11 Airlines With The Worst Safety Records In The Developed World

2. American Airlines Group Inc (NASDAQ:AAL)

Number of Aviation Incidents Since 2000: 16

Number of Fatal Incidents: 1

Total Fatalities: 265

American Airlines is the world’s largest airline in terms of fleet size, number of destinations covered, revenue generated, and number of flying hours. Founded in 1934, American operates flights to more than 350 destinations and has a current fleet of 946. These whopping numbers indicate that, with its enormous amount of flying hours, American is likely to have more safety incidents than some other airlines as well. Since 2000, American has encountered 16 safety incidents (not including 9/11, which we are discounting), one of which turned out to be fatal, killing 251 passengers, nine crew members and causing five ground casualties. In 2001, an American flight from New York to the Dominican Republic encountered an in-flight failure and crash landed into a residential area in Queens, New York, killing five people on the ground as well as everyone aboard the flight.

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