Flying is incredibly safe. Despite a huge increase in air travel, the number of airline crash fatalities has declined by large amounts.
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Year | Deaths |
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1942 | 337 |
1943 | 303 |
1944 | 333 |
1945 | 333 |
1946 | 820 |
1947 | 1072 |
1948 | 1304 |
1949 | 1109 |
1950 | 1124 |
1951 | 948 |
1952 | 783 |
1953 | 976 |
1954 | 707 |
1955 | 630 |
1956 | 850 |
1957 | 977 |
1958 | 1235 |
1959 | 1068 |
1960 | 1484 |
1961 | 1343 |
1962 | 1774 |
1963 | 1263 |
1964 | 1016 |
1965 | 1159 |
1966 | 1467 |
1967 | 1344 |
1968 | 1398 |
1969 | 1676 |
1970 | 1475 |
1971 | 1445 |
1972 | 2389 |
1973 | 2033 |
1974 | 1997 |
1975 | 1199 |
1976 | 1638 |
1977 | 1652 |
1978 | 1263 |
1979 | 1778 |
1980 | 1299 |
1981 | 905 |
1982 | 1179 |
1983 | 862 |
1984 | 683 |
1985 | 2010 |
1986 | 828 |
1987 | 1111 |
1988 | 1149 |
1989 | 1535 |
1990 | 638 |
1991 | 1151 |
1992 | 1546 |
1993 | 1135 |
1994 | 1446 |
1995 | 1209 |
1996 | 1844 |
1997 | 1164 |
1998 | 1194 |
1999 | 480 |
2000 | 1148 |
2001 | 879 |
2002 | 1002 |
2003 | 705 |
2004 | 462 |
2005 | 1075 |
2006 | 905 |
2007 | 774 |
2008 | 595 |
2009 | 763 |
2010 | 943 |
2011 | 525 |
2012 | 476 |
2013 | 232 |
2014 | 692 |
2015 | 186 |
2016 | 258 |
2017 | 59 |
2018 | 561 |
2019 | 289 |
2020 | 137 |
2021 | 176 |
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Iberia Airlines Flight 602 (104 dead)
Sterling Airways Flight 296 (112 dead)
Alitalia Flight 112 (115)
Aeroflot Flight 1491 (122)
British European Airways Flight 548 (118)
1972 Königs Wusterhausen air disaster (156)
Aeroflot Flight 558 (102)
Aeroflot Flight 1036 (109)
Aeroflot Flight 217 (174)
Spantax Flight 275 (155)
Eastern Airlines Fight (101)
These are all from 1972, just the crashes with 100+ dead.