Plane crashes

2022: World's biggest plane crashes

In 2022, the following plane crashes occurred in the world:

In 2022, the following plane crashes occurred in the world:

• On March 12, Airbus A319-115 rolled out of GDP and caught fire. 36 people were injured.
• On March 21, a Boeing 737-89P crashed in the mountains of Tenxian County. 132 people died.
• March 29 on the route Pokhara - Jomsobbed DHC-6-300. 22 people died.
• On April 7, Boeing 757-27A rolled out of the runway and fell into two parts. The pilots managed to evacuate. There are no casualties.
• On July 16, An-12BK crashed while trying to enter an emergency landing due to an engine fire. All 8 crew members were killed.
• On September 4, a private Cessna 551 crashed in the Baltic Sea. The pilot is believed to have died.

In 2022, 3 plane crashes with civilian aircraft and 12 with military (not combat accidents) were registered in Russia.

2021

121 people died in plane crashes in the European Union

In 2021, 121 people died in plane crashes in the European Union, and 120 passengers and crew members in 2020. This is evidenced by data from the EU statistical office Eurostat, which was published in January 2023.

In 2021, 121 people died in plane crashes in the European Union

According to Interfax, citing EU Eurostat materials, in 2022 most of the accidents occurred on aircraft with a maximum take-off weight (MTOM) of less than 2.25 tons, killing 112 people. This includes small aircraft and helicopters, airships, paragliders and motorplanes, and balloons. The most deaths were reported in France (46 people) and Germany (40 people). Incidents in the EU with large planes with MTOM more than 2.25 tons killed 9 people.

According to statistics, in 2021, not a single death was registered in the EU when performing aviation special work. We are talking about the operation of aircraft by specialized services in such areas as agriculture, construction, photography, surveying, surveillance and patrolling, search and rescue, as well as air advertising.^[1]

In Russia, there were 3 plane crashes in which 38 people died. In 2020, there were no victims

According to the Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC), which were released in June 2022, in 2021 there were three plane crashes in Russia, 38 people died in them. At the same time, in 2020 there were no victims. The IAC report looked at aircraft crashes with capacity from 19 seats.

The largest plane crash in the Russian Federation in 2021 was the crash in early July of the An-26 aircraft of the Kamchatka Aviation Enterprise near the Palana airport. The victims were 28 people - 22 passengers and six crew members.

In 2021, 3 plane crashes occurred in Russia, in which 38 people died. In 2020, there were no victims

Two more aviation accidents are also associated with the aircraft that carried out regional transportation. Near Khabarovsk, the An-26 of the Flight Checks and Systems enterprise collapsed, killing 6 people. The airliner L-410 of the Aeroservice company crashed near Irkutsk, the disaster claimed the lives of 4 Russians.

In total, in ten years (2012-2021), 198 aircraft accidents occurred in Russian civil aviation, killing 740 people. In the previous decade (2002-2011), there were 46% fewer of them (106), but almost 1,000 people became victims.

IAC experts in the report argue that there will be no further deterioration in the safety situation, despite Western sanctions, since with the excess of pilots in the country, their average load decreases.

Experts interviewed by RBC also believe that they will not affect the safety of air transportation and the lack of foreign spare parts - for this, the Federal Air Transport Agency will suffice to maintain quality control standards.

In response to the start of the Russian military special operation in Ukraine, Western countries imposed sanctions against the Russian aviation industry. They, in particular, banned the supply of spare parts and units to airlines from Russia, maintenance of aircraft and simulators for pilot training.^[2]

2020: Plane crash death toll rises despite pandemic

The death toll in plane crashes in 2020 increased despite the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, due to which flights have become much less than usual. This is evidenced by the data of the aviation consulting company To70.

According to the published statistics, in 2020, 40 crashes of large passenger commercial aircraft were registered, in five of which people died. In total, 299 passengers and crew members died in the plane crashes, against 257 in 2019, when 86 air accidents occurred (eight of them had victims).

Death toll in plane crashes in 2020 rises despite COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic

According to To70, in 2020 there were 0.27 fatal crashes per million flights or one crash for every 3.7 million flights. Flightradar24 aircraft tracking service reported that in 2020 the number of commercial flights decreased by 42%, to 24.4 million. The reason is that the authorities of many countries banned international flights to contain the spread of the coronavirus.

Half of the total number of deaths in plane crashes in 2020 are passengers of a Ukrainian plane shot down in Iranian airspace. The number of victims is 176. The second-highest number of deaths was the crash of a Pakistani airliner in May, which killed 98 people.

In addition, To70 experts noted the fall of a Boeing 737 from a cliff in Istanbul on February 5 (then 3 people died) and the crash of a Boeing 737-800 in India (21 dead). Also, experts included in the largest disasters of the year an aircraft incident with a Boeing 737-700, which occurred on May 7 in the United States, as a result of which one person died.

Over the past decades, deaths during air travel have decreased significantly. So, in 2005, 1,015 people died on large commercial flights of aircraft. The fewest casualties were in 2017, with 13 passengers who died on regional turboprop flights.^[3]

1908: The first ever plane crash with loss of life

The First Ever Fatal Plane Crash, Arlington, USA, 1908

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