Getting Out

Evacuation procedures were required in 43 percent of 106 commercial passenger airline accidents reported from 2016 through 2018, with normal disembarkation using boarding doors possible in 37 percent, according to data from the International Air Transport Association (IATA).¹

The 106 accidents constituted a subset of the 135 total “passenger-only” accidents from 2016 through 2018 in which an “end state” could be determined.

The information was included in the IATA Safety Report 2018, issued in April 2019, which detailed accident rates and safety trends in 2018 and in specific time ranges.

“Everything in an aircraft cabin involves an underlying aspect of safety, and there is always the potential for an abnormal situation to escalate into an emergency,” the report said.