Fatal Events and Fatal Event Rates of Airlines in the United States and Canada Since 1970
The following values for each airline includes the number of fatal events since 1970, the Full Loss Equivalent (FLE*) for each airline, the year of the most recent fatal event, the number of flights since 1970, and an estimate of the fatal event rate per million flights. Because the number of flights for each airline is an estimate, the fatal event rate is also an estimate. Unless otherwise stated, the number of fatal events is current as of the revision date at the bottom of the page, but the number of flights is the estimate through the end of 2005.
United States and Canada
Latin America and the Caribbean
Europe
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Asia and Australasia
| Airline | Rate | Flights | FLE* | Events | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air Canada+ | 0.33 | 4.75M | 1.58 | 3 | 1983 |
| AirTran (ValuJet) | 0.94 | 1.06M | 1.00 | 1 | 1996 |
| Alaska Airlines | 0.33 | 6.13M | 2.02 | 3 | 2000 |
| Aloha Airlines | 0.56 | 1.77M | 1.00 | 1 | 1989 |
| American Airlines** | 0.40 | 25.08M | 10.08 | 13 | 2004 |
| American Trans Air | 0.00 | 0.69M | 0.00 | 0 | - |
| Continental Airlines** | 0.14 | 10.39M | 1.47 | 5 | 1997 |
| Delta Air Lines** | 0.17 | 24.8M | 4.24 | 7 | 2006 |
| Hawaiian Airlines | 0.00 | 0.66M | 0.00 | 0 | - |
| JetBlue Airlines | 0.00 | 0.35M | 0.00 | 0 | - |
| Midwest Express | 1.92 | 0.52M | 1.00 | 1 | 1985 |
| Northwest Airlines** | 0.21 | 12.51M | 2.61 | 4 | 1993 |
| Southwest Airlines | 0.00 | 15.26M | 0.00 | 0 | - |
| United Airlines** | 0.31 | 21.9M | 6.69 | 11 | 2001(2) |
| US Airways** | 0.28 | 17.63M | 4.97 | 9 | 2003 |
U.S. Airline
Fleet Information
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accident and incident records for selected U.S. airlines
*Details on analysis
method
** Airline has either a subsidiary or a parent
airline that was responsible for at least one fatal event since 1970.
+ Number of flights is for the period 1970-1999
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