After a year without onboard fatalities, data show four fatal commercial jet accidents in 2016.
Three fatal accidents involving the Western-built worldwide commercial jet fleet1 killed 138 passengers and crewmembers — and a fourth crash killed one person on the ground — in 2016, one year after no onboard fatalities were reported, according to data from Boeing Commercial Airplanes.
IATA saw declines in fatal commercial aviation accidents and fatality risk in 2022, an increase in total accidents and, over the decade, a 48 percent improvement in the accident rate.
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The FAA has rejected Republic Airways’ request for an exemption to the 1,500-hour rule.
Boeing statistics show the number of accidents increased in 2021 over the previous year, but fatal accidents and fatalities declined.
