Statical Summary of Jet Transport Accident Boeing 2015

Statistical Summary
of Commercial Jet Airplane Accidents

Worldwide Operations | 19592015
2015
Copyright 2014 Boeing. All rights reserved. 2

Contents
Introduction.................................................................................................................................................. 2
Definitions..................................................................................................................................................... 3
Boeing Terms............................................................................................................................................... 6
Exclusions.................................................................................................................................................... 7
Referenced ICAO and NTSB Definitions........................................................................................................ 8
2015 Airplane Accidents............................................................................................................................. 10
Departures, Flight Hours, and Jet Airplanes in Service................................................................................ 13
Accident Summary by Type of Operation.................................................................................................... 14
Accident Summary by Injury and Damage.................................................................................................. 15
Accident Rates and Onboard Fatalities by Year........................................................................................... 16
U.S. and Canadian Operators Accident Rates by Year................................................................................ 17
10-Year Accident Rates by Type of Operation............................................................................................. 18
Accident Rates by Airplane Type................................................................................................................. 19
Fatal Accidents and Onboard Fatalities by Phase of Flight.......................................................................... 20
CAST/ICAO Common Taxonomy Team (CICTT) Aviation Occurrence Categories........................................ 21
Fatalities by CICTT Aviation Occurrence Categories.................................................................................... 22
Notes......................................................................................................................................................... 23
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Introduction
The accident statistics presented in this summary are confined to worldwide commercial jet airplanes that are heavier than 60,000 pounds maximum
gross weight. Within that set of airplanes, there are two groups excluded:
1) Airplanes manufactured in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) or the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) are
excluded because of the lack of operational data.
2) Commercial airplanes operated in military service. (However, if a military-owned commercial jet transport is used for civilian commercial
service, those data will be included in this summary.)
The following airplanes are included in the statistics:

707/720 717 A300 BAe146 F-28 Concorde L-1011 BAC 1-11 Comet 4
727 DC-8 A300-600 Avro RJ-70/-85/-100 F-70 Trident
737 DC-9 A310 CRJ-700/-900/-1000 F-100 Caravelle
747 DC-10/MD-10 A320/321/319/318 EMB-170/-175 Mercure
757 MD-11 A330 EMB-190/-195 CV-880/-990
767 MD-80/-90 A340 VC-10
777 A350
787 A380
Flight operations data for Boeing airplanes are developed internally from airline operator reports. Flight operations data for non-Boeing airplanes are
compiled from www.ascendworldwide.com by Ascend. The source of jet airplane inventory data is Jet Information Services, Inc.
Accident data are obtained, when available, from government accident reports. Otherwise, information is from operators, manufacturers, various
government and private information services, and press accounts.
Readers may note that cumulative accident totals from year to year may not exactly correlate with the expected change from the previous years
accidents. This is a result of periodic audits of the entire accident history for updates to the data.
Definitions related to development of statistics in this summary are primarily based on corresponding International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO),
U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), and Flight Safety Foundation (FSF) terms, as explained in the next section.
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Definitions
Airplane Accident
An occurrence associated with the operation of an airplane that takes place between the time any person boards the airplane
with the intention of flight and such time as all such persons have disembarked, in which
The airplane sustains substantial damage.
The airplane is missing or is completely inaccessible.
An aircraft is considered to be missing when the official search has been terminated and the wreckage has not been located.
Death or serious injury results from

Being in the airplane.
Direct contact with the airplane or anything attached thereto.

Direct exposure to jet blast.
Excluded Events
Fatal and nonfatal injuries from natural causes.
Fatal and nonfatal self-inflicted injuries or injuries inflicted by other persons.
Fatal and nonfatal injuries of stowaways hiding outside the areas normally available to the passengers and crew.
Nonfatal injuries resulting from atmospheric turbulence, normal maneuvering, loose objects, boarding, disembarking,
evacuation, and maintenance and servicing.
Nonfatal injuries to persons not aboard the airplane.
The following occurrences are not considered airplane accidents: those that are the result of experimental test flights or the
result of a hostile action, including sabotage, hijacking, terrorism, and military action.
Note: This is generally consistent with the ICAO and the NTSB definition of an accident (see the Referenced ICAO and NTSB
Definitions section). The differences are:
1) The ICAO and NTSB references to aircraft were changed to airplane and references to propellers and rotors
were eliminated.
2) This publication excludes events that result in nonfatal injuries from atmospheric turbulence, normal maneuvering, etc.;
nonfatal injuries to persons not aboard the airplane; and any events that result from an experimental test flight or from
hostile action, such as sabotage, hijacking, terrorism, and military action.
Note: Within this publication, the term accident is used interchangeably with airplane accident.
Definitions
Destroyed
The estimated or likely cost of repairs would have exceeded 50 percent of the new value of the airplane had it still been in production
at the time of the accident.
Note: This definition is consistent with the FSF definition. NTSB defines destroyed as damaged due to impact, fire, or in-flight failures to an extent
not economically repairable.
Fatal Injury
Any injury that results in death within 30 days of the accident.
Note 1: This is consistent with both the ICAO and the NTSB definitions.
Note 2: External fatalities include on-ground fatalities as well as fatalities on other aircraft involved.
Major Accident
An accident in which any of three conditions is met:
The airplane was destroyed.
There were multiple fatalities.
There was one fatality and the airplane was substantially damaged.
Note: This definition is consistent with the NTSB definition. It also is generally consistent with FSF, except that the FSF definition
specifies that fatalities include only occupants of the airplane. ICAO does not normally define the term major accident.
Serious Injury
An injury that is sustained by a person in an accident and that
Requires hospitalization for more than 48 hours, commencing within seven days from the date the injury was received.
Results in a fracture of any bone (except simple fractures of fingers, toes, or nose).
Causes severe hemorrhage, nerve, muscle, or tendon damage.
Involves injury to any internal organ.
Involves second- or third-degree burns, or any burns affecting more than 5 percent of the body surface.
Involves verified exposure to infectious substances or injurious radiation.
Note: This is generally consistent with the ICAO definition. It is also consistent with the NTSB definition except for the last bullet item, which is not
included in the NTSB definition.
Definitions
Substantial Damage
Damage or failure that adversely affects the structural strength, performance, or flight characteristics of the airplane, and that would normally require
major repair or replacement of the affected component.
Substantial damage is not considered to be
Engine failure or damage limited to an engine, if only one engine fails or is damaged.
Bent fairings or cowlings.
Dents in the skin.
Small puncture holes in the skin.
Damage to wheels.
Damage to tires.
Damage to flaps.
Damage to engine accessories.
Damage to brakes.
Damage to wingtips.
Note 1: This definition is generally consistent with the NTSB definition of substantial damage except it (1) deletes reference to small puncture holes in the
fabric and ground damage to rotor or propeller blades, and (2) deletes damage to landing gear from the list of items not considered to be
substantial damage.
Note 2: ICAO does not define the term substantial damage. Still, the above definition is generally consistent with the ICAO definition of damage
or structural failure contained within part (B) of the ICAO accident definition.
Note 3: Boeing does not consider damage to be substantial if repairs to an airplane enable it to be flown to a repair base within 48 hours of the event.
Boeing Terms
The terms on this page were created by Boeing for this publication and do not have corresponding equivalents in ICAO or NTSB.
Accident Rates
In general, this expression is a measure of accidents per million departures. Departures (or flight cycles) are used as the basis for calculating rates
because there is a stronger statistical correlation between accidents and departures than there is between accidents and flight hours, or between
accidents and the number of airplanes in service, or between accidents and passenger miles or freight miles. Airplane departures data are continually
updated and revised as new information and estimating processes become available. These form the baseline for the measure of accident rates and, as
a consequence, rates may vary between editions of this publication.
Airplane Collisions
Events involving two or more airplanes are counted as separate events, one for each airplane. For example, destruction of two airplanes in a collision is
considered to be two separate accidents.
Fatal Accident
An accident that results in fatal injury.
Hull Loss
Airplane totally destroyed or damaged and not repaired. Hull loss also includes, but is not limited to, events in which
The airplane is missing.
An aircraft is considered to be missing when the official search has been terminated and the wreckage has not been located.
The airplane is completely inaccessible.
Exclusions
Certain airplanes and events are excluded from consideration as accidents in this summary. This is a complete list of those exclusions.
Excluded Airplanes
Airplanes manufactured in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) or the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) are excluded
because of the lack of operational data. Commercial airplanes operated in military service are also excluded. (However, if a military-owned commercial
jet transport is used for civilian commercial service, those data are included in this summary.)
Excluded Events
Fatal and nonfatal injuries from natural causes.
Fatal and nonfatal self-inflicted injuries or injuries inflicted by other persons.
Fatal and nonfatal injuries of stowaways hiding outside the areas normally available to the passengers and crew.
Nonfatal injuries resulting from atmospheric turbulence, normal maneuvering, loose objects, boarding, disembarking, evacuation,
and maintenance and servicing.
Nonfatal injuries to persons not aboard the airplane.
Experimental test flights (however, maintenance test flights, ferry, positioning, training, and demonstration flights are not excluded).
Sabotage, hijacking, terrorism, and military action.
Referenced ICAO and NTSB Definitions
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) definitions are included
below for reference.
Accident
ICAO defines an accident as follows:
Accident. An occurrence associated with the operation of an aircraft which, in the case of a manned aircraft, takes place between the time any person
boards the aircraft with the intention of flight until such time as all such persons have disembarked, or in the case of an unmanned aircraft, takes place
between the time the aircraft is ready to move with the purpose of flight until such time as it comes to rest at the end of the flight and the primary
propulsion system is shut down, in which:
A) A person is fatally or seriously injured as a result of:
Being in the aircraft, or
Direct contact with any part of the aircraft, including parts which have become detached from the aircraft, or
Direct exposure to jet blast,
except when the injuries are from natural causes, self-inflicted or inflicted by other persons, or when the injuries are to
stowaways hiding outside the areas normally available to the passengers and crew, or
B) The aircraft sustains damage or structural failure which:
Adversely affects the structural strength, performance, or flight characteristics of the aircraft, and
Would normally require major repair or replacement of the affected component,
except for engine failure or damage, when the damage is limited to a single engine (including its cowlings or accessories), to propellers,
wingtips, antennas, probes, vanes, tires, brakes, wheels, fairings, panels, landing gear doors, windscreens, the aircraft skin (such as
small dents or puncture holes), or for minor damages to main rotor blades, tail rotor blades, landing gear, and those resulting from hail or
bird strike (including holes in the radome).
C) The aircraft is missing or is completely inaccessible.
NTSB defines an aircraft accident as follows:

Aircraft accident means an occurrence associated with the operation of an aircraft which takes place between the time any person boards the aircraft
with the intention of flight and all such persons have disembarked, and in which any person suffers death or serious injury, or in which the aircraft receives
substantial damage. For purposes of this part, the definition of aircraft accident includes unmanned aircraft accident, as defined in 49 CFR 830.2.
Referenced ICAO and NTSB Definitions
Serious Injury
ICAO defines serious injury as follows:
Serious Injury. An injury that is sustained by a person in an accident and which:
A) Requires hospitalization for more than 48 hours, commencing within seven days from the date the injury was received; or
B) Results in a fracture of any bone (except simple fractures of fingers, toes or nose); or
C) Involves lacerations that cause severe hemorrhage, nerve, muscle, or tendon damage; or
D) Involves injury to any internal organ; or
E) Involves second- or third-degree burns, or any burns affecting more than 5 percent of the body surface; or
F) Involves verified exposure to infectious substances or injurious radiation.
NTSB defines serious injury as follows:

Serious injury means any injury that
1) Requires hospitalization for more than 48 hours, commencing within 7 days from the date the injury was received;
2) Results in a fracture of any bone (except simple fractures of fingers, toes, or nose);
3) Causes severe hemorrhages, nerve, muscle, or tendon damage;
4) Involves any internal organ; or
5) Involves second- or third-degree burns, or any burns affecting more than 5 percent of the body surface.
Substantial Damage
NTSB defines substantial damage as follows:
Substantial damage means damage or failure that adversely affects the structural strength, performance, or flight characteristics of the aircraft, and which
would normally require major repair or replacement of the affected component. Engine failure or damage limited to an engine if only one engine fails or is
damaged, bent fairings or cowling, dented skin, small puncture holes in the skin or fabric, ground damage to rotor or propeller blades, and damage to
landing gear, wheels, tires, flaps, engine accessories, brakes, or wingtips are not considered substantial damage for the purpose of this part.
ICAO does not define the term substantial damage.
2015 Airplane Accidents
All Accidents | Worldwide Commercial Jet Fleet
Event Airline Model Type of Accident Phase Event Description Damage Hull Injury Onboard Fatalities/ Major
Date (Age in Operation Location of Flight Category Loss Category Occupants Accident
Years) (External Fatalities)
10-Jan-15 Ethiopian 737-400 Sched Accra, Landing The airplane sustained damage during a hard landing. The Destroyed X X
Airlines (18) Pax Ghana airplane subsequently veered off the side of the runway
where the landing gear and No. 2 engine separated. There
were no injuries.
9-Feb-15 US Airways ERJ 190 Sched Houston, Landing The airplane sustained damage when it landed without Substantial
(7) Pax USA the nose landing gear extended. There were minor injuries
sustained during the evacuation.
26-Feb-15 Cargojet 757-200 Sched St. Johns, Taxi The airplane sustained damage while taxiing on an ice-covered Substantial
Airways Ltd. (28) Cargo Canada ramp when directional control was lost and the airplane slid
into a building. There were no injuries.
4-Mar-15 Turkish A330 Sched Kathmandu, Landing While landing in low-visibility conditions, the airplane Destroyed X X
Airlines (1) Pax Nepal performed a go-around. Damage was sustained during the
second landing attempt when the airplane veered off the
runway and the nose gear collapsed. There were minor
injuries sustained during the evacuation.
5-Mar-15 Delta Air MD-88 Sched New York, Landing The airplane sustained damage while landing on an icy Substantial X
Lines (27) Pax USA runway when it veered off the side of the runway and
impacted an embankment. There were minor injuries
sustained during the evacuation.
29-Mar-15 Air Canada A320 Sched Halifax, Final The airplane sustained damage during final approach when Destroyed X X
(23) Pax Canada Approach it impacted power lines and terrain prior to the runway.
There were minor injuries sustained during evacuation.
13-Apr-15 Jet Airways 737-800 Sched Khajuraho, Landing The airplane sustained damage during landing when the left Substantial
(12) Pax India main landing gear collapsed. There were no injuries.
14-Apr-15 Asiana A320 Sched Hiroshima, Landing The airplane touched down short of the runway threshold Destroyed X X
Airlines (8) Pax Japan after impacting airport infrastructure, subsequently reaching
the runway, then veering off side onto soft ground.
There were minor injuries sustained during the evacuation.
25-Apr-15 Turkish A320 Sched Istanbul, Landing The airplane sustained damage when its engine and wing Destroyed X X
Airlines (8) Pax Turkey contacted the runway, followed by a hard touchdown.
The crew performed a go-around. During the second
landing attempt, the landing gear collapsed and the
airplane veered off the runway. There were no injuries.
25-May-15 Aeroflot 737-800 Sched Moscow, Landing The airplane sustained damage due to a tail strike during Substantial
(0) Pax Russia landing. There were no injuries.
15-Aug-15 American A321 Sched Charlotte, Final During approach, the airplane sustained damage when it Substantial
Airlines (3) Pax USA Approach impacted runway approach lights, followed by a subsequent
tail strike. The crew performed a go-around and landed
successfully. There were no injuries.
22-Aug-15 Garuda A330 Sched Jakarta, Cruise While enroute, a flight attendant was injured by a failed None Serious
Indonesia (3) Pax Indonesia wine chiller.
28-Aug-15 Cardig Air 737-300 Sched Wamena, Landing During landing, the airplane touched down short of the Substantial
(29) Cargo Indonesia runway. The left main landing gear collapsed prior to the
airplane stopping on the runway. There were no injuries.
5-Sep-15 CEIBA 737-800 Sched Malabo, Cruise The airplane sustained damage while in cruise when another Minor Fatal (7)
Intercontinental (2) Pax Equatorial airplane impacted its winglet. The second airplane, an HS-
Guinea 125, with seven occupants, has not been found.
8-Sep-15 British 777-200 Sched Las Vegas, Takeoff The airplane sustained damage during rejected takeoff, Substantial
Airways (17) Pax USA when smoke and flames emitted from the No. 1 engine.
There were minor injuries sustained during the evacuation.
6-Oct-15 Starbow BAe Sched Tamale, Landing The airplane sustained damage during landing when it Substantial X
146-300 Pax Ghana overran the end of the runway and the nose landing gear
(27) collapsed. There were no injuries.
12-Oct-15 Tristar A300 Charter Mogadishu, Initial The airplane sustained damage when it ran out of fuel and Destroyed X X
(35) Cargo Somalia Approach was forced to land in a field. Minor injuries were sustained by
the crew.
23-Oct-15 Peruvian 737-300 Sched Cuzco, Landing The airplane sustained damage during landing when the right Substantial X
Airlines (25) Pax Peru main landing gear collapsed. There were no injuries.
26-Oct-15 Comair 737-400 Sched Johannesburg, Landing The airplane sustained damage during landing when the left Substantial X
(22) Pax South Africa main landing gear collapsed. There were no injuries.
29-Oct-15 Dynamic 767-200 Sched Ft. Lauderdale, Taxi The airplane sustained damage during taxi when fire was Substantial X
Aviation (30) Pax USA emitted from an engine. There were minor injuries sustained
during the evacuation.
3-Nov-15 Shaheen Air 737-400 Sched Lahore, Landing The airplane sustained damage during landing when, after Substantial X
International (23) Pax Pakistan touchdown, the landing gear failed. There was a subsequent
veer-off. There were minor injuries sustained during the
evacuation.
6-Nov-15 Batik Air 737-900ER Sched Yogyakarta, Landing The airplane sustained damage when it overran the end of Substantial
(2) Pax Indonesia the runway and the nose landing gear collapsed. There were
no injuries.
22-Nov-15 Avia Traffic 737-300 Sched Osh, Landing The airplane sustained damage during a hard landing, Substantial X Serious
Company (25) Pax Kyrgyzstan subsequent landing gear collapse, and runway veer-off.
LLC
26-Nov-15 Magnicharters 737-300 Sched Mexico City, Landing The airplane sustained damage during landing when the left Substantial X
(27) Pax Mexico main landing gear collapsed. There were no injuries.
16-Dec-15 Air India A319 Sched Mumbai, Load/ While preparing for departure, during engine start, an Minor Fatal (1)
(7) Pax India Unload engineer was ingested into an engine.
21-Dec-15 KalStar ERJ 195 Sched Kupang, Landing The airplane sustained damage during landing when Substantial
Aviation (9) Pax Indonesia it overran the end of the runway and the landing gear
collapsed. There were no injuries.
24-Dec-15 Services Air A310 Sched Mbuji-Mayi, Landing The airplane sustained damage during landing when it Substantial X Fatal 0/5 X
(30) Cargo Democratic overran the end of the runway and impacted residential (8)
Republic of the buildings.
Congo
24-Dec-15 Mahan Air A310 Sched Istanbul, Taxi The airplane sustained damage after landing, when it failed Substantial
(24) Pax Turkey to stop at the stand and impacted a barrier. The nose landing
gear collapsed. There were no injuries.
28 Total 15 0 Onboard 7
Accidents (16 External)
Note: At the time this statistical summary was compiled, missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 did
not meet the criteria for being categorized as an airplane accident, per the definition of this
publication. The search for the wreckage is still underway, and therefore Flight 370 is not
included in the summarys accident statistics.
70
Departures,
60
Flight Hours, and Jet Airplanes in Service*
Worldwide Operations | 1996 through 2015
50
70
40 Flight hours
60 Departures 60.0
Annual departures and flight hours
30
1,321 million flight
50 hours since 1959
20
(944 million on
40 Boeing airplanes)
(millions)
10
30
0 27.0
96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15
713 million
20
departures since
1959
10
(506 million on
Boeing airplanes)
0
96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15
Year
30
Worldwide fleet
25 Boeing fleet 24,611

Number of airplanes*
20
(thousands)
15
30 13,354
10
25
5
20
0
15 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15
10 Source: Jet Information Services, Inc. Year

* Certified jet airplanes greater than 60,000 pounds maximum gross weight, including those in temporary non-flying status and those in use by
non-airline operators. Excluded are commercial airplanes operated in military service and CIS/USSR-manufactured airplanes.
5
0
96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15
Accident Summary by Type of Operation
Worldwide Commercial Jet Fleet
Type of Operation All Accidents Fatal Accidents Onboard Fatalities Hull Loss Accidents
(External Fatalities)*
19592015 20062015 19592015 20062015 19592015 20062015 19592015 20062015
Passenger 1,525 312 495 48 29,165 3,133 717 115

(800) (82)
Scheduled 1,404 288 449 45 25,039 3,117 647 108

Charter 121 24 46 3 4,126 16 70 7
Cargo 269 63 80 14 273 41 180 37
(350) (23)
Maintenance test, ferry, positioning, training, 124 11 44 3 208 17 76 7
and demonstration (66) (0)
Totals 1,918 386 619 65 29,646 3,191 973 159
(1,216) (105)
U.S. and Canadian operators 571 69 182 11 6,202 26 230 25

(381) (6)
Rest of the world 1,347 317 437 54 23,444 3,165 743 134
(835) (99)
Totals 1,918 386 619 65 29,646 3,191 973 159
(1,216) (105)
*External fatalities include on-ground fatalities as well as fatalities on other aircraft involved.
Accident Summary by Injury and Damage
Number of Accidents | 1959 through 2015

1)fatalities
619 Fatal accidents 1,299 Non-fatal accidents
(32% of total) (68% of total)
502 fatal accidents with hull loss 471 hull loss without fatalities
27 fatal accidents with

761 substantial damage without fatalities
substantial damage
90 fatal accidents without 67 accidents without substantial

substantial damage damage, but with serious injuries
Total 1,918
Number of Accidents | 2006 through 2015
65 Fatal accidents 321 Non-fatal accidents

(17% of total) (83% of total)
55 fatal accidents
104 hull loss without fatalities
with hull loss
2 fatal accidents with

198 substantial damage without fatalities
substantial damage
8 fatal accidents 19 accidents without substantial

without substantial damage, but with serious injuries
damage
Total 386
Accident Rates and Onboard Fatalities by Year
Worldwide Commercial Jet Fleet | 1959 through 2015
USaccident
All & Canadian
rate Operators
Rest accident
Fatal of the World
rate
50 US
Hull&loss
Canadian Operators
accident rate 1400
Onboard fatalities
1200
40
1000
Annual onboard fatalities

(per million departures)
Annual accident rate
30
800
600
20
400
10
200
0 0
5960 62 64 66 68 70 72 74 76 78 80 82 84 86 88 90 92 94 96 98 00 02 04 06 08 10 12 14 15
Year
U.S. and Canadian Operators Accident Rates by Year
Fatal Accidents | Worldwide Commercial Jet Fleet | 1959 through 2015
50
U.S. and Canadian operators
40 Rest of the world

Annual fatal accident rate
30
20
10
0
60 62 64 66 68 70 72 74 76 78 80 82 84 86 88 90 92 94 96 98 00 02 04 06 08 10 12 14 15
Year (highlighted years shown in detail below)

1.5
U.S. and Canadian operators
Rest of the world
Annual fatal accident rate
1.0
0.5
0.0
96 98 00 02 04 06 08 10 12 14
Year
10-Year Accident Rates by Type of Operation
Fatal and Hull Loss Accidents | Worldwide Commercial Jet Fleet | 2006 through 2015
3.0
Fatal accident rate
Hull loss accident rate
2.5
2.0
10-year accident rate
1.5 1.50
1.0
0.70
0.56 0.59
0.5
0.29
0.23
0.0
Scheduled commercial All other operations* Total
passenger operations 34.0 million departures 226.8 million departures
192.8 million departures
*Charter passenger, charter cargo, scheduled cargo, maintenance test, ferry, positioning, training, and demonstration flights
Accident Rates by Airplane Type
Hull Loss Accidents | Worldwide Commercial Jet Fleet | 1959 through 2015
Sorted by year Hull Hull losses
of introduction losses w/fatalities
*No longer in service 99 53 4.61 / 8.60

707/720 153 74 4.28 / 8.84
DC-8 75 51 4.00 / 5.89
727 94 55 0.72 / 1.22
DC-9 92 49 0.78 / 1.47
BAC 1-11 27 12 1.38 / 3.10
737-100/-200 102 52 0.89 / 1.75
F-28 43 22 2.35 / 4.60
747-100/-200/-300/SP 37 19 1.46 / 2.85
DC-10/MD-10 27 12 1.30 / 2.92
L-1011 4 3 0.56 / 0.74
A300 16 4 0.61 / 2.43
MD-80/-90 30 15 0.33 / 0.66
767 9 2 0.11 / 0.48
757 5 5 0.21 / 0.21
BAe 146,RJ-70/-85/-100 14 7 0.62 / 1.25 Hull loss accident ratetotal bar
A310 12 9 1.86 / 2.49 Hull loss with fatalities accident rate
737-300/-400/-500 48 19 0.26 / 0.65
A300-600 7 4 0.64 / 1.12
A320/321/319/318 25 12 0.12 / 0.26
F-100/F-70 13 4 0.36 / 1.18
747-400 7 4 0.50 / 0.88
MD-11 9 5 1.89 / 3.39
A340 2 0 0 / 0.63
A330 3 2 0.24 / 0.35
777 3 1 0.11 / 0.32
737-600/-700/-800/-900 14 6 0.09 / 0.20
717 0 0 0/0
CRJ-700/-900/-1000 0 0 0/0
EMB-170/-175/-190/-195 3 1 0.08 / 0.24
**A380 0 0 0/0
* The Comet, CV880/990, Caravelle, Concorde, Mercure, Trident,
**747-8 0 0 0/0
and VC-10 are no longer in commercial service.
**787 0 0 0/0 ** These types have accumulated fewer than 1 million departures.
**A350 0 0 0/0
Total 973 502 0.70 / 1.37
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Hull loss accident rate (per million departures)
Fatal Accidents and Onboard Fatalities by Phase of Flight
Percentage of fatal accidents and onboard fatalities
Taxi, load/ 12% 49%

unload,
parked, Initial Climb Initial Final
tow Takeoff climb (flaps up) Cruise Descent approach approach Landing
Fatal accidents 11% 6% 6% 6% 12% 2% 8% 26% 23%
Onboard fatalities 0% 5% 3% 6% 24% 0% 14% 27% 20%
8% 47%
Exposure
Initial Final
(Percentage
approach approach
of flight time
fix fix
estimated for a
1.5-hour flight) 1% 1% 14% 57% 11% 12% 3% 1%
Note: Percentages may not sum to 100% due to numerical rounding.

Distribution of fatal accidents and onboard fatalities
100 2000
Onboard fatalities
80
1500
Onboard fatalities
Fatal accidents
Fatal accidents
60
848 1000
771
40 638
456 500
17 15
20
160 206 8
7 4 4 109 4 5
0 1 3
0 0
Taxi, Takeoff Initial Climb Cruise Descent Initial Final Landing
load/unload, climb approach approach
parked, tow
CAST/ICAO Common Taxonomy Team (CICTT)
Aviation Occurrence Categories
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and the Commercial Aviation Safety Team (CAST), which includes government officials and
aviation industry leaders, have jointly chartered the CAST/ICAO Common Taxonomy Team (CICTT). CICTT includes experts from several air
carriers, aircraft manufacturers, engine manufacturers, pilot associations, regulatory authorities, transportation safety boards, ICAO, and members
from Canada, the European Union, France, Italy, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States. CICTT is co-chaired by one representative
each from ICAO and CAST.
The team is charged with developing common taxonomies and definitions for aviation accident and incident reporting systems. Common taxonomies
and definitions establish a standard industry language, thereby improving the quality of information and communication. With this common language,
the aviation communitys capacity to focus on common safety issues is greatly enhanced.
The CICTT Aviation Occurrence Taxonomy is designed to permit the assignment of multiple categories as necessary to describe the accident or incident.
Since 2001, the Safety Indicator Steering Group (SISG) has met annually to assign CICTT occurrence categories to the prior years accidents.
In a separate activity, the CAST assigned each fatal accident to a single principal category. Those accident assignments and a brief description of the
categories are reported in the following chart.
The CAST use of principal categories has been instrumental in focusing industry and government efforts and resources on accident prevention.
Charts using principal categories are used by CAST to identify changes to historic risk and to help to determine if the safety enhancements put in
place are effective.
For a complete description of the categories, go to www.intlaviationstandards.org.
Fatalities by CICTT Aviation Occurrence Categories
2000
External fatalities (total 105) ARC Abnormal Runway Contact
CFIT Controlled Flight Into or Toward Terrain
1800 Onboard fatalities (total 3,191)
F-NI Fire/Smoke (Non-Impact)
LOC-I Loss of ControlIn Flight
1600 MAC Midair/Near Midair Collision
1 OTHR Other
1400 RAMP Ground Handling
1396 RE Runway Excursion (Takeoff or Landing)
1200 RI-VAP Runway IncursionVehicle, Aircraft, or Person
SCF-PP System/Component Failure or Malfunction (Powerplant)
Fatalities
1000 UNK Unknown or Undetermined

USOS Undershoot/Overshoot
800 WSTRW Wind Shear or Thunderstorm

35 1
600 632 658
400
200 12 9 38 6
1 0 1 1
0
153 154 6 7 4 0 0
96 85
0
LOC-I RE CFIT SCF-PP MAC WSTRW UNK RE RAMP F-NI OTHR RI-VAP
(Landing) (Takeoff)
+ ARC
Total fatal + USOS
accidents
(65 total)
15 14 14 2 3 1 2 3 7 2 1 1
Note: Principal categories as assigned by CAST.
For a complete description of CAST/ICAO Common Taxonomy Team (CICTT) Aviation Occurrence Categories, go to www.intlaviationstandards.org.
Notes
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of Commercial Jet Airplane Accidents

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The following airplanes are included in the statistics:

Death or serious injury results from

Direct contact with the airplane or anything attached thereto.

The airplane is completely inaccessible.

NTSB defines an aircraft accident as follows:

NTSB defines serious injury as follows:

25 Boeing fleet 24,611

10 Source: Jet Information Services, Inc. Year

19592015 20062015 19592015 20062015 19592015 20062015 19592015 20062015

Passenger 1,525 312 495 48 29,165 3,133 717 115

Scheduled 1,404 288 449 45 25,039 3,117 647 108

U.S. and Canadian operators 571 69 182 11 6,202 26 230 25

Number of Accidents | 1959 through 2015

27 fatal accidents with

90 fatal accidents without 67 accidents without substantial

Number of Accidents | 2006 through 2015

65 Fatal accidents 321 Non-fatal accidents

2 fatal accidents with

8 fatal accidents 19 accidents without substantial

Annual onboard fatalities

40 Rest of the world

Year (highlighted years shown in detail below)

*No longer in service 99 53 4.61 / 8.60

Taxi, load/ 12% 49%

Fatal accidents 11% 6% 6% 6% 12% 2% 8% 26% 23%

Onboard fatalities 0% 5% 3% 6% 24% 0% 14% 27% 20%

Note: Percentages may not sum to 100% due to numerical rounding.

For a complete description of the categories, go to www.intlaviationstandards.org.

1000 UNK Unknown or Undetermined

800 WSTRW Wind Shear or Thunderstorm

Note: Principal categories as assigned by CAST.

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