1959 

Statistical

Summary of

Commercial Jet

Airplane Accidents

Worldwide Operations

1959 - 2011

Com

Introduction 

Definitions Boeing Terms Exclusions Referenced ICAO and NTSB Definitions 2011 Airplane Accidents Departures, Flight Hours, and Jet Airplanes in Service Accident Summary by Type of Operation Accident Summary by Injury and Damage Accident Rates and Onboard Fatalities by Year U.S. and Canadian Operators Accident Rates By Year 10-Year Accident Rates by Type of Operation Accident Rates by Airplane Type Fatal Accidents and Onboard Fatalities by Phase of Flight CAST/ICAO Common Taxonomy Team (CICTT) Aviation Occurrence Categories Fatalities by CAST/ICAO Common Taxonomy Team (CICTT) Aviation Occurrence Categories Notes Published by:

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Contents

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Introduction

The accident statistics presented in this summary are confined to worldwide commercial jet airplanes that are hepounds maximum gross weight. Within that set of airplanes, there are two groups excluded:

1) Airplanes manufactured in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) or the Union of Soviet Social

are excluded because of the lack of operational data; and

2) Commercial airplanes operated in military service. (However, if a military-owned commercial jet transpo

commercial service, those data will be included in this summary.)

The following airplanes are included in the statistics:

717 DC-8 A300 BAe 146 F-28 Concorde L-1011 BAC 707/720 DC-9 A300-600 Avro RJ-70/-85/-100 F-70 727 DC-10/MD-10 A310 CRJ-700/-900/-1000 F-100 737 MD-11 A320/321/319/318 EMB-170/-190 747 MD-80/-90 A330 

757 A340 767 A380777787

Flight operations data for Boeing airplanes are developed internally from airline operator reports. Flight operatio

Boeing airplanes are compiled from www.ascendworldwide.com, by Ascend. The source of jet airplane inventorInformation Services, Inc.Accident data are obtained, when available, from government accident reports. Otherwise, information is from omanufacturers, various government and private information services, and press accounts.Readers may note that cumulative accident totals from year to year may not exactly correlate with the expected previous year’s accidents. This is a result of periodic audits of the entire accident history for updates to the data.Definitions related to development of statistics in this summary are primarily based on corresponding Internation

Organization (ICAO), National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), and Flight Safety Foundation (FSF) terms, asection.

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Definitions

Airplane Accident: An occurrence associated with the operation of an airplane that takes place between the tithe airplane with the intention of flight and such time as all such persons have disembarked, in which:

• Death or serious injury results from:

– Being in the airplane; or– Direct contact with the airplane or anything attached thereto; or– Direct exposure to jet blast; 

Excluding:

 Fatal and nonfatal injuries from natural causes; and Fatal and nonfatal self-inflicted injuries or injuries inflicted by other persons; and Fatal and nonfatal injuries of stowaways hiding outside the areas normally available to the passenger Nonfatal injuries resulting from atmospheric turbulence, maneuvering, loose objects, boarding, disem

evacuation, and maintenance and servicing; and 

 Nonfatal injuries to persons not aboard the airplane; or

• The airplane sustains substantial damage; or• The airplane is missing or is completely inaccessible.

The following occurrences are not considered airplane accidents – those that are the result of experimental te

result of a hostile action, including sabotage, hijacking, terrorism, and military action.

Note: This is generally consistent with the ICAO and the NTSB definition of an accident (see the ReferencDefinitions section). The differences are: 

1) The ICAO and NTSB references to “aircraft” were changed to “airplane” and references to propelle

eliminated; and 

2) This publication excludes events that result in nonfatal injuries from atmospheric turbulence, maneu

nonfatal injuries to persons not aboard the airplane; and any events that result from an experimenthostile action, such as sabotage, hijacking, terrorism, and military action. 

Note: Within this publication, the term “accident” is used interchangeably with “airplane accident.”

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Definitions (continued)

Destroyed: The estimated or likely cost of repairs would have exceeded 50 percent of the new value of the airin production at the time of the accident.

Note: This definition is consistent with the FSF definition. NTSB defines “destroyed” as damaged due to imin-flight failures to an extent not economically repairable.

Fatal Injury: Any injury that results in death within 30 days of the accident.

Note: This is consistent with both the ICAO and the NTSB definitions.

Major Accident: An accident in which any of three conditions is met:

• The airplane was destroyed; or• There were multiple fatalities; or• There was one fatality and the airplane was substantially damaged.

Note: This definition is consistent with the NTSB definition. It also is generally consistent with FSF, excep

specifies that fatalities include only occupants of the airplane. ICAO does not normally define the term “ma

Serious Injury: An injury which is sustained by a person in an accident and which:

• Requires hospitalization for more than 48 hours, commencing within seven days from the date the injury w• Results in a fracture of any bone (except simple fractures of fingers, toes, or nose); or• Involves lacerations which cause severe hemorrhage, nerve, muscle, or tendon damage; or• Involves injury to any internal organ; or• Involves second- or third-degree burns, or any burns affecting more than 5 percent of the body surface; o• Involves verified exposure to infectious substances or injurious radiation.Note: This is consistent with the ICAO definition. It is also consistent with NTSB’s except for the last bullet included in the NTSB definition.

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Definitions (continued)

Substantial Damage: Damage or failure which adversely affects the structural strength, performance, or flight airplane, and which would normally require major repair or replacement of the affected component.Substantial damage is not considered to be:

• Engine failure or damage limited to an engine 

if only one engine fails or is damaged

• Bent fairings or cowlings• Dents in the skin• Small puncture holes in the skinNote 1. – This is generally consistent with the NTSB definition of substantial damage except: 1) It deletes r

holes in the fabric” and “ground damage to rotor or propeller blades”; and 2) It deletes “damage to landing gnot considered to be substantial damage. Note 2. – ICAO does not define the term substantial damage. Still, the above definition is generally consistdefinition of structural damage contained within part (b) of the ICAO accident definition.

• Damage to wheels• Damage to tires• Damage to flaps• Damage to engine accessories• Damage to brakes• Damage to wingtips

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Boeing Terms

The terms on this page were created by Boeing for this publication and do not have corresponding equNTSB, etc.Accident Rates: In general, this expression is a measure of accidents per million departures. Departures (or fused as the basis for calculating rates, since there is a stronger statistical correlation between accidents and deis between accidents and flight hours, or between accidents and the number of airplanes in service, or between passenger miles or freight miles. Airplane departures data are continually updated and revised as new informaprocesses become available. These form the baseline for the measure of accident rates and, as a consequencbetween editions of this publication.Airplane Collisions: Events involving two or more airplanes are counted as separate events, one for each airdestruction of two airplanes in a collision is considered to be two separate accidents.Fatal Accident: An accident that results in fatal injury.Hull Loss: Airplane totally destroyed or damaged and not repaired. Hull loss also includes but is not limited to 

• The airplane is missing; or• The search for the wreckage has been terminated without it being located; or• The airplane is completely inaccessible.

Note: Neither ICAO nor NTSB has a definition for hull loss.

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Exclusions

Certain airplanes and events are excluded from consideration as accidents in this summary. This is a cexclusions.Excluded AirplanesAirplanes manufactured in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) or the Union of Soviet Socialist Repexcluded because of the lack of operational data. Commercial airplanes operated in military service are also exa military-owned commercial jet transport is used for civilian commercial service, those data are included in this Excluded Events 

• Fatal and nonfatal injuries from natural causes;• Fatal and nonfatal self-inflicted injuries or injuries inflicted by other persons;• Fatal and nonfatal injuries of stowaways hiding outside the areas normally available to the passengers an• Nonfatal injuries resulting from atmospheric turbulence, maneuvering, loose objects, boarding, disembark

and maintenance and servicing;

• Nonfatal injuries to persons not aboard the airplane;• Experimental test flights (however, maintenance test flights, ferry, positioning, training, and demonstration 

not excluded);

• Sabotage, hijacking, terrorism, and military action.

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Referenced ICAO and NTSB Definitions

International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) definibelow for reference.AccidentICAO defines an accident as follows:

An occurrence associated with the operation of an aircraft which takes place between the time any person boarthe intention of flight until such time as all such persons have disembarked, in which:

a) A person is fatally or seriously injured as a result of:

• Being in the aircraft, or• Direct contact with any part of the aircraft, including parts which have become detached from the airc• Direct exposure to jet blast,except when the injuries are from natural causes, self-inflicted or inflicted by other persons, or when the stowaways hiding outside the areas normally available to the passengers and crew; or

b) The aircraft sustains damage or structural failure which:

• Adversely affects the structural strength, performance, or flight characteristics of the aircraft, and• Would normally require major repair or replacement of the affected component,except for engine failure or damage, when the damage is limited to the engine, its cowlings or accessori

limited to propellers, wing tips, antennas, tires, brakes, fairings, small dents or puncture holes in the airc

c) The aircraft is missing or is completely inaccessible.

NTSB defines an aircraft accident as follows:Aircraft accident means an occurrence associated with the operation of an aircraft which takes place between th

boards the aircraft with the intention of flight and all such persons have disembarked, and in which any person sserious injury, or in which the aircraft receives substantial damage.

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Referenced ICAO and NTSB Definitions (continu

Serious InjuryICAO defines serious injury as follows:

An injury which is sustained by a person in an accident and which:

a) Requires hospitalization for more than 48 hours, commencing within seven days from the date the injurb) Results in a fracture of any bone (except simple fractures of fingers, toes, or nose); orc) Involves lacerations which cause severe hemorrhage, nerve, muscle, or tendon damage; ord) Involves injury to any internal organ; ore) Involves second or third degree burns, or any burns affecting more than 5 percent of the body surface; f) Involves verified exposure to infectious substances or injurious radiation.

NTSB defines serious injury as follows:

Serious injury means any injury which: 

1) Requires hospitalization for more than 48 hours, commencing within 7 days from the date the injury wa2) Results in a fracture of any bone (except simple fractures of fingers, toes, or nose); 3) Causes severe hemorrhages, nerve, muscle, or tendon damage; 4) Involves any internal organ; or 5) Involves second- or third-degree burns, or any burns affecting more than 5 percent of the body surface

Substantial DamageNTSB defines substantial damage as follows:

Damage or failure that adversely affects the structural strength, performance, or flight characteristics of the aircnormally require major repair or replacement of the affected component. Engine failure or damage limited to an engine fails or is damaged, bent fairings or cowling, dented skin, small puncture holes in the skin or fabric, grou

or propeller blades, and damage to landing gear, wheels, tires, flaps, engine accessories, brakes, or wingtips a“substantial damage.”ICAO does not define the term substantial damage.

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2011 Airplane Accidents

All Accidents – Worldwide Commercial Jet Fleet

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Event

Date

Airline Model

(Age in

Years)

Type of

Operation

Accident

Location

Phase 

of Flight

Event Description Damage

Category

Hull

Loss

In

Cate

3-Jan-11 American

Airlines

737-800

(< 1)

Sched

Pax

Los Angeles,USA

Takeoff The airplane sustained a tail strike during takeoff. The flight continued 

to its destination, landing safely. There were no injuries.

Substantial

9-Jan-11 Iran Air 727

(36)

Sched

Pax

(near)Urumiyeh,Iran

Final

Approach

The airplane crashed in a field approximately 9 NM southeast of the airport while executing a missed approach at night in poor weather.

Destroyed X Fa

10-Jan-11 AirAsia A320

(3)

Sched

Pax

Kuching,Malaysia

Landing The airplane lost directional control during the landing roll, veering off 

the side of the runway, where the nose landing gear collapsed. There were several minor injuries.

Substantial

10-Jan-11 Africa

CharterAirline

737-200

(30)

Ferry Hoedspruit,

South Africa

Taxi The airplane was being powered backwards when it rolled off the side 

of the taxiway, coming to rest part way down a steep embankment. There were no injuries.

Substantial X

13-Jan-11 American

Airlines

757

(14)

Sched

Pax

Los Angeles,USA

Takeoff The airplane sustained a tail strike during takeoff, leveled off, and 

returned to the departure airport, landing safely. There were no injuries.

Substantial

16-Feb-11 Saudi

ArabianAirlines

747-300

(24)

Sched

Pax

Madinah,Saudi Arabia

Landing During landing, the airplane veered off the side of the runway. The left 

main landing gear was damaged and both left engines contacted the 

ground. There were no injuries.

Substantial X

24-Feb-11 US Airways ERJ190

(3)

Sched

Pax

New York,USA

Landing During the landing roll, the aft galley cart rolled forward due to improper 

latching, striking a passenger's ankle.

Se

27-Mar-11 Hapag-Lloyd

Flug

737-800

(11)

Sched

Pax

Tenerife,Spain

Takeoff The airplane rejected the takeoff after the tail contacted the runway. 

There were no injuries.

Substantial

30-Mar-11 Northern Air

Cargo

737-300

(23)

Ferry Dayton,

USA

Initial

Climb

While departing on a positioning flight, an unsecured pallet jack in the otherwise empty cargo hold struck and fractured a structural frame. There were no injuries.

Substantial

11-Apr-11 Comair CRJ700

(7)

Sched

Pax

New York,USA

Taxi The airplane was holding while waiting to taxi onto its stand when the 

left wingtip of a taxiing A380 struck its vertical stabilizer. The impact force swung the airplane about 90 degrees. There were no injuries.

Substantial

13-Apr-11 Air France A330

(9)

Sched

Pax

Caracas,Venezuela

Landing The airplane sustained a hard landing in poor weather and gusty winds. 

There were no injuries.

Substantial

17-Apr-11 China Cargo 777

(<1)

Sched

Cargo

Copenhagen,Denmark

Landing After making a hard, bounced landing, the crew elected to go around. 

During the takeoff, the airplane was damaged by a tail strike. There were no injuries.

Substantial

6-May-11 Continental

Airlines

737-800

(12)

Ferry Greenville,

USA

Taxi During taxi, a portion of the concrete tarmac collapsed under the left 

main landing gear due to a large sinkhole. Both the landing gear and the left engine were damaged. There were no injuries.

Substantial
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Event

Date

Airline Model

(Age in

Years)

Type of

Operation

Accident

Location

Phase 

of Flight

Event Description Damage

Category

Hull

Loss

In

Cat

18-May-11 Omega Air 

Inc.

707

(42)

Charter 

Cargo

Point Mugu NAS,USA

Initial

Climb

Just after liftoff, the left inboard engine and pylon separated from the wing and struck the left outboard engine. The crew aborted the flight and touched down on the runway. The airplane departed the side of the runway and stopped in an estuary. It was destroyed by impact and postcrash fire. Three crew members sustained minor evacuation injuries.

Destroyed X 

28-May-11 SBA

Airlines

767

(20)

Sched

Pax

Caracas,Venezuela

Landing The airplane sustained damage during a hard landing. There were no 

injuries.

Substantial

25-Jun-11 Malev

HungarianAirlines

737-800

(8)

Sched

Pax

Heraklion,Greece

Landing The airplane sustained damage from a tail strike on landing. There 

were no injuries.

Substantial

8-Jul-11 Hewa Bora 

Airways 

727

(46)

Sched

Pax

Kisangani,Congo DR

Final

Approach

The airplane crashed short of the runway while on final approach. The airplane broke up and caught fire. The accident happened in daylight, but in heavy weather and reduced visibility.

Destroyed X F

14-Jul-11 Delta

Connection

CRJ 900

(2)

Sched

Pax

Boston,USA

Taxi The airplane was holding for departure when the winglet of a taxiing 767 

contacted the vertical and horizontal stabilizers. There were no injuries.

Substantial

28-Jul-11 Asiana

Airlines

747-400

(5)

Sched

Cargo

East China Seanear Jeju Island,South Korea

Cruise After reporting a cargo fire and the need to divert, the airplane 

disappeared from radar contact while descending. It was found to have crashed in the East China Sea.

Destroyed X F

29-Jul-11 Egyptair 777

(14)

Sched

Pax

Cairo,Egypt

Load

/Unload

While parked at the gate, preparing for departure, the airplane's flight crew ordered an evacuation of the airplane due to smoke and fire on the flight deck. All passengers and crew evacuated through the jetways, which were still in place. There were several minor injuries to fire fighters.

Substantial X

30-Jul-11 Caribbean

AirlinesLimited

737-800

(4)

Sched

Pax

Georgetown,Guyana

Landing After touching down, the airplane skidded off the end of the runway, ran 

through a perimeter fence, and broke in two.

Destroyed X Se

20-Aug-11 First Air 737-200

(36)

Charter

Pax

ResoluteBay,Canada

Final

Approach

The airplane broke apart when it impacted a small hill while on landing approach in reduced visibilty. The last Air Traffic Control contact was reportedly a normal call approximately 8 km from the airport.

Destroyed X F

29-Aug-11 Gulf Air A320

(1)

Sched

Pax

Cochin,India

Landing On final approach, the airplane encountered heavy rain and gusty 

winds. On touchdown, the airplane veered off the side of the runway onto the grass and came to rest with its nose landing gear collapsed.

Substantial Se

2-Sep-11 Turkish

Airlines

A340

(15)

Sched

Pax

Mumbai,India

Landing After landing, the airplane veered off the side of the runway onto soft 

ground as it exited the runway via high speed taxiway. There were no injuries.

Substantial
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Event

Date

Airline Model

(Age in

Years)

Type of

Operation

Accident

Location

Phase 

of Flight

Event Description Damage

Category

Hull

Loss

Inju

Cate

3-Sep-11 Mahan Air A300-600

(21)

Sched

Pax

Mashad,Iran

Landing After a hard landing that burst a nose wheel tire, the airplane veered off 

the runway where the nose landing gear collapsed.

Substantial Seri

16-Sep-11 TAME EMB 190

(5)

Sched

Pax

Quito,Ecuador

Landing The airplane overran the runway on landing, struck a localizer antenna 

and came to rest after impacting the airport perimeter wall. The accident happened at night in poor weather. There were no injuries.

Destroyed X 

26-Sep-11 Aeropostal DC-9

(35)

Sched

Pax

Puerto Ordaz,Venezuela

Landing The airplane sustained a hard landing. Both engine pylons separated at 

the fuselage attach points. The airplane stopped on the runway. There were no injuries.

Substantial X

7-Oct-11 Delta

Airlines 

MD-88

(23)

Sched

Pax

Atlanta,USA

Tow During pushback from the gate, while turning the airplane, the tug 

contacted the forward fuselage and nose landing gear. There were no injuries.

Substantial

10-Oct-11 Sky Airlines 737-400

(18)

Charter

Pax

Antalya,Turkey

Landing The airplane conducted a smooth high speed landing after the flaps 

were unable to be extended to a landing position. After a reported gear shimmy, the right main landing gear collapsed and the airplane slid to a stop on the left main gear, nose gear and right engine pod. There were no injuries.

Substantial X

18-Oct-11 Iran Air 727

(37)

Sched

Pax

Tehran,Iran

Landing The airplane landed with its nose landing gear retracted. There were no 

injuries.

Substantial

1-Nov-11 LOT Polish

Airlines 

767

(14)

Sched

Pax

Warsaw,Poland

Landing The airplane landed with all three landing gear retracted. There were no 

injuries.

Substantial

10-Nov-11 SA-Airlink RJ-85

(15)

Sched

Pax

Johannesburg,South Africa

Landing The airplane touched down with its nose landing gear retracted and 

came to rest on its nose on the runway. There were no injuries.

Substantial

14-Dec-11 Air Canada A321

(10)

Sched

Pax

Fort Lauderdale,USA

Taxi The airplane was stopped abruptly during taxi for departure due to a 

potential incursion with another airplane vacating the runway.

Seri

20-Dec-11 Sriwijaya Air 737-300

(15)

Sched

Pax

Yogyakarta,Indonesia

Landing After landing in heavy rain, the airplane came to a stop on soft ground 

left of and about 25 meters past the end of the runway. Both the right main and nose landing gear collapsed. Several minor injuries occurred during evacuation.

Substantial X

23-Dec-11 Austrian

Airlines

A321

(10)

Sched

Pax

Manchester,England

Go 

Around

After encountering heavy turbulence on final approach, the crew elected to go around. After initiating the go-around, a windshear caused the airplane landing gear to briefly contact the runway. The tail struck the runway as the airplane took off. The second landing was uneventful. There were no injuries.

Substantial

25-Dec-11 AMC

Airlines

MD-83

(15)

Charter

Pax

Karachi,Pakistan

Landing After unsuccessful troubleshooting, the airplane landed with its nose 

landing gear retracted. There were no injuries.

Substantial

36 Total Accidents 13 
0

5

10152025

92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11

Worldwide FleetBoeing Fleet

05

10152025303540455055

92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11

Departures, Flight Hours, and Jet Airplanes in SWorldwide Operations 1992 Through 2011 

• 610 million depar

(458 million on Bo

• 1,094 million fligh

(826 million on Bo

* Certified jet airpl

60,000 pounds mincluding those in status and those operators. Excludairplanes operateCIS/USSR-manu

Number of airplanes* (thousands) Annual departures and flight hours (millions) 21,358 23.6 Year Flight Hours Departures 12,561

Year

Source: Jet Information Services, Inc.

50.9

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Accident Summary by Type of Operation

Worldwide Commercial Jet Fleet

*External fatalities include on-ground fatalities as well as fatalities on other aircraft involved.

Type of Operation

1959-2011 2002-2011 1959-2011 2002-2011 1959-2011 2002-2011 

 Passenger 1,424 317 483 63 28,553 4,486 

(777) (142)

 - Scheduled 1,307 294 437 60 24,427 4,470  - Charter 117 23 46 3 4,126 16 

 Cargo 252 74 76 13 264 44 

(330) (72)

122 13 44 3 208 17 

(66) (0)

 Totals 1,798 404 603 79 29,025 4,547 

(1,173) (214)

555 78 180 11 6,193 17 

(381) (8)

 Rest of World 1,243 326 423 68 22,832 4,530 

(792) (206)

 Totals 1,798 404 603 79 29,025 4,547 

(1,173) (214)

Onboard Fatalities 

(External Fatalities)* 

 Maintenance test, ferry, positioning, training, and demonstration U.S. and Canadian Operators

All Accidents Fatal Accidents

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491 fatal accidents with hull loss

25 fatal accidents with

substantial damage

61 accidents witdamage (but wit

87 fatal accidents

without substantial damage

702 substantial damage witho

1959 Through 2011

603 Fatal Accidents

(34% of Total)

1195 Non-Fatal Accidents

(66% of Total)

432 hull loss without fatalities

79 Fatal Accidents

(20% of Total)

69 fatal acc. w/ hull loss

1 fatal accident with 

substantial damage

17 accidents witdamage (but wit

9 fatal accidents without 

substantial damage

196 substantial damage without fatali

2002 Through 2011

325 Non-Fatal Accidents

(80% of Total)

112 hull loss without fatalities

Accident Summary by Injury and DamageAll Accidents – Worldwide Commercial Jet Fleet

Number of AccidentsNumber of Accidents

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0

1020304050

59 60 62 64 66 68 70 72 74 76 78 80 82 84 86 88 90 92 94 96 98 00 02 04 06 

Accident Rates and Onboard Fatalities by YearWorldwide Commercial Jet Fleet – 1959 Through 2011

Annual

accident

rate

(per million

departures)

Year

All accident rateFatal accident rateHull loss accident rateOnboard fatalities

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0

1020304050

5960 62 64 66 68 70 72 74 76 78 80 82 84 86 88 90 92 94 96 98 00 

1992 Through 201

RU

92 94 98 00 

96

Year

U.S. and Canadian Operators Accident Rates by Fatal Accidents – Worldwide Commercial Jet Fleet – 1959 Through 2011

Rest of the worldU.S. & Canadian operators

Annual 

fatal 

accident

rate

(per million

departures)

Year

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0.00.51.01.52.02.0

1.51.00.5

0.0
Hull loss accident rate

10-Year Accident Rates by Type of OperationFatal and Hull Loss Accidents – Worldwide Commercial Jet Fleet – 2002 

*Charter passenger, charter cargo, scheduled cargo, maintenance test, ferry, positioning, training, an

10-year

accident

rate 

(per million

departures)

Scheduled commercial 

passenger operations

174.2 million departures

All other operations*

30.7 million departures

204.9 m

Fatal accident rate

0.34

0.70

0.62

0.39

1.92

2.52.01.50.50.01.0

3.0

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Accident Rates by Airplane Type

Hull Loss Accidents – Worldwide Commercial Jet Fleet – 1959 Through 

*The Comet, CV880/990, Caravelle, ConcVC-10 are no longer in commercial servic**These types have accumulated fewer th

53745154491251221912

34

13

2578

18

3

11

3350206001000

491 0.80/1.51

*No longer in service

707/720

DC-8

727

DC-9

BAC 1-11

737-100/-200

F-28

747-100/-200/-300/SP

DC-10/MD-10

L-1011

A300

MD-80/-90

767757

BAe146, RJ-70/-85/-100

A310

737-300/-400/-500

A300-600

A320/321/319/318

F-100/F-70

747-400

MD-11

A340A330

777

737-600/-700/-800/-900

717

CRJ-700/-900/-1000

EMB-170/-190

**A380

**747-8

**787

99

153

75939227

101

433627

4

1424

65

121036

5

1810

58222

11

003000

923

Hull 

Losses 

(H/L)

Total 

0/0

2.20/3.52

0.44/0.73

0.30/.99

0.18/0.29

0.53/0.89

0.26/0.52

0.67/1.14

0.23/0.23

1.73/2.16

0.12/0.36

0.30/0.56

0.62/2.16

0.56/0.75

1.32/2.97

1.47/2.78

2.38/4.64

0.88/1.73

1.40/3.15

0.78/1.47

0.70/1.21

4.01/5.89

0.19/0.58

0/0

0.15/0.28

0.40/0.40

0/0.80

Hull loss accident rate – total barHull loss with fatalities accident rate – 

H/L with 

Sorted by Year of Introduction Fatalities

0/0.33

01 3 456 2 7 

0/0

Hull loss accident rate (per million departures)

0/00/0

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Fatal Accidents and Onboard Fatalities by Phas

Worldwide Commercial Jet Fleet – 2002 Through 2011

Fatal accidents

Onboard fatalities

Taxi, load/

unload

parked,

tow

Takeoff Initial

climb

Climb Cruise Descent Initial

approach

Fina

approa

9

1

Fatal accidents

510

5

471

1001

9

Initial

approach

14%

19%12%

Descent

4%

2%

11%

Fina

approa

16%13%

3%

Percentage of fatal accidents and onboard fatalities

Takeoff

10%

11%

1%

Initial

climb

6%

6%

1%

Taxi, load/

unload 

parked, 

tow

11%

0%

Climb

(flaps up)

6%

10%14%

Cruise

11%22%

57%

16% 18% 

Fatal accidents

Onboard fatalities

Distribution of fatal accidents and onboard fatalities

0

20406080

100

291

111

855

60

3

Exposure (Percentage of flight time estimated for a 1.5 hour flight)

Initial 

approach 

fix

Final 

approach 

fix



8 5 11 13 

Percentages may not sum precisely due to numerical rounding.

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CAST/ICAO Common Taxonomy Team (CICTT) 

Aviation Occurrence Categories

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and the Commercial Aviation Safety Team (CAST), which officials and aviation industry leaders, have jointly chartered the CAST/ICAO Common Taxonomy Team (CICTTincludes experts from several air carriers, aircraft manufacturers, engine manufacturers, pilot associations, regu

transportation safety boards, ICAO, and members from Canada, the European Union, France, Italy, the NetherKingdom, and the United States. CICTT is co-chaired by a representative from ICAO and CAST. The team is charged with developing common taxonomies and definitions for aviation accident and incident repCommon taxonomies and definitions establish a standard industry language, thereby improving the quality of incommunication. With this common language, the aviation community's capacity to focus on common safety issu

enhanced.The CICTT Aviation Occurrence Taxonomy is designed to permit the assignment of multiple categories as nece

the accident or incident. Since 2001, the Safety Indicator Steering Group (SISG) has met annually to assign CICcategories to the prior year’s accidents. In a separate activity, the CAST assigned each accident to a single principal category. Those accident assignm

description of the categories are reported in the preceding chart. The CAST use of principal categories has been instrumental in focusing industry and government efforts and reprevention. Pareto charts using principal categories are used by CAST to identify changes to historic risk and tthe safety enhancements put in place are effective.For a complete description of the categories go to: http://www.intlaviationstandards.org/

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200400600800

100012001400160018002000

LOC-I CFIT RE (Landing)

+ ARC

+ USOS

UNK MAC SCF-NP RE (Takeoff) OTHR WSTRW FUEL RAM

Fatalities by CAST/ICAO Common Taxonomy Team (CICTAviation Occurrence CategoriesFatal Accidents – Worldwide Commercial Jet Fleet – 2002 Through 2011

Number of fatal accidents (79 total)

Fatalities

External fatalities [Total 214]Onboard fatalities [Total 4547]

Note: Principal categories as assigned by CAST.

1493 (80)

430 (0)

156 (69) 225 (0)

1 (7)

121 (1) 96 (1)

154 (38)

1078 (0)

765 (16)

ARC Abnormal Runway ContactCFIT Controlled Flight Into or Toward F-NI Fire/Smoke (Non-Impact)FUEL Fuel RelatedLOC-I Loss of Control – In flight MAC Midair/Near Midair CollisionOTHR OtherRAMP Ground HandlingRE Runway Excursion (Takeoff or LSCF-NP System/Component Failure or MSCF-PP System/Component Failure or MUNK Unknown or UndeterminedUSOS Undershoot/OvershootWSTRW Windshear or ThunderstormNo accidents were noted in the following princADRM AerodromeAMAN Abrupt ManeuverATM Air Traffic Management/CommuBIRD Bird CABIN Cabin Safety EventsEVAC EvacuationF-POST Fire/Smoke (Post-Impact)GCOL Ground CollisionICE IcingLALT Low Altitude OperationsLOC-G Loss of Control – GroundRI-A Runway Incursion – AnimalRI-VAP Runway Incursion – Vehicle, AircSEC Security RelatedTURB Turbulence EncounterFor a complete description go to: http://www.

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External fatalities

Onboard fatalities

18 18 15 4 2 2 1 8 1 5 1 

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