Despite accidents, flying is safer than ever

Despite a number of recent high-profile commercial aviation disasters, statistics suggest there has never been a safer time to fly
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COMMERCIAL AIRLINE ACCIDENTS, 2014*

Number of fatalities = 0

Sepahan Airlines ESA IrAn-140 Aug 10 48

Nepal Airlines DHC Twin Otter Feb 16 18

TransAsia ATR-72 Jul 23 48 

HeviLift DHC Twin Otter Sep 20 4

Air Algeria MD-83 Jul 24 116

Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 Mar 8 239

AirAsia Indonesia Airbus A320 162 

Total 19 fatal accidents (lowest ever), 671 deaths

Fatal events: Scheduled passenger flights

Fatal accidents: Regional and commuter airlines

Fatal accidents: Non-passenger flights (details not shown)
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NUMBER OF FLIGHTS PER FATAL ACCIDENT, 2014*

1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2014 

0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 million 

Five-year average

July 17 loss of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 with 298 passengers and crew excluded on grounds that it crashed due to conflict

2014: 2.38m

Average for last five years: 1.75m

*Figures include all commercial flights by jets and turboprops with 14 or more seats
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Source: Flightglobal 

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