U.S. Federal Aviation Regulations Part 121 carriers did not suffer any major or serious accidents in 2014, according to preliminary data released in early August by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). Last year represents the third year in the past four that U.S. Part 121 airlines have not suffered any major accidents and the fifth year in a row without any serious accidents, according to NTSB data. There were, however, 13 Part 121 accidents with injury in 2014 and 15 accidents with damage (Figure 1).
Figure 1 — U.S. Part 121 Carrier Accidents, 1995–2014
Source: U.S. National Transporta…
