Each year the safety data for airline travel aboard commercial aircraft weighing more than 12,500 pounds just keeps getting better in the United States according to the International Air Transport Association. There hasn’t been a major U.S. airline accident in years. Worth noting is that last weekend’s AtlasAir Boeing 767 crash near Houston that claimed the lives of the three crewmembers aboard would not be counted in these IATA statistics because Atlas does not carry passengers.
IATA Releases 2018 Airline Safety Performance
Key Takeaways:
- U.S. commercial airline safety continues to improve with no major passenger accidents in years, reflecting a broader trend that "flying is safe and getting safer."
- Globally, 2018 saw 4.3 billion passengers fly with an accident rate of 1.35 per million flights, an improvement over the previous five-year average, though it marked a decline compared to 2017's record-setting safety year (with 11 accidents and 523 fatalities compared to 1 accident in 2017).
- Regional improvements were notable, with Sub-Saharan Africa achieving its third consecutive year of zero jet hull losses and fatalities, while IATA actively works on new initiatives like "Turbulence Aware" to further enhance safety.
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