IATA: One of the safest years ever for flying
Despite recent events with Boeing Max aircraft, air travel is getting safer, according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA) which released its 2023 Annual Safety Report for global aviation.
There were several 2023 parameters showing ‘best-ever’ results for aviation safety.
There were no hull losses or fatal accidents involving passenger jet aircraft in 2023.
However, there was one fatal accident involving a turboprop aircraft, resulting in 72 deaths.
There were 37 million aircraft segments in 2023 (both jet and turboprop), which is an increase of 17% on 2022.
The accident rate for all aircraft types was one accident for every 1.26 million flights, the lowest rate in over a decade.
This rate outperformed the five-year (2019-2023) rolling average of one accident for every 880,293 flights.
IATA member airlines and IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) registered airlines experienced no fatal accidents in 2023.
A single fatal accident occurred last year, on a turboprop aircraft, resulting in 72 fatalities.
There were five fatal accidents in 2022.
“Safety performance continues to demonstrate that flying is the safest mode of transport. Aviation places its highest priority on safety and that shows in the 2023 performance,” said Willie Walsh, IATA’s Director General.
“2023 also saw the lowest fatality risk and ‘all accident’ rate on record.”
In North America the largest proportion of accidents in 2023 were related to landing gear collapses.
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