Plane Crash Stats

I know plane crashes can be a hard thing to talk about, but I have always had really bad luck. I wanted to know how often fatal plane crashes really occur and decided this site seemed to have pretty recent research.

According to this site, the odds of being killed on a single airline flight is 1 in 29.4 million. This number made me feel a little better. However, only 24% of people survive a fatal crash. That number seemed a little more nerve wracking.

The 9 most recent airplane crashes were listed as dates ranging from June 3rd, 2012 - November 1st, 2015. None of these crashes were American Airliners. 7 out of the 9 crashes occurred while in route to their destination while the other two occurred during the landing and approach.

Causes of Fatal Crashes:
53% - Total Pilot Error
32% - Pilot Error
20% - Mechanical Failure
16% - Pilot Error (weather related)
12% - Weather
8% - Sabotage
6% - Other Human Error
5% - Pilot Error (mechanical related)
1% - Other Cause

Crashes with 19 or more passengers: 
Year/# of Fatal Crashes/# of Fatalities
2015/3/428
2014/6/931
2013/7/266
2000/21/1029
1990/20/618
1989/35/1690
1972/41/2347

North American Commercial Airline Accidents:
Airline/Million Flights/Fatal Events/Last Fatality/Accident Rate
American Airlines/16.51/5/2001/+5%
Delta Airlines/16.03/1/1996/-1695%
Southwest Airlines/18.15/0/none/-1915%
United Airlines/12.87/3/2001/-517%
US Airways/11.91/3/1994/-200%


This information was lat updated: February 18th, 2016
http://www.statisticbrain.com/airplane-crash-statistics/