Accidents
IATA Data Point to Turboprops as the Weak Link in 2022 Safety Performance
Turboprops accounted for four of five fatal accidents last year with loss of life to passengers and crew onboard, according to IATA's 2022 safety report.
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Data from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) show that the commercial aviation industry had a mixed safety performance record in 2022 as traffic recovered from the Covid-19 pandemic. The industry suffered 39 accidents, an increase from 29 in 2021, as the number of flights increased 25 percent year-on-year to just over 32 million.

The all-accident rate, which includes substantial damage and hull loss accidents for jets and turboprops measured per one million flights, rose from 1.13 in 2021 to 1.21 in 2022, though that figure falls to 0.49 accidents per million sectors for IATA members and 0.70 for airlines that passed the IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA). Conversely, the all-accident rate rises to 2.82 per million sectors for non-IOSA-certified airlines.