Air crash deaths halved last year

The number of deaths in major air crashes around the globe fell by more than half in 2019, according to Dutch aviation consulting firm To70


2019: One fatal accident per 5.58 million flights


GLOBAL COMMERCIAL PASSENGER PLANE FATALITIES*
2019 	257 deaths 	86 accidents
2018	534 160
2017 	13 48
2016	325 71
2015 	265 16
2014	904 98
2013 	173 90
2012 	388 99
2011	372 118
2010 	626 104


*Includes people on board planes and anyone killed on ground.
Study covers large passenger planes used by vast majority of air passengers worldwide


Image depicts 1978 crash of PSA Flight 182 in San Diego, and is used for illustrative purposes only 


Sources: To70, Aviation Safety Network, Reuters 
Picture: Hans Wendt (AP) 
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