Safety
Turbulence, Runway Incursions Headline Last Year’s Accidents
The Flight Safety Foundation Releases its 2022 Safety Report on the same day the FAA holds a special safety summit.
A Republic Airways Embraer 175 nearly taxied across an active runway at Washington Reagan National Airport on March 7 just as a United Airlines received clearance for takeoff. (Photo: Ken Iwelumo (GFDL 1.2  or GFDL 1.2 ), via Wikimedia Commons)
A Republic Airways Embraer 175 nearly taxied across an active runway at Washington Reagan National Airport on March 7 just as a United Airlines received clearance for takeoff. (Photo: Ken Iwelumo (GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2 ), via Wikimedia Commons)

Turbulence, runway excursions, and ground damage accounted for the majority of accident types among airliners operating in passenger and cargo service in 2022, according to Flight Safety Foundation’s 2022 Safety Report, released Wednesday.  

Last year, jet and turboprop aircraft certified to carry at least 14 passengers were involved in 115 accidents worldwide. Of those, 16 proved fatal and resulted in 233 deaths among passengers and crew and four people on the ground, said the report.