The safety performance data for the commercial airline industry in the year 2021, released by the International Air Transport Association, shows improvement in several areas compared to the previous two years. Highlights include: The impact of each accident was magnified by the reduction in flight numbers last year. The industry improved in several key safety metrics in the face of numerous operational challenges. Willie Walsh, IATA's Director General, said that they have much work ahead of them to bring all regions and types of operations up to global levels of safety performance.
2021 2020 5-year average
(2017-2021)
All accident rate (accidents per one million flights) 1.01 (1 accident every 0.99 million flights) 1.58 (1 accident every 0.63 million flights) 1.23 (1 accident every 0.81 million flights) All accident rate for IATA member airlines 0.44 (1 accident every 2.27 million flights) 0.77 (1 accident every 1.30 million flights) 0.72 (1 accident every 1.39 million flights) Total accidents 26 35 44.2 Fatal accidents(i) 7 (1 jet and 6 turboprop) 5 7.4 Fatalities 121 132 207 Fatality risk 0.23 0.13 0.14 IATA member airlines fatality risk 0.00 0.06 0.04 Jet hull losses (per one million flights) 0.13 (1 major accident every 7.7 million flights) 0.16 (1 major accident every 6.3 million flights) 0.15 (1 major accident every 6.7 million flights) Turboprop hull losses (per one million flights) 1.77 (1 hull loss every 0.56 million flights) 1.59 (1 hull loss every 0.63 million flights) 1.22 (1 hull loss every 0.82 million flights) Total flights (million) 25.7 22.2 36.6
The rise in fatal turboprop accidents has led to an increase in the fatality risk. There was one fatal accident involving jet aircraft last year and the jet fatality risk was 0.04 per million sectors, an improvement over the 5-year average of 0.06.
A person would need to take a flight every day for 10,078 years to be involved in an accident with at least one death.
IOSA is the global standard for airline operational safety audits and a requirement for IATA membership. It is used in regulatory safety programs.
The results of airlines on the registry were superb regardless of region of operation. Walsh said that they will continue to evolve IOSA to support better industry safety performance.
The global average jet hull loss rate decreased in the year 2021. Compared to the five-year average, five regions saw improvements.
| Region | 2021 | 2020 | 2017-2021 |
| Africa | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.28 |
| Asia Pacific | 0.33 | 0.62 | 0.29 |
| Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.92 |
| Europe | 0.27 | 0.31 | 0.14 |
| Latin America and the Caribbean | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.23 |
| Middle East and North Africa | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| North America | 0.14 | 0.00 | 0.06 |
| North Asia | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.03 |
| Global | 0.13 | 0.16 | 0.15 |
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The turboprop hull loss rate improved in five regions when compared to the 5-year average. Although sectors flown by turboprops represented just 10.99% of total sectors, accidents involving turboprop aircraft represented 50% of all accidents, and 49% of deaths in 2011.
| Region | 2021 | 2020 | 2017-2021 |
| Africa | 5.59 | 9.77 | 5.08 |
| Asia Pacific | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.34 |
| Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) | 42.53 | 0.00 | 16.81 |
| Europe | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Latin America and the Caribbean | 0.00 | 2.35 | 0.73 |
| Middle East and North Africa | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.44 |
| North America | 0.00 | 1.74 | 0.55 |
| North Asia | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Global | 1.77 | 1.59 | 1.22 |
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There were no fatal jet accidents for the second year in a row. There were four accidents. More than a third of the deaths of the year were caused by three of these. None of the airlines were on the IOSA registry.
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There were four accidents with turboprop aircraft in sub-Saharan Africa in 2021, three of which resulted in 18 deaths. The operators were not on the registry. There were no jet hull loss accidents in the year 2020.
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