FATAL WORLD AVIATION ACCIDENTS, 2007-2011
Year Fatal accidents (1) Fatalities (1) Accident rate (2)
2007 20 692 0.75
2008 23 502 0.81
2009 18 685 0.71
2010 23 786 0.61
2011 22 486 0.37

(1) On Eastern and Western built jet aircraft.
(2) Measured in hull losses per million flights of Western built jet aircraft. A hull loss is an accident in which the aircraft is destroyed or substantially damaged and is not subsequently repaired.

Source: International Air Transport Association.