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Turkish Airlines now operates in 131 countries, 120 of them being confirmed as active by Guinness World Records. [103] [104] 22 December A Piper PA-42 Cheyenne crashed shortly after takeoff at Canela Airport, Brazil, killing all 10 occupants onboard and injuring a further 17 on the ground. [105] [106] 23 December
Anxious airline flyers may well remember 2024 as the year their worst fears about the safety of air travel felt confirmed, as a series of unprecedented, and in some cases fatal, airplane incidents ...
Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 2024 (1 C, 22 P) Pages in category "Aviation accidents and incidents in 2024" The following 30 pages are in this category, out of 30 total.
On 2 January 2024, Japan Airlines Flight 516, an A350-900 flight from New Chitose Airport in Sapporo to Haneda Airport in Tokyo, collided with a Japan Coast Guard De Havilland Canada Dash 8 while landing. The aircraft caught fire and was damaged beyond repair. All 379 passengers and crew were evacuated from the aircraft.
Boeing’s very bad year ended tragically on Sunday, as a 737 flown by Korean discount carrier Jeju Air crashed, killing 179 passengers and crew on board.
Despite the frightening situation, it has one of the highest ratings for airline safety. In AirlineRatings.com's annual report, Alaska was the only U.S. airline to rank in the top 10 for 2021 and ...
The US Code of Federal Regulations defines an accident as "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;" an incident as "an occurrence ...
From 2000 to 2024, the United States spent over US$3 billion on improving over 1,000 runway safety areas; this effort was accelerated by the 1999 crash of American Airlines Flight 1420, in which 11 people died after the aircraft failed to stop and crashed into a non-frangible approach lighting system. [103]