Whenever a major airplane accident occurs, there is a dramatic increase in the number of airplane mishaps reported, a phenomenon that may last for as long as a few months after the accident. Airline officials assert that the publicity given the gruesomeness of major airplane accidents focuses media attention on the airline industry and the increase in the number of reported accidents is caused by an increase in the number of news sources covering airline accident, not by an increase in the number of accidents.
Which of the following, if true, would seriously weaken the assertions of the airline officials?
(A) The publicity surrounding airline accidents is largely limited to the country in which the crash occurred.
(B) Airline accidents tend to occur far more often during certain peak travel months.
(C) News organizations do not have any guidelines to help them decide how severe or how close an accident must be for it to receive coverage.
(D) Airplane accidents receive coverage by news sources only when the news sources find it advantageous to do so.
(E) Studies by government regulations show that the number of airplane flight miles remains relatively constant from month to month

I think its B.. Rest all are either irrelevant or strengthen the argument

B for me. Its the only one that seems to touch upon the topic of an increase in air accidents...

B appears to be best 1 amongst the options available..

IMO C

C & D strengthen the Officials claim so they are wrong answers ,also A & E are irrelevant so B is right answer.

I got B too.

can some please explain why B is the right answer??

B could be the right answer because, hidden in the airline industry officials' speech, is the assertion that the number of airplane accidents does not fluctuate.

They are saying that the number of accidents remains approximately the same from one period to another.

B is saying exactly the reverse, that number of accidents fluctuate. That is why I go for B.