Aviation Accident Statistics 2000
Dear friends, colleagues, and honorable clients,
We have done some homework and compiled the statistics on aviation accidents
for the year 2000.
These include major aircraft accidents worldwide, but does not include an
accounting of general aviation and military planes.
There have been 38 events worldwide with one or more fatalities, claiming
1,126 souls aboard:
1 event involved terrorist/violent activities;
6 events involved scheduled passenger flights;
9 events involved non-scheduled passenger flights;
13 events involved regional commuter flights;
9 events involved cargo and other non-passenger flights.
Of the 1,126 people lost, 131 were crewmembers.
SURVIVABILITY
There were 363 survivors of these events, and although
23 had no survivors at all,
15 events were survived by one or more persons.
LOCATION
The fatal incidents occurred in the following regions:
1 in Australia,
2 in Arabian/Middle Eastern Countries,
4 in Europe,
7 in Asia,
7 in Latin America,
9 in Africa,
8 in the U.S.,
1 in Canada
(5 of the 9 non-passenger/cargo plane accidents were also reported from the
U.S. (4) and Canada (1).
AIRCRAFT
The accidents happened to all kind of airplanes from Airbus, to Boeing
(Boeing 737's were involved in 2 accidents with no survivors), to Antonovs
(Antonovs An-12 were involved in 2 fatal events), etc.
NON-FATAL EVENTS
In addition to 38 fatal events, at least 200 non-fatal emergency
landings/incidents/accidents occurred in the year 2000.
Most of the accidents/incidents occurred during the landing phase (i.e.,
runway overrun is most frequent), and many emergency landings were caused
by in-flight smoke, odor, or fire.
CONCLUSION
The number of 38 fatal events with the loss of 1,126 people in 2000 is
slightly below the average for the last decade.
From 1990 to 2000, an average of 1,246 lives were lost in 48 events per year.
The number of fatalities and events, however, is not necessarily related.
As an example, the year 1999 lists 48 events (10 more than in the year 2000)
with 730 deaths (396 fewer than in 2000).
To bring these figures into an unbiased light illuminating the true risk, the
50 largest airlines worldwide transported an estimated 1,250,000,000 (1.25
billion) passengers in 2000, and the 10 largest charter carriers transported
at least an additional 57 million passengers.
compiled from different sources by:
Emergency & Disaster Management, Inc., Los Angeles
