Air India crash marks deadliest aviation disaster in a decade

[Gatwick Bound Air India Flight Crashes Moments After Take Off] Belinda Jiao/Getty Images News A London-bound Air India flight carrying 242 people crashed shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad on Thursday, resulting in significant loss of life, according to authorities. The tragedy is being described as the most fatal aviation incident globally in the past ten years. The number of civil aviation fatalities this year has reached more than 460 worldwide, Bloomberg News reported, citing data from Jan-Arwed Richter, founder of Jacdec, a German consulting firm that tracks aviation safety. The average in the past decade is 284 based on the firm’s methodology. Below is a summary of other major air disasters in recent years, as compiled by Reuters: 2025 UNITED STATES On January 29, a regional jet operated by American Airlines collided with a U.S.

Army Black Hawk helicopter near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. The aircraft plunged into the icy Potomac River, killing 67 people. 2024 SOUTH KOREA Jeju Air flight 7C2216 crashed during landing at Muan International Airport on December 29, claiming the lives of all 175 passengers and four of the six crew members. It stands as the most devastating air accident in South Korean history. KAZAKHSTAN On December 25, Azerbaijan Airlines flight J2-8243, an Embraer (NYSE:ERJ [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/ERJ]) E190, went down after being diverted from Russian airspace.

All 38 occupants died. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev stated the aircraft was struck by ground fire in Russia, though this has not been confirmed by Moscow. JAPAN A tragic runway collision occurred at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport on January 2, when a Japan Airlines Airbus (OTCPK:EADSF [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/EADSF]) (OTCPK:EADSY [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/EADSY]) A350 struck a smaller Coast Guard aircraft. While all 379 passengers and crew aboard the airliner survived, five of the six crew on the smaller plane perished. 2022 CHINA On March 21, a China Eastern Airlines Boeing (NYSE:BA [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/BA]) 737-800 crashed in the mountainous Guangxi region, killing all 132 people aboard.

It was the country’s most deadly air crash in nearly three decades. 2020 IRAN A Ukraine International Airlines Boeing (NYSE:BA [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/BA]) 737-800 was shot down by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards on January 8, shortly after takeoff from Tehran. All 176 people onboard died. Investigators cited a misaligned radar and human error by air defense personnel. 2019 ETHIOPIA A Boeing (BA [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/BA]) 737 Max 8 operated by Ethiopian Airlines crashed shortly after departing Addis Ababa for Nairobi on March 10, killing all 157 people.

The incident led to the global grounding of the 737 Max fleet due to safety concerns. 2018 INDONESIA On October 29, a Lion Air Boeing (BA [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/BA]) 737 Max plunged into the Java Sea soon after leaving Jakarta, resulting in the deaths of all 189 passengers and crew. 2014 MALAYSIA Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine on July 17 while en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur. All 298 people onboard were killed. Earlier that year, on March 8, flight MH370 vanished on a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people aboard.

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