Comment by jgwil2
3 months ago
The parent commenter misspoke; they meant there was not a fatal accident involving a commercial airliner from 2009 to 2025. Commercial aviation is much more highly regulated, and much safer, than general aviation.
3 months ago
The parent commenter misspoke; they meant there was not a fatal accident involving a commercial airliner from 2009 to 2025. Commercial aviation is much more highly regulated, and much safer, than general aviation.
Nope, sorry, that page describes multiple commercial accidents resulting in fatalities, since 2009.
The Asiana crash at SFO had multiple fatalities, and was in 2013.
From the Wikipedia page:
“This is a list of fatal commercial aviation accidents and incidents in or in the vicinity of the United States or its territories. It comprises a subset of both the list of accidents and incidents involving airliners in the United States and the list of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft. It does not include fatalities due to accidents and incidents solely involving private aircraft or military aircraft.”
The 2009 fact is commercial US airlines, specifically