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May 9, 2008

World-Wide Accident Stats: Half of All Incidents Occur During Landings

Filed under: Travel Safety, Airlines — Rick Seaney @ 11:31 am

The International Air Transport Association (IATA — its members represent 94% of international air traffic) said this week that about half of all airline accidents last year took place during landings.

There were 100 accidents last year, with 692 fatalities (that’s down from 2006, when there were 855). According to the IATA, “many of those accidents could have been avoided if pilots made a second attempt at the runway, or if obstacles on the ground were properly cleared.” The worst crashes were in Brazil, Indonesia, and Africa.

There were NO commercial airliner fatalities in the U.S. last year.
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1 Comment »

  1. Talk about crashing on landing Rick: I still have the boarding pass from Thai Airways Flight 311, 7/31/92, which crashed on approach to Kathmandu, Nepal, killing all 113 on board. At the last minute I changed my reservation and flew a day earlier.

    Also survived a foamed runway landing with a broken landing gear in Cork, Ireland. So landings make me nervous.

    Thanks for reminding me.

    Aloha, Jeff
    http://beatofhawaii.com

    Comment by beatofhawaii.com — May 9, 2008 @ 1:31 pm

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