Aviation deaths have fallen dramatically around the world, from more than 1,000 deaths worldwide as recently as 2005.
The number of people killed in large commercial airline crashes fell by more than half in 2019.
Last year was"one of the safest years ever for commercial aviation", with an average of one fatality every 5.58 million flights. The news comes from Dutch aviation consulting firm To70, which found that there were 86 accidents involving large commercial planes in 2019.In 2018, there were 160 accidents, including 13 fatal ones resulting in 534 deaths.
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