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.
Scheduled commercial flights were involved in five fatal accidents in 2017 — the lowest number…
Data show cargo crash fatalities accounted for 63 percent of all commercial airline deaths.
