A fatal plane crash on November 17th is the latest disaster for the Russian aviation industry. In a small airport…

Americans feel safer in a car than a plane, even though most know they are more likely to die in…

American airlines have some of the best safety records of any airlines in the world, most ranking in the top…

2012 airline safety rankings reveal a large disparity in the safeness of various airline companies. In America, the top airline,…

Personal flying accidents in the US decreased over the 2001-2010 decade. A fraction of the total accidents were fatal for…

Most civil aviation accidents occurred from turbulence encounters. Very few accidents were due to a pilot's abrupt maneuvers, cabin safety,…

This graphic shows the locations of part 121 US civil aviation accidents in the continental US for 2010. Most accidents…

Not all US civil aviation accidents are fatal. In fact, a very small portion of these accidents are fatal.

Flight accidents on part 121 flights per revenue flights and per revenue flight hours have decreased during the years 2001-2010.…

After plummeting between 1965 and 1990, the number of air accidents as leveled off, though is steadily declining as newer…

Both annual airplane crashes and related fatalities have persistently declined in recent years, even as flight time has increased globally.…