Accidents
Bizav Accidents in Europe: A Look at the Last Decade
Incidents—rather than accidents—accounted for the vast majority of mishaps over the past decade.

An AIN study of turbine business airplane safety statistics from 2010 through 2019 in the then-28 countries of the European Union revealed 105 total accidents. Of these, 75 were nonfatal mishaps and 30 (more than a quarter of the total accidents) were fatal, taking the lives of 92 people. The majority of aircraft were of European and U.S. registration.  

According to the research by AIN, of the 59 total business jet accidents or incidents over the last decade, 49 were nonfatal mishaps and 10 were fatal accidents, claiming the lives of 28 people. But business jets had no fatal accidents in Europe in 2019. In addition to last year, jets experienced no crashes whatsoever in 2016 and 2011. However, nonfatal accidents reached double digits in 2017 and in 2012.