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Region’s carriers delivered “strong safety performance” in 2024
February 27th 2025
With seven accidents in the Asia-Pacific in 2024, the all-accident rate increased from 0.92 per million sectors in 2023 to 1.04 last year, but remained below the five-year regional average of 1.10, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) reports in its just released 2024 Annual Safety Report. Read More » The fatality risk was unchanged compared with 2023 at 0.15, IATA said. There was no dominant classification for accidents in the region, which include tail strikes, runway damage and turbulence, among other incident categories. In North Asia, which recorded one accident, the all-accident rate increased slightly from zero accidents per million sectors in 2023 to 0.13 in 2024. The result bettered the region’s five-year average of 0.16 accidents per million sectors. Fatality risk has remained zero since 2022, IATA said. Globally, the all-accident rate of 1.13 per million flights (one accident per 880,000 flights) was better than the five-year average of 1.25 but worse than the 1.09 average of 2023. There were seven fatal accidents in 2024 among 40.6 million flights, more than one fatal accident in 2023 and the five-year average of five fatal accidents. There were 244 on-board fatalities in 2024, compared with 72 fatalities in full-year 2023 and a five-year average of 144. Fatality risk remained low at 0.06, below the five-year average (0.10), but double the 0.03 risk reported in 2023. IATA’s analysis of 2018-2023 accident investigations revealed only 57% were completed and published as obligated by the Chicago Convention. North Asia is leading all regions at 75%, while the completion rate in Asia-Pacific was 53%. “We honor the memory of every life lost in an aviation accident with our deepest sympathies and ever greater resolve to make flying even safer. And for that, the accumulation of safety data, including the 2024 safety report, is our most powerful tool,” said IATA director general, Willie Walsh.
