Following next year’s chugging of an Azerbaijan Airlines planes and the Jeju Air disaster in South Korea, commercial aviation has experienced its worst year since 2018. According to statistics compiled by Cirium, onboard traveler plane fatalities this month increased to 318 with the two most recent accidents. That’s by far the highest death toll since more than 500 people died in 2018, a time marked by the first of two Boeing Co. 737 Max accidents. It is a reversal from 2023, which is the safest time in aviation history with no fatalities among huge passenger jetliners. Unfavorable outcomes in aerospace research are still uncommon.
At Tokyo Airport in January, a Japan Airlines flight and a navy aircraft collided. Five persons died on the smaller aircraft, but everyone on the aircraft managed to survive. In July, Nepal’s Saurya Airlines crashed after taking off, killing 18. Additionally, in August spectacular footage of a VoePass plane that was flying for the Brazilian airline VoePass was captured crashing into the sky after snowy weather. In that incident, 62 people died. International problems may also have contributed to this year’s casualties. Azerbaijan Airlines ‘ scheduled flight from Baku’s capital city to Grozny, Russia, on December 25 was abruptly diverted across Kazakhstan’s Caspian Sea. Azerbaijan’s president has said the aircraft was accidentally shot along by Russia.
