The world’s commercial airlines suffered 68 accidents in 2015, four of which resulted in passenger fatalities, according to preliminary statistics released by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) in mid-February (Figure 1). These air carriers operated 37.6 million flights — 31.4 million with jets and 6.2 million with turboprop airplanes — in 2015 and carried approximately 3.5 billion passengers, IATA said.
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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Boeing statistics show the number of accidents increased in 2021 over the previous year, but fatal accidents and fatalities declined.
