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AVIATION ACCIDENT STATISTICS

Table 6. Accidents, Fatalities, and Rates, 1988 through 2007,
for U.S. Air Carriers Operating Under 14 CFR 121, Scheduled Service (Airlines)
Year	Accidents		Fatalities					Accidents per 100,000 Flight Hours		Accidents per 1,000,000 Miles Flown		Accidents per 100,000 Departures
Year	All	Fatal	Total	Aboard	Flight Hours	Miles Flown	Departures	All	Fatal	All	Fatal	All	Fatal
1988*	27	3	285	274	10,521,052	4,260,785,000	7,347,575	0.247	0.019	0.0061	0.0005	0.354	0.027
1989	20	5	124	123	10,597,922	4,337,234,000	7,267,341	0.189	0.047	0.0046	0.0012	0.275	0.069
1990	19	4	11	9	11,524,726	4,689,287,000	7,795,761	0.165	0.035	0.0041	0.0009	0.244	0.051
1991	21	3	60	47	11,139,166	4,558,537,000	7,503,873	0.189	0.027	0.0046	0.0007	0.280	0.040
1992	15	3	29	27	11,732,026	4,767,344,000	7,515,373	0.128	0.026	0.0031	0.0006	0.200	0.040
1993	22	1	1	0	11,981,347	4,936,067,000	7,721,870	0.184	0.008	0.0045	0.0002	0.285	0.013
1994*	18	4	239	237	12,292,356	5,112,633,000	7,824,802	0.138	0.033	0.0033	0.0008	0.217	0.051
1995	30	1	160	160	12,776,679	5,328,969,000	8,105,570	0.235	0.008	0.0056	0.0002	0.370	0.012
1996	31	3	342	342	12,971,676	5,449,997,000	7,851,298	0.239	0.023	0.0057	0.0006	0.395	0.038
1997	43	3	3	2	15,061,662	6,339,432,000	9,925,058	0.285	0.020	0.0068	0.0005	0.433	0.030
1998	41	1	1	0	15,921,447	6,343,690,000	10,535,196	0.258	0.006	0.0065	0.0002	0.389	0.009
1999	40	2	12	11	16,693,365	6,689,327,000	10,860,692	0.240	0.012	0.0060	0.0003	0.368	0.018
2000	49	2	89	89	17,478,519	7,152,260,000	11,053,826	0.280	0.011	0.0069	0.0003	0.443	0.018
2001*	41	6	531	525	17,157,858	6,994,939,000	10,632,880	0.216	0.012	0.0053	0.0003	0.348	0.019
2002	34	0	0	0	16,718,781	6,927,954,000	10,276,107	0.203	-	0.0049	-	0.331	-
2003	51	2	22	21	16,887,756	7,015,935,000	10,227,924	0.302	0.012	0.0073	0.0003	0.499	0.020
2004	23	1	13	13	18,184,016	7,604,248,000	10,782,989	0.126	0.005	0.0030	0.0001	0.213	0.009
2005	33	3	22	20	18,712,191	7,843,717,000	10,910,460	0.176	0.016	0.0042	0.0004	0.302	0.027
2006	26	2	50	49	18,647,896	7,851,864,000	10,627,481	0.139	0.011	0.0033	0.0003	0.245	0.019
2007	24	0	0	0	18,700,000	7,860,000,000	10,720,000	0.128	-	0.0031	-	0.224	-

Notes

2007 data are preliminary.
Flight hours, miles, and departures are compiled by the Federal Aviation Administration.
Since March 20, 1997, aircraft with 10 or more seats used in scheduled passenger service have been operated under 14 CFR 121.
Years followed by the symbol * are those in which an illegal act was responsible for an occurrence in this category. These acts, such as suicide and sabotage are included in the totals for accidents and fatalities but are excluded for the purpose of accident rate computation. Table 12 contains a list of illegal act occurrences involving US air carriers for the period covered by this table. Other than the persons aboard aircraft who were killed, fatalities resulting from the September 11, 2001 terrorist acts are excluded from this table.

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