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Airline Accident Statistics 1942-2009

1) The document provides various statistics and charts related to airplane safety and accidents between 1942-2009. It includes data on fatal accidents by country, aircraft type, month, and airline. 2) A chart shows survival rates are highest for seats within 5 rows of an emergency exit. 3) The odds of dying in a plane crash are relatively low, at around 1 in 11 million, lower than many other causes of accidental death.

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Airline Accident Statistics 1942-2009

1) The document provides various statistics and charts related to airplane safety and accidents between 1942-2009. It includes data on fatal accidents by country, aircraft type, month, and airline. 2) A chart shows survival rates are highest for seats within 5 rows of an emergency exit. 3) The odds of dying in a plane crash are relatively low, at around 1 in 11 million, lower than many other causes of accidental death.

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Pre-Flight Check

Before you take off...

Final Destination
Density of fatal accidents 1942-2009

USA (2613 accidents), Russia (626), UK, India, Canada, Brazil, France, China, Colombia, Germany, Vietnam, Indonesia,
Mexico, Italy, Cuba, Bolivia, Philippines, Congo (former Zaire), Spain, Argentina, Atlantic Ocean (and associated seas
like Mediterranean, Caribbean), Myanmar, Australia, Japan, Venezuela, Netherlands, Sudan, Nigeria, Iran, Peru,
Angola, Papua New Guinea, Afghanistan, Poland, Egypt, Pakistan, Thailand, Turkey, Ecuador (75)
source: [Link]/database/country

Squadron Leaders 2nd Squadron Leaders


Fatal accidents by aircraft type Ratio of fatal accidents to number of planes in services
(the higher the better)

Boeing 737 family 60 DC-9 family 19:1

DC-9 family 56 Airbus A300 37:1

Boeing 747 15 Boeing 747 52:1

Airbus A300 15 Boeing 737 family 77:1

Airbus A320 8 Boeing 757 183:1

Boeing 757 5 Boeing 767 269:1

Boeing 767 3 Airbus A320 463:1

Bombadier CRJ 2 Bombadier CRJ 700:1

Airbus A330 1 Air France crash Airbus A330 943:1


1st June 2009

Boeing 777 0 Boeing 777 0

Embraer 0 Embraer 0

source: [Link] [via Guardian Datablog]

Seating Plan
Survival rate relative to seat position

49% 56% 56% 69%

56% Aisle seat


within 5 rows of an emergency exit

source: Popular Mechanics [via [Link]], University of Greenwich study

Bad Month
Months with the most fatal airline accidents 1942-2009

Jan Feb Mar Apr May June

39 27

July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

48

source: Wikiedpa/List_of_air_disasters

Safety Record
Fatal accidents by airline (5 or more)

15 10
(Scandinavia) (Brazil)

14 12
19 6

24 9

7
11

7
16 19

source: Wikiedpa/List_of_air_disasters. Light grey airlines are defunct.

Bad Flights?
Statistically speaking

AIRLINE FROM TO DATE PLANE

USA Russia August DC-9

XXXX India September Airbus A300

Canada UK November Boeing 747


source: this data

The Odds
Chances of actually dying in a plane crash

Falling down Heat stroke Lightning Nuclear Accident Plane Crash Bee Sting Mountain Lion Attack Blogging
20,666:1 950,000:1 2,320,000:1 10,000,000:1 11,000,000:1 15,000,000:1 32,000,000:1 35,000,000:1

source: Google

writing, design and data mashing by David McCandless // [Link]


plane graphics: Neubau Welt // logos: [Link] // additional research: Pearl Doughty White

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