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An aviation accident is an event during aircraft operation that results in serious injury, death, or significant destruction. An aviation incident is any operating event that compromises safety but does not escalate into an aviation accident. Preventing both accidents and incidents is the primary goal of .

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According to Annex 13 of the Convention on International Civil Aviation, an aviation accident is an occurrence associated with the operation of an aircraft, which takes place from the time any person boards the aircraft with the intention of flight until all such persons have disembarked, and in which (a) a person is fatally or seriously injured, (b) the aircraft sustains significant damage or structural failure, or (c) the aircraft goes missing or becomes completely inaccessible. Annex 13 defines an aviation incident as an occurrence, other than an accident, associated with the operation of an aircraft that affects or could affect the safety of operation.

A occurs if an aircraft is damaged beyond repair, is lost, or becomes completely inaccessible.

History
One of the earliest recorded aviation accidents occurred on May 10, 1785, when a hot air balloon crashed in , County Offaly, Ireland. The resulting fire seriously damaged the town, destroying over 130 homes.Byrne, Michael. The Tullamore Balloon Fire – First Air Disaster in History , Offaly Historical and Archaeological Society website, 9 January 2007 (retrieved 7 July 2011), which in turn cites:
  • Faulkner's Dublin Journal, 14 May 1785, and
  • Finn's Leinster Journal. The first accident involving a powered aircraft occurred on September 17, 1908, when a Wright Model A crashed at , Virginia, USA. The pilot and co-inventor, , was injured, and the passenger, Signal Corps Lieutenant , was killed.

The first aircraft accident in which 200 or more people died occurred on March 3, 1974, when 346 died in the crash of Turkish Airlines Flight 981. , there have been a total of 34 aviation incidents in which 200 or more people have died.

The period from 1958 to 1968 saw tremendous growth in aviation. Improvements in aviation safety and accident investigation procedures were rapidly advancing. In 1963, the Civil Aeronautics Board, under the leadership of then Deputy Director Bobbie R. Allen, established the National Aircraft Accident Investigation School in Oklahoma City.

The 's third accident investigation division meeting, held in Montreal, Canada, in January 1965, laid the foundation for accident investigations throughout the world. The proposals were presented by the Director of the Civil Aeronautics Board Bureau of Safety, Bobbie R. Allen, who headed the U.S. delegation. The U.S. formally adopted the proposals at the on December 1, 1965. National Citizens Commission on International Cooperation

The top 10 countries with the highest number of fatal civil airliner accidents from 1945 to 2021 are the United States, Russia, Canada, Brazil, Colombia, United Kingdom, France, Indonesia, Mexico, and India. The United Kingdom is noted to have the highest number of air crashes in Europe, with a total of 110 air crashes within the time period, and Indonesia is the highest in Asia at 104, followed by India at 95.

The most fatalities on board a single aircraft are the 520 fatalities of the 1985 Japan Air Lines Flight 123 accident. The largest loss of life in a single aviation accident are the 583 fatalities of the 1977 Tenerife airport disaster, in which two Boeing 747s collided. The largest loss of life overall in a collective incident are the 2,996 fatalities in the coordinated terrorist destruction of airplanes and occupied buildings in the 2001 September 11 attacks; the first plane to be hijacked and crashed as part of the attack, American Airlines Flight 11, was alone responsible for an estimated 1,700 fatalities in total, making it the single deadliest aviation disaster in history.

September 11 attacks
The deadliest aviation-related disaster regarding fatalities both on board the aircraft and casualties on the ground, was the destruction of the World Trade Center in New York City on September 11, 2001. On that morning, four commercial jet airliners on transcontinental flights from East Coast airports to California were hijacked after takeoff. The four hijacked aircraft were subsequently crashed in a series of four coordinated against major American landmarks by 19 Islamist terrorists affiliated with . American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175, both regularly scheduled domestic transcontinental flights from Boston to Los Angeles, were hijacked by five men each, with the assigned pilot hijacker taking control of the flight, before being intentionally crashed into the North and South Towers of the World Trade Center, respectively, destroying both buildings in less than two hours. The World Trade Center crashes killed 2,753. As both planes were carrying a combined total of 157 occupants, the vast majority of fatalities were the occupants of the two towers and the emergency personnel responding to the disaster. In addition, 184 were killed by the impact of American Airlines Flight 77, which crashed into in Arlington County, Virginia, causing severe damage and partial destruction to the building's west side. The crash of United Airlines Flight 93 into a field in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, which occurred as passengers attempted to retake control of the aircraft from the hijackers, killed all 40 passengers and crew aboard the aircraft. This brought the total number of casualties of the September 11 attacks to 2,996 (including the 19 terrorist hijackers). As deliberate terrorist acts, the 9/11 crashes were not classified as accidents, but as mass-killing. The events were treated by the member nations of as an act of war and terrorism. The war on terror was subsequently launched by NATO in response to the attacks, eventually leading to the death of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, who orchestrated the September 11 attacks.

Tenerife disaster
The Tenerife airport disaster on March 27, 1977, remains the accident with the highest number of airliner passenger fatalities. 583 people died when a Boeing 747 attempted to take off and collided with a taxiing 747 at Los Rodeos Airport on the Canary Island of Tenerife, Spain. All 234 passengers and 14 crew of the KLM aircraft died and 335 of the 396 passengers and crew of the Pan Am aircraft died. Pilot error was the primary cause; the KLM captain mistakenly believed he had received air traffic control clearance and initiated takeoff. Other contributing factors were a terrorist incident at Gran Canaria Airport that had caused many flights to be diverted to Los Rodeos, a small airport not well equipped to handle aircraft of such size, dense fog, poor radio phraseology, and controller distraction. The KLM flight crew could not see the Pan Am aircraft on the runway until immediately before the collision. The accident had a lasting influence on the industry, particularly in the area of communication. An increased emphasis was placed on using standardized phraseology in air traffic control (ATC) communication by both controllers and pilots alike. "Cockpit Resource Management" has also been incorporated into flight crew training. The captain is no longer considered infallible, and combined crew input is encouraged during aircraft operations.

Japan Air Lines Flight 123
The crash of Japan Air Lines Flight 123 on August 12, 1985, has the highest number of fatalities for any single-aircraft accident: 520 people died aboard a Boeing 747. The aircraft experienced explosive decompression due to an improperly repaired aft pressure bulkhead, leading to the destruction of most of its vertical stabilizer and severing all hydraulic lines, rendering the 747 nearly uncontrollable. Pilots were able to keep the plane flying for 32 minutes after the mechanical failure before crashing into a mountain. All 15 crew members and 505 of the 509 passengers aboard died." Aircraft Accident Investigation Report Japan Air Lines Co., Ltd. Boeing 747 SR-100, JA8119 Gunma Prefecture, Japan August 12, 1985 ." 22 (33/332). Retrieved August 18, 2010. Japanese military personnel inaccurately assumed, during a helicopter flyover of the impact site, that there were no survivors. Rescue operations were delayed until the following morning. Medical providers involved in rescue and analysis operations determined that several passengers likely survived the impact and probably would have survived the incident had rescue operations not been delayed. Four passengers survived the incident in its entirety, meaning that they were alive when discharged from the hospital.

Other crashes with death tolls of 200 or more
+ !Number of deaths !Date !Flight name !Aircraft type !Accident details
349November 12, 1996 Flight 763 / Kazakhstan Airlines Flight 1907Boeing 747 / Russian Ilyushin Il-76Saudia Flight 763 and Kazakhstan Airlines Flight 1907 collided mid-air over the town of , near , India. The collision was mainly the result of the Kazakh pilot flying lower than the assigned clearance altitude. All 349 occupants on board the two aircraft died. It remains the world's deadliest mid-air collision without survivors. The Ramesh Chandra Lahoti Commission, empowered to study the causes, recommended the creation of the "semi-circular rule", to prevent aircraft from flying in opposite directions at the same altitude. The Civil Aviation Authorities in India made it mandatory for all aircraft flying in and out of India to be equipped with a Traffic Collision Avoidance System (TCAS), setting a worldwide precedent for mandatory use of TCAS.
346March 3, 1974Turkish Airlines Flight 981McDonnell Douglas DC-10Turkish Airlines Flight 981 crashed in a forest northeast of , France. The London-bound aircraft crashed shortly after taking off from Orly airport; all 346 people aboard died. It was later determined that the cargo door detached, which caused an explosive decompression; this caused the floor just above to collapse. The collapsed floor severed the control cables, which left the pilots without control of the elevators, the rudder and No. 2 engine. The aircraft entered a steep dive and crashed. It was the deadliest plane crash of all time until the Tenerife disaster in 1977. It remains the deadliest single-aircraft crash with no survivors. This accident was also the deadliest single-aircraft crash that did not involve a Boeing 747.
329June 23, 1985Air India Flight 182Boeing 747-237Air India Flight 182 en route from and to and , crashed off the southwest coast of Ireland when a bomb exploded in the cargo hold. All 307 passengers and 22 crew members died. One passenger had checked in as "M. Singh". Singh did not board the flight but his suitcase, containing the bomb, was loaded onto the aircraft. "M. Singh" was never identified or captured. It was later determined extremists were behind the bombing as a retaliation for the Indian government's attack on the in the city of , spiritually the most significant shrine in Sikhism. This was, at the time, the deadliest terrorist attack involving an airplane.
301August 19, 1980Saudi Arabian Airlines Flight 163Lockheed L-1011Saudi Arabian Airlines Flight 163 became the world's deadliest aviation accident that did not involve a crash. The crew performed an emergency landing at after a fire broke out in an aft baggage compartment. The fire burned through the ceiling of the compartment and into the passenger cabin. The crew landed the aircraft safely, but the captain did not stop immediately and order an evacuation. He taxied off the runway instead, by which time everyone in the cabin had become unconscious due to fumes and were unable to open any doors or evacuate. All 301 passengers and crew aboard died of suffocation before rescue ground crews could open any door, after which the aircraft burst into flames and was consumed by fire.
298July 17, 2014Malaysia Airlines Flight 17Boeing 777-200ERMalaysia Airlines Flight 17 flying from to , was shot down in an area of Eastern Ukraine near the Ukraine/Russian border during the war in Donbas. There were 298 people on board: 283 passengers and 15 crew members, all of whom died. The crew were all Malaysians, while the passengers were of various nationalities, most from the Netherlands. Several Ukrainian Air Force (UAF) aircraft had been shot down over the rebel-controlled territory before the MH17 incident. Immediately after the crash, a post appeared on the VKontakte social media profile attributed to , leader of the Donbas separatist militia, claiming responsibility for shooting down a Ukrainian An-26 military transport near . The post was removed later the same day, and the separatists then denied shooting down any aircraft.
290July 3, 1988Iran Air Flight 655Airbus A300-200Iran Air Flight 655, an Iranian civilian airliner, was shot down by two surface-to-air missiles from the U.S. Navy guided missile cruiser USS Vincennes over the Strait of Hormuz. All 290 passengers and crew aboard the aircraft died. The downing was caused by a series of mistakes that led the USS Vincennes crew to believe that the airliner was an Iranian Air Force F-14.
275February 19, 2003Iranian military aircraftIlyushin Il-76An Iranian military Ilyushin Il-76 crashed in mountainous terrain near in Iran. The official report says bad weather brought the aircraft down; high winds and fog were present at the time of the crash.
273May 25, 1979American Airlines Flight 191McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10American Airlines Flight 191 crashed shortly after lifting off the runway at Chicago O'Hare Airport after the number one (left) engine and pylon separated from the wing. This broke hydraulic lines, causing leading edge lift devices to retract on that side of the aircraft and resulted in asymmetrical lift and loss of control. The accident was attributed to improper maintenance procedures. The crash resulted in the deaths of all 271 passengers and crew on board, as well as two people on the ground. It remains the deadliest commercial aircraft accident in United States history, and was also the country's deadliest aviation disaster until the September 11 attacks in 2001.
270December 21, 1988Pan Am Flight 103Boeing 747-121Pan Am Flight 103 bound for New York–JFK from London–Heathrow with continued service to , was destroyed by a terrorist bomb over the town of , Scotland. All 259 occupants and 11 people on the ground (all residents of Sherwood Crescent, Lockerbie), died, making it the worst terrorist attack involving an aircraft in the UK and the deadliest terrorist attack on British soil. Following the crash, the Federal Aviation Administration imposed new security measures on American airlines flying out of 103 airports in Western Europe and the Middle East.
269September 1, 1983Korean Air Lines Flight 007Boeing 747-230A Soviet interceptor Sukhoi Su-15 shot down Korean Air Lines Flight 007 bound for Gimpo International Airport in , South Korea, after it unintentionally flew into Soviet airspace; all 269 occupants on board died.
265November 12, 2001American Airlines Flight 587Airbus A300American Airlines Flight 587 crashed in the Belle Harbor neighborhood of , New York, just after departing John F. Kennedy International Airport bound for Las Américas International Airport, . The first officer's overuse of the rudder in response to wake turbulence from a 747 was cited as cause. All 260 people on board, as well as five people on the ground, died from the crash. It is the second-deadliest aviation accident on U.S. soil, after American Airlines Flight 191.
264April 26, 1994China Airlines Flight 140Airbus A300B4-622RChina Airlines Flight 140 was completing a routine flight and approach at , Japan, when the Airbus A300B4-622R's First Officer inadvertently pressed the takeoff/go-around button, which raises the throttle position to the same as that for take offs and go-arounds. The action and the two pilots' reaction resulted in a crash that killed 264 (15 crew and 249 passengers) of the 271 people aboard.
261July 11, 1991Nigeria Airways Flight 2120Douglas DC-8-61Nigeria Airways Flight 2120 operated by , crashed in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, after two tires ignited upon takeoff, leading to an in-flight fire. All 261 occupants were killed. It is the deadliest aviation accident involving a DC-8, the largest aviation disaster involving a Canadian-registered aircraft and the second-worst accident in Saudi Arabia (after Saudi Arabian Airlines Flight 163see above).
260June 12, 2025Air India Flight 171Boeing 787-8 DreamlinerAir India Flight 171 flying from , India, to , United Kingdom, crashed shortly after take off into the Meghaninagar neighbourhood, killing all but one of the 242 people onboard and also 19 people on the ground. According to a preliminary report by India's Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau, the crash was caused by both engines losing thrust after the fuel control switches moved from the RUN to CUTOFF position. The cause of the switch movement remains under investigation.
257April 11, 2018Algerian Air Force transport aircraftIlyushin Il-76Algerian Air Force transport aircraft crashed shortly after take-off from , killing all 257 occupants on board the Ilyushin Il-76.
257November 28, 1979Air New Zealand Flight 901McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30Air New Zealand Flight 901 an Antarctic sightseeing flight, collided with on , Antarctica, killing all 257 occupants on board. The flight crew had not been informed that the computer coordinates for the flight path of the McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 had been changed the night before, directing the flight towards Mount Erebus rather than the usual path down .
256December 12, 1985Arrow Air Flight 1285RDouglas DC-8-63CFArrow Air Flight 1285R carrying American military personnel on a charter flight home for Christmas, crashed in Newfoundland; all 256 occupants on board died. The Canadian Aviation Safety Board investigating the cause of the crash issued two different reports: the majority report cited ice on the wings as cause of the crash; the minority report suggests an explosion was the likely cause. This was the deadliest aviation incident in Canadian history.
239March 8, 2014Malaysia Airlines Flight 370Boeing 777-200ERMalaysia Airlines Flight 370 flying from , Malaysia, to , China, lost contact with air traffic controllers over the South China Sea, deviated from its planned route, and was presumed lost in the southern . It carried 12 Malaysian crew members and 227 passengers from 15 nations, who are all presumed dead. A multinational search effort, the most extensive and expensive in aviation history, has thus far failed to locate the aircraft, though debris from the aircraft has been recovered from beaches around the . Numerous theories have been offered to explain the disappearance of the flight, with pilot suicide considered most likely, but none have been confirmed.
234September 26, 1997Garuda Indonesia Flight 152Airbus A300B4-220Garuda Indonesia Flight 152 which departed from , Indonesia, and was preparing to land at , , crashed into mountainous terrain, killing all 234 occupants on board. The causes included turning left instead of right as instructed by ATC and descending below the assigned altitude of 2,000 feet due to pilot error. It is the deadliest aviation disaster in Indonesia's history.
230July 17, 1996TWA Flight 800Boeing 747-131TWA Flight 800 carrying 230 occupants, exploded and crashed into the near East Moriches, New York, shortly after departing from John F. Kennedy International Airport on a flight to and . A lengthy investigation concluded that the probable cause of the accident was a short circuit in a fuel tank that contained an explosive mixture of fuel vapor and air. As a result, new requirements were developed to prevent future fuel tank explosions in aircraft.
229September 2, 1998Swissair Flight 111McDonnell Douglas MD-11Swissair Flight 111 carrying 215 passengers and 14 crew from New York City to , Switzerland, crashed into the near Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, killing all 229 people aboard. After a lengthy investigation, an official report stated that flammable material used in the aircraft's structure, specifically the Personal TV Systems recently installed in the Business Class Cabin, allowed a fire to spread, resulting in a loss of control.
228June 1, 2009Air France Flight 447Airbus A330-203Air France Flight 447 carrying 228 occupants, was en route from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to , France, when it crashed into the . The aircraft's were not recovered from the ocean floor until May 2011, and the final investigative report was released in July 2012. It determined that the disaster was likely due to the aircraft's being obstructed by ice crystals, causing the to disconnect. The crew reacted incorrectly, leading to an aerodynamic stall from which the jet did not recover.
228August 6, 1997Korean Air Flight 801Boeing 747-3B5Korean Air Flight 801 crashed on approach to the international airport in the United States territory of , killing 228 of the 254 people aboard. Contributing factors in the crash were fatigue and errors by the flight crew, inadequate flight crew training, and a modification of the airport's altitude warning system that prevented it from detecting aircraft below a minimum safe altitude.
227January 8, 19961996 Air Africa Antonov An-32 crashAntonov An-32BAn Antonov An-32B aircraft with six crew members on board overshot the runway at N'Dolo Airport, , Democratic Republic of Congo, and crashed into a market place. Four on board survived but 225 people on the ground were killed and an estimated 500 were injured (estimated 253 seriously injured). It is the crash with the most non-passenger ground fatalities (not including 9/11). It is usually known as the 1996 Air Africa crash.
225May 25, 2002China Airlines Flight 611Boeing 747-209BChina Airlines Flight 611 bound for Hong Kong International Airport in , disintegrated in mid-air and crashed into the 20 minutes after takeoff from Chiang Kai-shek International Airport (now Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport) in Taiwan. It was determined that the crash, which killed all 206 passengers and 19 crew members aboard the plane, was caused by improper repairs to the aircraft 22 years earlier when the aircraft encountered a .
224October 31, 2015Metrojet Flight 9268Airbus A321-231Metrojet Flight 9268 crashed in the after departing Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport, Egypt, en route to , , Russia. All 224 occupants on board were killed. A branch of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claimed responsibility for bringing down the jet, and a Russian investigation concluded that a bomb was detonated inside the plane at a high altitude.
223May 26, 1991Lauda Air Flight 004Boeing 767-3Z9ERLauda Air Flight 004 broke up in midair over a remote area of Thailand due to an uncommanded deployment of a on one of the plane's engines, killing all 223 occupants aboard. The flight, which originated at Kai Tak Airport, Hong Kong, and made a stopover at Don Mueang International Airport in , Thailand, was en route to Vienna International Airport, , Austria, when the accident occurred.
217October 31, 1999EgyptAir Flight 990Boeing 767-366EREgyptAir Flight 990 flying from Los Angeles International Airport, United States, to Cairo International Airport, Egypt, with a stop at John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York City, crashed into the south of , , killing all 217 occupants onboard. The National Transportation Safety Board determined that the probable cause of the crash was deliberate action by the relief first officer in response to his removal from international service within , a finding disputed by Egyptian authorities who maintain another cause of the accident.
213January 1, 1978Air India Flight 855Boeing 747-237BAir India Flight 855 crashed into the just off the coast of , India, killing all 213 occupants on board. An investigation concluded that the captain became disoriented after the failure of one of the flight instruments in the cockpit, leading to "irrational control inputs" that caused the plane to crash.
202February 16, 1998China Airlines Flight 676Airbus A300B4-622RChina Airlines Flight 676 en route from Ngurah Rai Airport in , Indonesia, to Chiang Kai-shek International Airport (now Taoyuan International Airport), Taiwan, crashed into a road and residential neighborhood in Taoyuan, Taiwan, killing 182 passengers, 14 crew, and six people on the ground. An investigation determined that when the control tower ordered the pilot to abort his landing and "go around" for a second attempt, the pilot, who had unintentionally released the plane's autopilot, did nothing to take control of the plane for 11 seconds as he apparently thought the autopilot would initiate the go around. As the aircraft approached the airport, the pilot executed a sudden steep ascent that produced a stall and crash. was also criticized for "insufficient training".
200July 10, 1985Aeroflot Flight 7425Tupolev Tu-154B-2Aeroflot Flight 7425 on a domestic –– route, crashed near , , , on the first leg of its route. All 200 occupants onboard were killed. An investigation concluded that the plane went down due to pilot error. The air crew used an inappropriately low airspeed, causing vibrations that they incorrectly interpreted as engine surges. As a result, they further reduced engine power, causing the aircraft to stall and crash.

Safety
In over one hundred years of implementation, aviation safety has improved considerably. In modern times, two major manufacturers still produce heavy passenger aircraft for the civilian market: in the United States, and the European company . Both of these manufacturers place a huge emphasis on the use of aviation safety equipment, now a billion-dollar industry in its own right; safety is a key selling point for these companies, as they recognize that a poor safety record in the aviation industry is a threat to corporate survival.

Some major safety devices now required in commercial aircraft are:

  • Evacuation slides, to aid rapid passenger exit from an aircraft in an emergency situation
  • Advanced , incorporating computerized auto-recovery and alert systems
  • with improved durability and failure containment mechanisms
  • that can be lowered even after loss of power and hydraulics

Measured on a passenger-distance calculation, air travel is the safest form of transportation available: Figures mentioned are the ones shared by the air industry when quoting air safety statistics. A typical statement, e.g., by the BBC: "UK airline operations are among the safest anywhere. When compared against all other modes of transport on a fatality per mile basis, air transport is the safest – six times safer than travelling by car and twice as safe as rail." When measured by fatalities per person transported, however, are the safest form of transportation. The number of air travel fatalities per person are surpassed only by bicycles and motorcycles. This statistic is used by the insurance industry when calculating insurance rates for air travel.

For every billion kilometers traveled, trains have a fatality rate that is 12 times higher than that of air travel, and the fatality rate for automobiles is 62 times greater than for air travel. By contrast, for every billion taken, buses are the safest form of transportation; using this measure, air travel is three times more dangerous than car transportation, and almost 30 times more dangerous than travelling by bus. The website attributes the source as an October 2000 article by editor Roger Ford in the magazine and based on an unidentified DETR survey.

A 2007 study by Popular Mechanics magazine found that passengers sitting at the back of an aeroplane are 40% more likely to survive a crash than those sitting at the front. The article quotes Boeing, the FAA, and a website on aircraft safety, all of which claim that there is no "safest" seat. The study examined 20 crashes, not taking into account the developments in safety after those accidents. However, a flight data recorder is usually mounted in the aircraft's (tail section) where it is more likely to survive a severe crash.

Between 1983 and 2000, the survival rate for people in U.S. plane crashes was greater than 95 percent.

Global Aeronautical Distress and Safety System
In an effort to prevent incidents such as the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, a new standard has been issued requiring all commercial aircraft to report their position every 15 minutes to air traffic controllers regardless of the country of origin. Introduced in 2016 by the , the regulation has no initial requirement for any new aircraft equipment to be fitted. The standard is part of a long-term plan, called the Global Aeronautical Distress and Safety System (GADSS), which will require new aircraft to be equipped with data broadcast systems that are in constant contact with air traffic controllers. The GADSS is similar to the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) used for maritime safety.

Aviation Safety Reporting System
The Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS) collects voluntarily submitted aviation safety incident/situation reports from pilots, controllers and others. The ASRS uses reports to identify system deficiencies, issue alert messages, and produce two publications, CALLBACK, and ASRS Directline. The collected information is made available to the public, and is used by the FAA, NASA and other organizations working in research and flight safety.

Statistics
Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives (B3A)
The Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives (B3A), formerly known as the Aircraft Crashes Record Office (ACRO), a non-government organization based in , Switzerland, compiles statistics on aviation accidents of aircraft capable of carrying more than six passengers, excluding helicopters, balloons, and combat aircraft. ACRO only considers crashes in which the aircraft has suffered such damage that it is removed from service, which will further reduce the statistics for incidents and fatalities compared to some other data. The total fatalities due to aviation accidents since 1970 are 83,772. The total number of incidents are 11,164.

According to ACRO, recent years have been considerably safer for aviation, with fewer than 170 incidents every year between 2009 and 2017, compared to as many as 226 as recently as 1998.

The annual fatalities figure is less than 1,000 for ten of the fourteen years between 2007 and 2020, the year 2017 experiencing the lowest number of fatalities, at 399, since the end of World War II.

2014 included the disappearance of flight MH370 over the and the shootdown of flight MH17 as part of the war in Donbas. The total number of fatalities in 2014 was 869 more than in 2013.

Deaths and incidents in the world per year according to ACRO and Bureau of Aircraft Accident Archives data, :

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271
344
333
270
316
277
340
356
328
325
272
250
238
234
261
238
277
254
265
261
240
266
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266
251
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225
221
198
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201
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194
192
169
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163
162
154
156
138
122
123
102
101
113
125
90
113
100
82
30
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(Data have significantly changed since November 2015 after a major upgrade to the death rate and crash rate web pages. Death rate page as it appeared on November 4, 2015. Crash rate page as it appeared on November 4, 2015. This may reflect a change between a static and dynamic web page, where data were made to be automatically updated based on the incidents in their .)

Annual Aviation Safety Review (EASA)
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is tasked by Article 15(4) of Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of February 20, 2008, to provide an annual review of aviation safety.

The Annual Safety Review presents statistics on European and worldwide civil aviation safety. Statistics are grouped according to type of operation, for instance, commercial air transport, and aircraft category, such as aeroplanes, helicopters, gliders, etc. The Agency has access to accident and statistical information collected by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). States are required, according to ICAO Annex 13, on Aircraft Accident and Incident Investigation, to report to ICAO information, on accidents and serious incidents to aircraft with a maximum certificated take-off mass (MTOM) over 2250 kg. Therefore, most statistics in this review concern aircraft above this mass. In addition to the ICAO data, a request was made to the EASA Member States to obtain light aircraft accident data. Furthermore, data on the operation of aircraft for commercial air transport were obtained from both ICAO and the NLR Air Transport Safety Institute.

Investigation
Annex 13 of the Chicago Convention provides the international Standards And Recommended Practices that form the basis for air accident and incident investigations by signatory countries, as well as reporting and preventive measures. The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) is specifically focused on preventing accidents, rather than determining liability.

Australia
In Australia, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau is the federal government body responsible for investigating transport-related accidents and incidents, covering air, sea, and rail travel. Formerly an agency of the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, in 2010, in the interests of keeping its independence it became a stand-alone agency.

Brazil
In Brazil, the Aeronautical Accidents Investigation and Prevention Center (CENIPA) was established under the auspices of the Aeronautical Accident Investigation and Prevention Center, a Military Organization of the Brazilian Air Force (FAB). The organization is responsible for the activities of aircraft accident prevention, and investigation of civil and military aviation occurrences. Formed in 1971, and in accordance with international standards, CENIPA represented a new philosophy: investigations are conducted with the sole purpose of promoting the "prevention of aeronautical accidents".

Canada
In Canada, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB), is an independent agency responsible for the advancement of transportation safety through the investigation and reporting of accident and incident occurrences in all prevalent Canadian modes of transportation – marine, air, rail and pipeline.

China
In China, the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) is solely responsible for all air investigations and safety inside the country after the split from the formal .

Ethiopia
In Ethiopia, the Civil Aviation Accident Prevention and Investigation Bureau of the Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority (ECAA), which is an agency of the Ministry of Transport and Communications, conducts aircraft accident investigations in Ethiopia or involving Ethiopian aircraft.

France
In France, the agency responsible for investigation of civilian air crashes is the Bureau d'Enquêtes et d'Analyses pour la Sécurité de l'Aviation Civile (BEA). Its purpose is to establish the circumstances and causes of the accident and to make recommendations for their future avoidance.

Germany
In Germany, the agency for investigating air crashes is the Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Investigation (BFU). It is an agency of the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure. The focus of the BFU is to improve safety by determining the causes of accidents and serious incidents and making safety recommendations to prevent recurrence.

Hong Kong
The Air Accident Investigation Authority (AAIA) is responsible for investigating civil aviation accidents in Hong Kong, as well as those in other territories involving a Hong Kong-registered aircraft. It is led by Darren Straker, Chief Inspector of Accidents, and headquartered at Hong Kong International Airport. AAIA was established in 2018 in response to an ICAO directive instructing that member states maintain air accident investigation authorities that are independent of civil aviation authorities and related entities. Prior to 2018, accident investigation duties were held by the Civil Aviation Department's Flight Standards & Airworthiness Division and Accident Investigation Division.

India
Until May 30, 2012, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation investigated incidents involving aircraft. Since then, the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau has taken over investigation responsibilities.

Indonesia
In Indonesia, the National Transportation Safety Committee (NTSC; , KNKT) is responsible for the investigation of incidents and accidents, including air accidents. Its aim is the improvement of transportation safety, not just aviation, in Indonesia.

Italy
Created in 1999 in Italy, the Agenzia Nazionale per la Sicurezza del Volo (ANSV), has two main tasks: conducting technical investigations for civil aviation aircraft accidents and incidents, while issuing safety recommendations as appropriate; and conducting studies and surveys aimed at increasing flight safety. The organization is also responsible for establishing and maintaining the "voluntary reporting system". Although not under the supervision of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport, the ANSV is a public authority under the oversight of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers of Italy." Chi siamo." Agenzia Nazionale per la Sicurezza del Volo. Retrieved on April 6, 2014. "Per garantire la suddetta posizione di terzietà, l'ANSV è stata posta sotto la vigilanza della Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri. Si tratta quindi dell'unica istituzione aeronautica che non è sottoposta vigilanza del Ministero delle infrastrutture e dei trasporti."

Japan
The Japan Transport Safety Board investigates aviation accidents and incidents. The Aircraft Accident Investigation Commission investigated aviation accidents and incidents in Japan until October 1, 2001, when the Aircraft and Railway Accidents Investigation Commission (ARAIC) replaced it,Yasuo Sato "Activities of Japan's Aircraft and Railway Accidents Investigation Commission" ( Archive) Japan Railway & Transport Review No. 33 and the ARAIC did this function until October 1, 2008, when it merged into the JTSB." Establishment of the JTSB." () Japan Transport Safety Board. Retrieved on March 24, 2009.

Malaysia
Established in 2016, the Air Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) Malaysia is the main investigation body for aircraft accident/incident. Separate from Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia (CAAM) and Malaysian Aviation Commission (MAVCOM) that is the national aviation authority and commission that oversee aviation economy respectively. The AAIB operates from the ministry of transport headquarters in , and its laboratory situated in STRIDE, the ministry of defenses research institute. AAIB Malaysia is teamed by civilians and seconded Royal Malaysian Airforce senior officer and a group of pool investigators from Malaysia Institute of Aviation Technology

Mexico
In Mexico, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGAC) investigates aviation accidents.

Netherlands
In the Netherlands, the Dutch Safety Board ( Onderzoeksraad voor Veiligheid) is responsible for the investigation of incidents and accidents, including air accidents. Its aim is the improvement of safety in the Netherlands. Its main focus is on those situations in which civilians are dependent on the government, companies or organizations for their safety. The Board solely investigates when incidents or accidents occur and aims to draw lessons from the results of these investigations. The Safety Board is objective, impartial and independent in its judgment. The Board will always be critical towards all parties concerned.

New Zealand
In New Zealand, the Transport Accident Investigation Commission (TAIC) is responsible for the investigation of air accidents. "The Commission's purpose, as set out in its Act, is to determine the circumstances and causes of aviation, rail and maritime accidents, and incidents, with a view to avoiding similar occurrences in the future, rather than to ascribe blame to any person." The TAIC investigates with accordance with annex 13 of the and specific New Zealand legislation.

Poland
In Poland, State Commission on Aircraft Accidents Investigation (Polish: Państwowa Komisja Badania Wypadków Lotniczych, PKBWL) is responsible for investigating all civil aviation accidents and incidents occurring in the country. Headquartered in Warsaw, the commission is a division of the Ministry of Infrastructure. As of November 2022, the head of the PKBWL is Bogusław Trela.

Russia
In Russia, the Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC, MAK according to the original Russian name) is an executive body overseeing the use and management of civil aviation in the Commonwealth of Independent States. This organization investigates air accidents in the former area under the umbrella of the Air Accident Investigation Commission of the Interstate Aviation Committee. There are active discussion to dismantling the committee, and in 2020, Armenia and Russia has signed on a joint agreement establishing the International Bureau for investigating aviation accidents and serious incidents (In : Международное бюро по расследованию авиационных происшествий и серьезных инцидентов), designed to replace the committee and to act as upper body for investigation of aviation incidents and, subordinate to the . The new body has been assigned duties to investigate serious accidents and incidents in accordance with the requirements of ICAO documents, ensuring independent investigation of accidents, cooperation and interaction between the parties in relation to investigating aircraft accidents, development and use of common rules and procedures for investigating aircraft accidents.

Taiwan
In Taiwan, the Taiwan Transportation Safety Board (TTSB) is the independent government agency that is responsible for major transportation accident investigations. TTSB's predecessor was ASC, which was established in 1998. TTSB is under the administration of the Executive Yuan and independent from Civil Aviation Administration. The TTSB consisted of five to seven board members, including a chairman and a vice chairman, appointed by the Premier. The managing director of TTSB manages the day-to-day function of the organization, including accident investigations.

United Kingdom
In the United Kingdom, the agency responsible for investigation of civilian air crashes is the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) of the Department for Transport. Its purpose is to establish the circumstances and causes of the accident and to make recommendations for their future avoidance.

United States
United States civil aviation incidents are investigated by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). NTSB officials piece together evidence from the crash site to determine likely cause, or causes. The NTSB also investigates overseas incidents involving US-registered aircraft, in collaboration with local investigative authorities, especially when significant loss of American lives occurs, or when the involved aircraft is American-built.

Venezuela

In Venezuala, the organization tasked with investigating aviation accidents is the Ministry of Aquatic and Air Transport, more specifically the Directorate General for the Prevention and Investigation of Aeronautical Accidents.

Retirement of flight numbers
Out of respect for the deceased and injured, airlines commonly retire the flight number associated with a fatal crash. For example, following the shootdown of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, the flight number was changed to MH19. stopped using the flight number 350 after a fatal plane crash in Tokyo Bay. TransAsia Airways retired the flight number 235 and changed it to 2353 after a plane crash in 2015 that left 15 survivors and retired 171 and 172 after the crash of Air India Flight 171. However, that is not always the case. For example, China Southern Airlines and continued using the flight number 3456 and 14 respectively even after China Southern Airlines had a fatal accident in 1997 and a FedEx Express aircraft crashed on landing a month later. Similarly, and Singapore Airlines continued using the flight number 516 and 321 respectively, even after the Japan Airlines flight was involved in a collision in 2024 while the Singapore Airlines flight encountered severe turbulence and caused one death a few months later.

See also

By person(s) killed
  • List of fatalities from aviation accidents
  • List of heads of government and state who died in aviation accidents and incidents
  • List of aviation accidents and incidents with a sole survivor

Lists of airliner accidents
  • by year
  • by airline
  • by location
  • by death toll
  • in the United States

Types of accidents

Lists of military aircraft accidents
  • List of accidents and incidents involving the Lockheed C-130 Hercules
  • List of aviation accidents and incidents in the war in Afghanistan
  • List of aviation shootdowns and accidents during the Iraq War
  • List of aviation shootdowns and accidents during the Syrian Civil War
  • Lists of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft

Aviation safety

Aviation authorities
  • Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil (ANAC, Brazil)
  • Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC, China)
  • Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand (CAA, NZ)
  • Civil Aviation Authority (United Kingdom) (CAA, UK)
  • Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA, Australia)
  • Directorate General for Civil Aviation (France) (DGAC, France)
  • Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA, India)
  • European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA)
  • Federal Aviation Administration (FAA, United States)
  • International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
  • Italian Civil Aviation Authority (ENAC, Italy)
  • Luftfahrt-Bundesamt (LBA, Germany)
  • Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (CAA, Pakistan)
  • (TC, Canada)

Other
  • Accident analysis
  • Aircraft hijacking
  • Flight 191 (disambiguation)
  • Flight 901 (disambiguation)
  • List of air show accidents and incidents in the 20th century
  • List of news aircraft accidents and incidents
  • List of spaceflight-related accidents and incidents
  • Civil aviation authority
  • Skydiving regulation in the United States
  • Talk-down aircraft landing

Notes
Bibliography
  • KLu Crash Archief; Ongevallenfoto's 1945 – 1965, 'Flash Aviation', 2003.
  • KLu Crash Archief 2; Ongevallenfoto's 1964 – 1974, 'Flash Aviation', 2004.
  • BLu Crash Archief; Ongevallenfoto's 1945 – 1965, 'Flash Aviation', 2004.
  • USAF & NATO Report RTO-TR-015 AC/323/(HFM-015)/TP-1 (2001).

Further reading
  • Airbus Industrie. Commercial Aviation Accidents, 1958–2014: A Statistical Analysis. Blagnac Cedex, France: Airbus, 2015 13p.
  • Bordoni, Antonio. Airlife's Register Of Aircraft Accidents: Facts, Statistics and Analysis of Civil Accidents since 1951. Shrewsbury: Airlife, 1997 401p.
  • S A Cullen MD FRCPath FRAeS. " Injuries in Fatal Aircraft Accidents " ( Archive). .

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