Globally, the most common accidents involving airline aircraft last year were tail strikes and runway excursions, underscoring the importance of takeoff and landing safety measures. Manju V looks at how 2024 fared in terms of aviation safety.
Global airlines safety performance
| Metric | 2024value | 2023value | 5-year average(2019-2023 |
| All-accidentrat | 1.13 permillionflights | 1.09 permillionflights | 1.25 permillionflights |
| Fatal accidents | 7 | 1 | 5 |
| Fatalities | 244 | 72 | 144 |
| Fatality risk | 0.06 | 0.03 | 0.1 |
2011-2015-1 per 456,000 flights
2020-2024 -1 per 810,000 flights
Accident investigations | 2018-2023Completion rate (%)
- North Asia-75
- North America-70
Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
- Europe
- Middle East & North Africa
Latin America & Caribbean
- Asia-Pacific
- AfricaSafety recommendation
| Area | Recommendation |
| Conflict zone safety | Enhanced government action |
| Intelligence sharing | Better global cooperation |
| Accidentinvestigation report | Clearer global protocolsand transparency |
| GNSS interferenceissuesUrgent countermeasuresa | Urgent countermeasuresand mitigation efforts |
Most affected regions:
Türkiye, Iraq, Egypt- Any disruption of the signals received from GNSS satellites, like GPS, which can negatively affect the accuracy of positioning data.
- A malicious technique that manipulates GPS data, thereby misleading a GPS receiver about its actual location.Even with recent high profile aviation accidents,it is important to remember thataccidents are extremely rare.There were 40.6 million flightsin 2024 and only seven fatalaccidents.Moreover, aviationsafety has continuously improved
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