed a steady rise in aircraft accidents. Personally I think its got something to do with the earths gravitational pull but I'm no expert. So I would like to get everyone else's thought on this.

Here are a list of crashes in 2013 alone, starting with the most recent. I've put a time logged on the articles at the time of writing:

4 dead in Western Manitoba (6 hours ago)
[link to www.torontosun.com]

3 die in helicopter crash in L.A (11 hours ago)
[link to www.dailymail.co.uk]

Liberia plane crash (14 hours ago):
[link to www.bbc.co.uk]

5 die plane crash in Belgium (9th Feb):
[link to www.bbc.co.uk]

Passenger plane crash kills 20 in Kazakhstan (29th Jan):
[link to rt.com]

Research Plane Crashes in Antarctica (24th Jan)
[link to news.sciencemag.org]

Pilot tries to avoid homes, Burlington (16th Jan):
[link to myfox8.com]

Helicopter crash in London (16th Jan):
[link to www.telegraph.co.uk]

Plane nose dives, Tasmania (11th Jan):
[link to www.aviationinspector.com]

Grenoble plane crash kills Moroccan family of five (5th Jan):
[link to www.globalpost.com]

St. Bart's plane crash (4th Jan):
[link to www.dailymail.co.uk]

3 dead after plane crashes into house, Florida (4th Jan):
[link to edition.cnn.com]

Plane crash lands, bursts into flames in North Las Vegas (2nd Jan)
[link to www.lasvegassun.com]

Plane crash leaves 3 dead in Alabama (2nd Jan):
[link to www.inquisitr.com]

There is probably more but you get the picture. There was an abundance in 2012 too. It's a mystery to the suddenly rise in aircraft accidents not also including boat accidents too.

Please keep adding to this thread to keep people informed and find a possible answer.