Final report on 2025 accident near Nome, Alaska, cites poor airspeed management and degraded situational awareness as key ...

The fatal airline accident level in 2025 was below the annual average for the last 10 years, but the number of individual fatalities was well above average. The principal reason for the relatively ...

In 2025, the number of fatal accidents in global air travel rose slightly year-over-year, according to a new report from the International Air Transport Association (IATA). IATA’s annual safety report ...

After a long trend toward greater safety in air travel, there has been an uptick in airline accidents and deaths in 2018 and 2019. Many aviation experts regard that recent increase as a statistical ...

The number of airline fatal accidents and fatalities worldwide in 2024 were 16 and 333, using our reporting categories, marking increases from six and 115 the previous year (see graph, below). However ...

Investigators cited excess aircraft weight and improper airspeed management.

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