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# main execution body
def main():

    # define output file and csv writer
    output_file = open('output_2Feb2018.csv', 'w', encoding='utf8')
    csv_writer = csv.writer(output_file)

    # save initial headers into the file
    csv_writer.writerow(['Date', 'Time', 'Location', 'Operator', 'Flight',
                        'Route', 'AC_Type', 'Registration', 'cn_ln', 'Aboard',
                        'Fatalities', 'Ground', 'Summary'])

    # save to csv in batches
    for yc in content_by_year:
        rows = [process_crash_html(crash_html) for crash_html in yc]
        
        # make sure that we filter out None records as these cause problems for csv writer
        csv_writer.writerows(list(filter(lambda x: x is not None, rows)))

main()