Worldwide Airline Fatalities by Year

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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Level 61
Sep 27, 2021
does this include war?
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Level 82
Sep 27, 2021
I shouldn't think so, given that airline refers to a commercial/civil operator.
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Level ∞
Sep 27, 2021
No, it doesn't include war. Civilian airliner deaths only. It doesn't include private planes either.
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Level 28
Apr 10, 2025
Probably considering the jump in the 1960s
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Level 36
Jun 15, 2025
Take a wiiiiiiiild guess.
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Level 34
Sep 27, 2021
I made a chart, but how do I make the years so that they don't have a comma? I typed 1999, but it made it 1,999.
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Level 63
Mar 22, 2023
Add #### to the number type
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Level 36
Jun 15, 2025
w h e r e
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Level 58
Dec 17, 2021
Wow, what happened in 1972?
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Level 61
Apr 5, 2022
a LOT of plane crashes-

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.

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Level 37
Dec 11, 2024
huh Aeroflot must've went out of buisness.
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Level 22
Apr 9, 2025
«Аэрофлот» все еще в деле, но очень, очень, очень небезопасно. Их запретили в ЕС, но в основном из-за войны, понимаете?
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Level 60
Apr 16, 2022
does this include deaths in hijackings?
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Level 50
Jan 25, 2023
As long as it's civilian airlines yes, I would think so.
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Level 22
Apr 9, 2025
Well 2001 is low so… IDK.
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Level 36
Jun 15, 2025
How about instead of thinking that popular things are more Important, you learn to read numbers and look to the left.
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Level 60
Jun 1, 2024
I would just imagine Qantas in the background
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Level 22
Apr 9, 2025
Qantas before 1952: Lot’s of crashes

Qantas after 1952: 👍

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Level 52
Dec 12, 2024
Qantas: