Plane crashes by airline
Below are the number of plane crashes and other events by airline since 1970 that led to at least one passenger death. Each listed airline is currently active. The year of the airline's start of service is listed if it is later than 1970.
The table below lists the airline, the number of fatal events since 1970, and the year of the most recent event.
US and Canada
Airline | FLE* | Events | Last |
---|---|---|---|
Air Canada | 1.58 | 3 | 1983 |
Air Transat | 0.00 | 0 | - |
Alaska Airlines | 2.02 | 3 | 2000 |
Allegiant Air | 0.00 | 0 | - |
American Airlines** | 10.08 | 13 | 2004 |
Delta Air Lines** | 4.24 | 7 | 2006 |
Frontier Airlines | 0.00 | 0 | - |
Hawaiian Airlines | 0.00 | 0 | - |
Horizon Air*** | 0.00 | 0 | - |
JetBlue Airlines | 0.00 | 0 | - |
Southwest Airlines | 0.00 | 0 | - |
Sprit Airlines | 0.00 | 0 | - |
United Airlines** | 6.69 | 11 | 2001 |
WestJet Airlines | 0.00 | 0 | - |
Crashes by world region
United States and Canada
Latin America and the Caribbean
Europe
Africa and the Middle East
Asia and Pacific region
* Full Loss Equivalent divided by the number of fatal events provides the probability a passenger was killed on those flights with at least one passenger fatality.
** Includes events from a subsidiary airline that was responsible for at least one fatal event since 1970.
*** Airline has a parent company with at least one fatal event since 1970.
Related information
Recent crashes
Airlines with no passenger deaths
Crashes by airline
Fleet age by airline
Crashes by model
Crash rates by model
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http://airsafe.com/airline.htm -- Revised: 15 December 2017