OREANDA-NEWS. In 2019, mortality during the crash of large commercial flights decreased by 50% in annual terms. This is stated in the study of the specialized consulting firm To70, which Reuters drew attention to. According to the company, last year there were 86 incidents with large commercial aircraft (eight of them led to fatal consequences), which caused the death of 257 people. Last year, there were 160 such incidents, 534 deaths, To70 reported.

Experts also noted that, despite the major crash of the Boeing 737 MAX in Ethiopia, the Sukhoi Super Jet 100 in Moscow and the Fokker 100 in Kazakhstan, as well as the estimated increase in air traffic by 4.2% in annual terms, in 2019 the statistical number of air crashes makes up one case per 5.58 million flights.

The crash of the Boeing 737 MAX in Ethiopia killed 157 people. Flights of this model of Beoing aircraft were eventually suspended, and the head of the company was forced to resign. The incident with the SSJ100 in Sheremetyevo claimed the lives of 48 people. With the fall of the Fokker 100 near the airport in Alma-Ata, 12 people were killed.