Cargo aircraft accounted for 13 accidents — 29 percent of the total of 49 commercial air transport accidents — in 2017, according to data compiled by the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
Of the total of six fatal accidents involving commercial airliners in 2017, four were in cargo airplanes, and those four crashes were responsible for 12 of the 19 on-board fatalities recorded in 2017, IATA said in its Safety Report 2017, published earlier this year.
Tables 1 and 2 show that more than twice as many turboprop cargo aircraft — nine — as jet cargo aircraft — four — were involved in crashes in 2017. Of these, three jet aircraft and six turboprop aircraft were classified as hull losses, defined by IATA as accidents in which an aircraft is “damaged beyond repair or the costs related to the repair [are] above the commercial value of the aircraft.”
