The crash of the An-148 of Saratov Airlines is the first major air crash in the world in 2018. 71 people died as a result of the accident. For the airline, this is the first such a serious incident, although there have been significant incidents before. As possible causes of the crash, the investigation considers "weather conditions, the human factor, the technical condition of the aircraft and other possible scenarios." It is known that the plane was in the air for only four minutes, and then crashed to the ground, after which it fell apart.

An-148 is a relatively young aircraft. He made his first flight on December 17, 2004. The crashed airliner with tail number RA-61704 was developed and released by the design bureau. Antonov in 2010. The aircraft entered the fleet of Saratov Airlines in February 2017. On the day of the crash, the An-148 managed to perform three flights: Penza - Moscow, Moscow - Saratov, Saratov - Moscow.

The fleet of Saratov Airlines consists of 11 aircraft, including 5 AN-148-100 aircraft. The average age of the operated An-148s is eight years, the entire fleet is 18.8 years. In 2016, Saratov Airlines carried 796,386 passengers (19th place among Russian airlines). On February 12, it became known that Saratov Airlines had temporarily suspended the operation of the An-148.

Airplanes are considered the safest mode of transport, and 2017 was the safest in the history of commercial flights worldwide. According to the official statistics of the Russian Emergencies Ministry (it takes into account any accidents), compared to 2016, the number of air crashes has decreased by more than 50%.

The Ministry of Emergency Situations takes into account all aviation accidents, including the fall of helicopters, private aircraft. And this is how the statistics of victims of air crashes look, taking into account exclusively civilian passenger ships.

In most cases, the cause of air crashes is called the human factor:

According to a large study, most fatal accidents occur during landing and landing approaches:

The most serious aviation accidents with the An-148:

June 4, 2010 An-148 of Rossiya Airlines, flying from Moscow to St. Petersburg, almost crashed. As a result of a short circuit in the circuit of the electrical remote control system, the aircraft banked heavily and began to dive. The pilots managed to regain control and land safely at Pulkovo.

March 5, 2011 near the village of Garbuzovo, Belgorod region, an An-148 crashed while performing a training flight. As a result of the disaster, all 6 people on board were killed, including two foreign pilots.

February 26, 2012 An An-148 of Rossiya airlines, flying from Berlin to St. Petersburg, had a wheel fall off. When approaching St. Petersburg, the aircraft produced additional fuel for about two hours, and then landed without a wheel on the left main landing gear. The cause of the incident was the wheel coming off the axle due to the destruction of the bearings.

August 23, 2013 An-148 lost the front landing gear tire during takeoff from Mineralnye Vody. The board managed to fly safely and land in Pulkovo.

September 10, 2017 An-148 of Saratov Airlines, which was flying Kirov - Simferopol, had a right engine failure due to a drop in oil pressure. The airliner landed at Saratov airport.

October 1, 2017 During the takeoff of the An-148 of the Angara airline, which was flying Talakan - Irkutsk, the right engine caught fire. The aircraft made an emergency landing at the airport of departure.

February 11, 2018 An-148 aircraft of Saratov Airlines, flying from Domodedovo to Orsk, crashed 4 minutes after takeoff in the Ramensky district of the Moscow region. 65 passengers and 6 crew members died.

Every day, about 100,000 aircraft take to the air and approximately the same number make a successful landing. At the same time, the statistics of the dead is replenished by no more than 1000 per year - this is relatively less compared to those who died in road accidents in just a month around the world.

How often do planes crash?

How many planes crash a year is a question that interests many people, even those who are not going on a flight. You can provide the following data:

1. According to statistics, about 10,000 airliners take off into the sky every day.
2. Approximately 4.5 billion people fly in aircraft, which is more than half of the world's population.
3. Of these, about 1,000 people die in air crashes.
4. In 100 years of passenger aviation, 150,000 people have died.

Aircraft crash statistics around the world

According to world statistics of air crashes, the leaders are:

1. Russia
2. Canada

Where are the most victims of air crashes?

(from 1945 - 2013)

1. USA: 763 crashes, 10,514 casualties;
2. Russia: 307 accidents, 7061 victims;
3. Canada: 173 crashes, 1,755 casualties;
4. Brazil: 172 crashes, 2681 casualties;
5. Colombia: 164 accidents, 2774 casualties;
6. UK: 102 crashes, 1278 casualties;
7. France: 101 accidents, 2240 casualties;
8. India: 93 accidents, 2341 casualties;
9. Indonesia: 93 accidents, 1902 casualties;
10. Mexico: 88 crashes, 1226 casualties.

Aircraft crash statistics in Russia

Speaking about our country, we have to admit with bitterness that over the past six years we have ranked first in the world in terms of the number of air crashes.

So during this time in Russia there were 38 air crashes in which 378 people died, while in the United States there were only 11 air accidents.

Aircraft crash statistics by airline

Which airlines have the most accidents? To answer this question, you need to rank airlines by the number of plane crashes.

Turkish Airlines

The most massive and popular (especially among Russian tourists) air carrier has not encountered air accidents since the seventies of the last century, but a series of small incidents, as well as the 2009 disaster near the Dutch airport Schiphol, which claimed nine lives, significantly damaged the reputation of the airline.

China Airlines

The Taiwanese airline is considered one of the most unsafe in Asia.

Over the past thirty years, about 755 people have died in accidents with the aircraft of this air carrier, which gives reason to suspect this company of an unprofessional approach to the safety of its customers.

Korean Airlines

The largest air carrier in South Korea has spent more than a billion US dollars on various passenger amenities. The ships of this company constantly get into some kind of small accidents, fortunately, so far without casualties. The last tragic incident occurred back in 1997.

Saudi Arabian Airlines

The flag carrier of Saudi Arabia. Since the year 2000, it has had a reputation as a not very safe company, various incidents often occur with the aircraft of this carrier, although only one person died in them (during the crush that occurred during the evacuation), the frequency of various accidents involving the aircraft of this company is very alarming.

Skywest Airlines

A well-known American airline specializing in local transportation. After the 1990s, which dealt a serious blow to the company's reputation, it was noted only by the 2008 disaster in San Antonio. Fortunately, there were no casualties, but the carrier's reputation was dealt a serious blow.

South African Airways

The largest airline in South Africa, specializes in domestic and international flights. The company's reputation was damaged by a failed Zimbabwean terrorist who hijacked the carrier's aircraft in 2006. As a result of the incident, no one was injured, and although the responsibility lies with the airport security service, this did not save the carrier's reputation from a serious blow.

Aeroflot aircraft crash

Several dozen airlines are registered in our country. To determine their reliability and safety, a particular company is evaluated according to various criteria, one of which is the technical safety of aircraft. The European Aviation Safety Agency has compiled a rating of the most reliable air carriers, the list of which includes the domestic company Aeroflot.

The company was founded in 1923. After the collapse of the USSR, many small carriers separated from it. In 1992, Aeroflot-Russian International Airlines JSC was established, which marked the beginning of the modern history of the airline. Today, Aeroflot is the largest air carrier in Russia. During the period from 1992 to the present, there have been 4 air crashes that have claimed the lives of people. There is also information about 5 more accidents, which, fortunately, did not cause any casualties.

The most famous disaster that has occurred in the history of the airline is the tragedy near Mezhdurechensk. In the spring of 1994, a passenger plane crashed on a Moscow-Hong Kong flight. During the investigation, it turned out that the crash occurred through the fault of the aircraft commander. The man put his fifteen-year-old son at the helm. This disaster claimed the lives of 75 people.

Going on a trip to another country, people are interested not only in the reliability of airlines, but also in the safety of the aircraft themselves. Therefore, it will not be superfluous to give a rating of the most unreliable and dangerous aircraft.

The Boeing 737 was recognized as one of the most dangerous aircraft, since most of the accidents occurred on this type of aircraft.

IL 76 is also considered an unsafe aircraft, since it was on this vessel that a major disaster occurred 13 years ago, which claimed many human lives.

TU 154, recognized as very dangerous and unreliable, this airliner also experienced many accidents and emergency situations.

The Airbus A 310 is also notorious, it was on this ship that a disaster occurred on June 30, 2009, which claimed more than 150 lives.

McDonnell-Douglas DC 9, this type of aircraft has not been produced for a long time and is out of production, however, during its entire existence, there have been several accidents as a result of which 44 people died.

2016 was the busiest year in terms of air accidents. This conclusion can be reached by referring to the statistics of air crashes that occurred during this period.

On February 24, a DHC-6 passenger plane crashed in Nepal with 20 passengers and 3 crew members on board. As a result of the disaster, no one managed to survive.

A month later, on March 9, an AN 26 crashed in Bangladesh, the plane crashed into the sea. There were 4 people on board, all of them were citizens of Ukraine. As a result, three people died, and only one managed to survive.

On the night of March 19 of the same year, a Boeing 737 crashed in Rostov-on-Don while climbing, the airliner began a sharp decline and crashed onto the airport runway. There were 55 people and 7 crew members on board. As a result of the plane crash, everyone on board died.

Two months later, on May 18, AN 12 B crashed in Dwyer. There were 9 people on board. As a result of the crash, 7 people died, only two technicians managed to survive.

The next day, on May 19, another disaster occurred when an Airbus A 320 crashed into the Mediterranean Sea. All 66 people (56 passengers, 10 crew members) on board were killed.

Two months later, on July 1, while extinguishing forest fires, due to poor visibility, an IL 76 transport aircraft of the Russian Emergencies Ministry crashed. All 10 crew members on board were killed.

Six months later, on 28 November, a BAe 146 crashed in Colombia due to lack of fuel. There were 77 people on board. As a result of the incident, 71 people died and only 6 people were saved.

A month later, on December 7, an ATR 42 aircraft crashed near the city of Havelian. All 47 people on board were killed.

On December 25 of the same year, a major disaster occurred, the aircraft TU 154 of the Russian Air Force, as a result of an error by the crew commander, crashed during landing and completely collapsed. All 92 people on board were killed.

In general, looking at the statistics, we can conclude that traveling by plane is much safer than by land transport, according to estimates, the probability of dying in a plane crash is 1: 8,000,000. Therefore, do not be afraid to fly on airliners, because the risk of dying on the ground is much higher than in the air.

Plane crash statistics for 2017

Over the past months of this year, there have been only 4 air crashes, which is significantly less compared to the past 2016.

January 16, landing, crashed Boeing 747. As a result of the accident, 39 people died and 14 were injured.

Three months later, on March 20, while landing, an accident occurred with an AN 26 aircraft. As a result of the incident, 37 people were injured.

On April 29, AN 26 crashed. There were 8 people on board. All on board were killed.

Three months later, on June 7, the Y8 airliner crashed, half an hour later, after the plane took off, the liner crashed into the Andaman Sea. There were 122 people on board. As a result of the disaster, no one managed to survive.

Near Bishkek, performing the Hong Kong-Bishkek flight. According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Kyrgyzstan, the plane crashed near a holiday village near the airport. According to preliminary data, about 15 residential buildings of the village were destroyed, 20 people died in them.

2016

On December 25, a Tu-154 aircraft of the Russian Defense Ministry, which was heading to Syria, a few minutes after taking off from Sochi airport. There were 92 people on board - eight crew members and 84 passengers, including eight military personnel, 64 artists of the Alexandrov Ensemble, nine representatives of Russian TV channels, the head of the Just Help charity foundation Elizaveta Glinka, known as Doctor Lisa, and two federal civil servants. On the presence of their employees on board Channel One, NTV and Zvezda.

On December 7, a plane carrying 47 people (42 passengers and five crew members) near the city of Havelian in Pakistan. The liner took off from the city of Chitral in the north of the country and was supposed to land in Islamabad. The pilot of the plane gave a distress call shortly before the liner disappeared from the radar of air traffic controllers. Everyone died in the crash. The aircraft released to media includes 31 men, nine women and two children.

On August 16, in the Indonesian province of Papua, an Indonesian passenger aircraft ATR of Trigana Air Service, flying from the provincial capital of Jayapura to Oksibil Airport, collided with a mountain. There were 49 passengers and five crew members on board, all of whom died.

On June 30, a four-engine Hercules C-130B military transport aircraft, manufactured more than half a century ago by the American airline Lockheed, in the southwestern part of the capital of the Indonesian province of North Sumatra, about two minutes after takeoff from the Medan air force base "Suwondo" (Soewondo), flying just about five kilometers. Immediately before the crash, the pilot informed the dispatchers about engine problems, the C-130 crashed at the moment when it was turning around to return to base. On board the crashed plane were 122 people, they died. Another 19 people died on the ground.

On March 24, in the south of France in the department of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, an Airbus A320 owned by Germanwings and en route from Barcelona (Spain) to Dusseldorf (Germany). There were 142 passengers and eight crew members on board the airliner. They all died. A record from the discovered "black boxes" indicates that the crash was the result of the co-pilot, German citizen Andreas Lubitz.

March 10 near the village of Villa Castella in Argentina at an altitude of about 100 meters, on board were participants in the filming of the reality show about survival in difficult conditions "Dropped". As a result of the crash, all ten people (eight French and two Argentine pilots) died, including the 2012 Olympic champion in swimming Camille Muffat, the 2008 Games bronze medalist boxer Alexis Vasten, and the famous yachtswoman Florence Artaud.

On February 4, in Taiwan, an ATR 72 aircraft taking off from Taipei Songshan Airport in the direction of the Kinmen archipelago hit a bridge and. There were 53 passengers on board, including 31 Chinese tourists and five crew members. As a result of the incident, 43 people died.

On January 26, in Spain, a Greek Air Force aircraft participating in the NATO Tactical Leadership Program failed to gain altitude during takeoff and fell to the ground in an area where other aircraft were located. He rammed several of them. As a result, 11 people were killed and 20 more were injured.

January 18 in Syria, an army cargo plane near the Abu al-Zuhur airport in the province of Idlib due to bad weather. At least 35 military personnel were killed.

In the Khabarovsk Territory, an L-410 aircraft crashed while landing two kilometers from the airport in the village of Nelkan, Ayano-Maysky District. He followed the route Khabarovsk - Nikolaevsk-on-Amur - Nelkan. There were seven people on board, including two crew members. Six people died.

2016

In the morning, the Tu-154 aircraft of the Russian Defense Ministry, which was heading to Syria, crashed a few minutes after taking off from Sochi airport. There were 92 people on board - eight crew members and 84 passengers, including eight military personnel, 64 artists of the Alexandrov Ensemble, nine representatives of Russian TV channels, the head of the Just Help charity foundation Elizaveta Glinka, known as Doctor Lisa, and two federal civil servants. Channel One, NTV and Zvezda reported on the presence of their employees on board.

In the Irkutsk region, the Il-76 aircraft, which was engaged in extinguishing large-scale natural fires, did not get in touch. A ground rescue team found a crashed IL-76 south of the village of Rybny Uyan on the slope of one of the hills. All ten crew members were killed.

Passenger Boeing 737-800, flying from Dubai, crashed in Rostov-on-Don. The aircraft crashed to the left of the runway while landing in poor visibility. There were 55 passengers and seven crew members on board, all of whom died.

2015

The Airbus-321 of the Kogalymavia airline, which was operating flight 9268 Sharm el-Sheikh - St. Petersburg, took off from Egypt at 6.21 (Moscow time) and disappeared from the radar screens after 23 minutes. There were 217 passengers and seven crew members on board. The wreckage of a Russian civilian aircraft was found in the center of the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt. No one survived the crash.

2014

On the night of at Vnukovo airport, a Unijet light-engine Falcon 50EX crashed during takeoff, colliding with a snowplow. Four people died in the crash - Christophe de Margerie, president of the French energy concern Total, and three crew members.

2013

A Boeing 737 passenger plane of the Tatarstan airline, flying from Moscow, crashed while landing at the Kazan airport. The plane crash claimed the lives of six crew members and 44 passengers.

2012

An An-28 scheduled flight belonging to the Federal State Unitary Enterprise "Kamchatka Aviation Enterprise" disappeared near the village of Palana. There were 13 people on board the plane, which was flying Petropavlovsk Kamchatsky - Palana. The plane was found lying on its side in a thicket of elfin cedar 10 kilometers from Palana. The plane crash killed 10 people.

The ATR-72 aircraft of UTair airlines, performing the Tyumen-Surgut flight, crashed during takeoff from the Tyumen airport. There were 43 people on board - 39 passengers and four crew members. The victims of the crash were 33 people.

2011

The Yak-42 aircraft of the Yak Service airline crashed on takeoff from the Tunoshna airport in the Yaroslavl region. On board the aircraft was the hockey team Lokomotiv (Yaroslavl), which flew to the match in Minsk. In total, there were 45 people on the plane - 37 passengers and eight crew members. Two survived the crash - hockey player Alexander Galimov and flight engineer Alexander Sizov, but on September 12 Galimov died from his wounds at the Institute of Surgery. Vishnevsky in Moscow.

Image copyright EPA Image caption A MyCargo Airlines plane crashed on a summer cottage near Manas Airport in Kyrgyzstan

The crash of a Boeing 747 cargo liner in Kyrgyzstan was the 61st serious accident involving an aircraft of this type in almost half a century of history.

At the moment, 37 people are known to have died as a result of the crash of a Boeing during an unsuccessful attempt to land at Manas airport.

The reasons for the crash of the liner are still unknown. Representatives of the Kyrgyz authorities said that the pilot failed to land the plane on the first attempt, and it is possible that the plane hit the airport fence with its fuselage before it could climb again. During the landing approach in the Manas airport area, visibility was poor due to fog.

The crash of the Boeing 747 in Kyrgyzstan was the 29th incident with this type of aircraft, which ended in the death of people.

Image copyright Reuters Image caption Boeing 747 used as "Air Force One" to transport the President of the United States

Nevertheless, the 747 is considered one of the most reliable aircraft, which is confirmed by statistics. Since the start of operation of these machines in 1969, less than 4% of the produced liners have been lost due to crashes, accidents and other incidents.

The Boeing 747, also known by the informal name "Jumbo Jet", was developed in the late 60s and for several decades was the heaviest and most spacious aircraft in the world - until the introduction of the Airbus A380 in 2005.

The first Boeing crash happened in 1974 - due to pilot error, the plane crashed during takeoff from Nairobi airport, killing 59 people, 98 managed to survive.

Image copyright Reuters Image caption The Jumbo Jet was designed primarily as a cargo aircraft, as in the 1960s the airline industry expected passengers to be transported primarily by supersonic aircraft. However, these forecasts did not materialize, and the 747th began to be produced in various modifications - from liners for many hundreds of passengers to specialized NASA aircraft for transporting space shuttles.

Two years later, an Iranian Royal Airways cargo Boeing 747 crashed due to a lightning strike on the left wing, killing all 17 people on board.

On January 1, 1978, an Indian Airlines plane crashed into the sea off Bombay due to pilot error, killing all 213 passengers and crew.

One of the worst disasters with the 747 occurred on August 12, 1985 - it still remains in the history of aviation as the one that caused the largest number of victims due to the fall of a single aircraft. A Japanese Airlines flight between Tokyo and Osaka crashed due to a malfunction in the rear fuselage caused, in turn, by a repair mistake seven years earlier. 520 people died.

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption On March 27, 1977, two 747s collided at Tenerife Airport due to dense fog, killing 583 people.

In terms of the number of victims, the catastrophe in Japan is only ahead of the tragedy at the Tenerife airport, on the runway of which two Boeing 747 aircraft of KLM and Pan American World Airways collided. 583 people died, 61 managed to escape.

An error in repairing the aircraft led to the crash of a Chinese Boeing with 225 people on board, which crashed in the Taiwan Strait in 2002.

Other well-known Boeing 747 crashes are not related to technical problems or crew errors, but to external influences.

In 1983, Soviet fighter jets shot down a Korean Airlines airliner off Sakhalin, killing 269 people; in 1985, an Air India bomb exploded in the skies over Ireland, killing 329 people; Finally, in 1988, a bomb planted by Libyan terrorists exploded over the Scottish town of Lockerbie on a Pan Am airliner, killing 259 people on board the plane and 11 Lockerbie residents.