| FATAL WORLD AVIATION ACCIDENTS, 2008-2012 |
|
| Year |
Fatal accidents (1) |
Fatalities (1) |
Accident rate (2) |
| 2008 |
23 |
502 |
0.81 |
| 2009 |
18 |
685 |
0.71 |
| 2010 |
23 |
786 |
0.61 |
| 2011 |
22 |
486 |
0.37 |
| 2012 |
15 |
414 |
0.20 |
(1) On Eastern and Western built jet aircraft.
(2) Measured in hull losses per million flights of Western built jet aircraft. A hull loss is an accident in which the aircraft is destroyed or substantially damaged and is not subsequently repaired.
Source: International Air Transport Association. |
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