The international commercial air transport industry suffered 23 accidents, of which three were fatal, during the first six months of 2017, according to statistics released today by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). The three fatal accidents resulted in eight onboard fatalities, and the myCargo Airlines Boeing 747-400 freighter accident in January also killed 35 people on the ground when the aircraft crashed while attempting to land.
The 23 accidents include two jet hull losses and four turboprop hull loss accidents. A hull loss accident is one in which the aircraft is destroyed or written off. The two jet hull loss accidents were the myCargo 747-400F and a Peruvian Airlines 737-300 accident in March.
Two of the four turboprop hull loss accidents, an Air Cargo Carriers Shorts 330 and a Goma Air Let L-410, were fatal accidents. Both of the fatal accidents occurred in May. The two nonfatal turboprop hull losses involved a Doren Air Congo L-410 in January and a Sout…
