Data show one part of the world was free of aviation accidents in 2020, but others saw totals above recent 5-year averages.
Accident numbers and rates varied widely around the world in 2020, with commercial air transport operators based in North Asia going accident-free while North American operators were involved in more accidents than any other region and African operators recorded the highest accident rate, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) says.
IATA data show many measures of safety improved in 2021, including the lack of runway excursion accidents.
ALEXANDRIA, Virginia — Runway excursions, loss of control‒in flight and controlled flight into terrain accounted for nearly 30 percent of all airliner accidents in 2021, according to Flight Safety Foundation’s…
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The pandemic did not make general aviation any less safe than it had been before, a study of U.S. accidents says.
