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FATAL ACCIDENTS EVENTS & EVENT RATES
BY AIRLINE SINCE 1970
United States and Canada
Rate
Events
Flights
Last Event
0.63 3
4.75M 1983
5.88 1
0.17M 1996
0.74 3
4.05M 2000
0.49 1
1.34M 1989
0.00 0
2.30M N/A
0.53 9
17.0M 1999
0.00 0
0.33M N/A
0.00 0
UNK N/A
0.63 5
8.0M 1997
0.30 6
20.0M 1997
0.00 0
0.33M N/A
0.00 0
0.08M N/A
3.85 1
0.26M 1985
0.43 4
9.2M 1993
0.00 0
9.50M N/A
0.00 0
0.03M N/A
0.74 6
8.10M 1996
0.50 9
18.0M 1997
0.56 8
14.3M 1994
Latin America and the Caribbean
Rate
Events
Flights
Last Event
1.20 2
1.67M 1992
1.85 4
2.16M 1986
16.7 2
0.12M 1996
0.00 0
0.29M N/A
UNK 4
UNK 1997
3.15 4
1.27M 1990
0.00 0
0.45M N/A
24.0 8
0.33M 1999(2)
4.0 2
0.50M 1991
0.53 1
1.90M 1986
0.00 0
0.25M N/A
2.86 0
0.35M 1999
2.35 2
0.85M 1980
8.33 5
0.60M 1997
3.24 6
1.85M 1986
1.22 3
2.45M 1989
Europe
Rate
Events
Flights
Last Event
0.00 0
1.20M N/A
1.02 7
5.90M 2000
UNK 17
UNK 1997
0.77 3
3.90M 1990
0.00 0
0.75M N/A
0.74 1
1.35M 1972
0.32 2
6.35M 1985
0.97 1
1.03M 1989
0.00 0
1.70M N/A
0.89 4
4.50M 1985
0.00 0
0.39M N/A
0.41 3
7.30M 1993
1.25 3
2.40M 1994
1.67 3
1.80M 1989
0.00 0
1.60M N/A
0.00 0
5.40M N/A
1.25 4
3.20M 2000
1.18 1
0.85M 1977
7.3 8
1.10M 1994
0.00 0
0.05M N/A
Africa and Middle East
Rate
Events
Flights
Last Event
3.33 1
0.30M 1987
12.5 2
0.16M 1979
8.0 6
0.75M 1999
0.00 0
0.34M N/A
0.00 0
N/A N/A
4.00 2
0.50M 1996
UNK 1
UNK 1983
2.5 2
0.80M 1988
3.0 0
0.33M 2000
0.00 0
0.35M N/A
5.00 3
0.60M 1995
1.54 1
0.65M 1994
8.82 3
0.34M 1979
1.40 3
2.15M 1996
0.63 1
1.60M 1987
0.00 0
0.30M N/A
Asia and Australasia
Rate
Events
Flights
Last Event
0.00 0
UNK N/A
UNK 14
UNK 1999
6.82 3
0.44M 1985
0.74 1
1.35M 1979
0.22 1
4.64M 1971
0.00 0
UNK N/A
UNK 1
UNK 1995
1.85 1
0.54M 1993
1.45 1
0.69M 1972
China Airlines (Taiwan)
10.0 9
0.90M 1999
0.00 0
UNK N/A
4.08 8
1.96M 1997
4.80 12
2.50M 1999
2.05 5
2.44M 1985
0.00 0
UNK N/A
5.38 7
1.30M 1997
1.11 2
1.80M 1995
5.00 7
1.40M 1992
4.68 8
1.71M 1994
0.00 0
1.02M N/A
1.00 1
1.00M 1997
UNK 3
UNK 1987
1.90 2
1.05M 1998
Details on Data and Method
Fatal events: Those events during a where at least one passenger was killed during some portion of a passenger flight or where at least one passenger was injured during the flight and subsequently died. The fatal event may be due to an accident or due to a deliberate act by another passenger, a crew member, or by one or more persons not on the aircraft.
Passenger Flight: A scheduled or unscheduled flight on an aircraft that is operated by an airline where the general public has an opportunity to be a passenger.
Included Fatal Events: An event was included with a specific airline or airline grouping if the event was associated with a flight operated by the airline or in association with another airline. An associated airline flight includes flights by subsidiaries of an airline or flights performed on behalf of an airline by another airline.
Method: For each airline or airline group, the number of fatal events was divided by the estimated number of flights to determine the estimated fatal event rate. The estimated total flights for each airline are for the period 1970 to September 1997 or from the airline's inception to September 1997 for those airlines started after 1970.
Other Definitions: In the chart, M means a million, so a figure like 0.44M in the flights column refers to 0.44 million flights or 440,000 flights.
Data Sources: Sources of fatal event and airline flight data include Flight International, Conde Nast Traveler, the New York Times, ICAO, and the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board.
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