Officials have said that American Airlines passenger aircraft and U.S. Army helicopters collided with the Potomac River near Reagan Washington National Airport on Wednesday night.
This was the first fatal US passenger plane accident since February 2009, but the recent series of near -miss cases and the deadly 2024 have caused serious and safety concerns.
In 2024, commercial aviation has suffered the most fatal year since 2018. According to data compiled by cities, after two accidents in late December, passenger aircraft on board aircraft jumped to 318 in 11 crashes.
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This is the highest number of deaths because more than 500 people died in 2018.
This year, it began with tragedy in Japan and South Korea while attempts to land in the most dangerous stages of flight. The fatal aviation accident remains very rare, and one major case can suddenly change the statistically safe year to the worst.
“The recent spikes will fall into the unpredictable edge,” said Darren Strakka, a former Aerona Correction Investigation Director of the Arab Emirates and Hong Kong, told Bloomberg News in December. He suggested that airline crew could be trained more well to respond to so -called outdated events.
In January 2024, a huge Jet of Japan Airlines collided with a coastal security squad airplane at Haneda Airport in Tokyo. Everyone survived on a commercial jet liner, but five small aircraft died. In May, one of Singapore Airlines's Jet Airlines Jet Airlines, who was flying Myanmar, died.
In July, Nepali Airlines in Nepal was removed from Kathmans and killed CRASH, killing 18 people. The dramatic images of the airplane, operated by Brazilian airlines, encountered ice -like weather conditions, and then captured the turbo prop from the sky. The accident killed 62.
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The surge in the deaths has been reversed since 2023. This was the safest year in air that would not die among large passengers jet liners.
The safety of the airline is that regulatory authorities, manufacturers, and airlines have minimized accidents and have learned lessons learned to improve the possibility of survival when things go wrong. It has been improved.
For example, the fire replenishment design of the carbon hull, which was involved in the Tokyo Crash in January, is combined with the JAL Crew and Rescue Team with almost no Frees execution, so that all 379 people can survive on board. I did.
JAN-ARWED RICHTER, an aeronautical consultant who runs a JACDEC research site in Hamburg, Germany, is best to see a 10-year aviation safety.
“I'm convinced that 2024 may be considered a miss in the next few years,” he said.
Reuters and AP communication have contributed to this report.
