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There are more than 30 million commercial flights every year.
Source: International Civil Aviation Organization
Deaths per million passenger miles
Sea
33.47		 Rail
1.09		 Road
0.01		 Air
0.002
Flying is one of the safest ways to travel...
Source: United States Department of Transportation
Human error
Weather
Mechanical
Criminal
Unknown
...but things do go wrong, for various reasons.
Delve into the data from the last 20 years.
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Includes incidents from 1993 onwards, after Instrument Landing Systems were introduced and safety improved

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