And if the global panic surrounding Boeing’s 737 MAX aircraft — which is currently grounded worldwide following two fatal crashes — is anything to go by, it seems while aviation accidents are rare, they never go unnoticed.
But it’s worth putting these figures into perspective. Last year, 556 people died in air travel accidents, but about 1.35 million people die in road accidents each year.South China Morning PostAnd despite 15 fatal air accidents last year, including October’s high-profile crash of Lion Air 610 that killed 189 people, 2018 was still the third most safe year for commercial aviation in history.
in which a Pan American passenger jet collided with a KLM plane, killing 583 people across both aircraft.Officials search through the debris of the 1977 Tenerife air disaster, the deadliest air travel accident of all time.2. Aeroflot — 4 accidents and 718 deaths5. Malaysia Airlines — 2 accidents and 537 deaths.