How many planes crash in a year. Russia has become a leader in deaths in air crashes (photo, video)

Man has always dreamed of flying into the sky. Ancient Greek myths tell that Daedalus and his son Icarus took off into the sky with the help of wings that were made of feathers, wax and thread.

And the greatest scientist, inventor and artist Leonardo do Vinci once created sketches of an unusual aircraft. He had to use the strength of human muscles to fly into the endless sky.

People have been trying to create such flying machines for a long time. And they created...

History of world air crashes

The very first flights in the sky began at the end of the 19th century. It was then that the statistics of world air crashes began. In the process of development of flights on airplanes (cargo, passenger), air crashes of the world began to occur more and more often. The statistics of their crashes grew incredibly until 1970. And it is the 70s that are the peak terrible tragedies in the sky.

Later, due to the growth modern technologies, the improvement of aviation technology and the tightening of requirements and rules for flight safety by the 80s, the number of accidents with aircraft began to decrease. There is a dynamic decrease in the number of air crashes from 616, with 15,689 deaths, in the 70s to more than 300 accidents with 8,000 deaths in the 2000s.

Air crashes of the world, their geography

Geographically, in this terribly sad statistics of disasters, the United States ranks. According to the well-known information of the Aviation Safety Network, in this country, from 1945 to the present day, a huge number of passenger aircraft- more than 630. More than 9,000 people died in these accidents.

Russia, unfortunately, occupies the second place in this statistics. Since 1945, more than 200 catastrophes in the sky have occurred on the territory of the USSR of those times and modern Russia. At the same time, more than 5,000 people died.

3rd place - for Colombia.

The smallest number of air crashes - in Ecuador.

Statistics on the distribution of air crashes in recent years by country

In 1977, the world record for the number of victims in a plane crash was set. Two Boeing 747s collided near Tenerife famous airlines"Pan-America" ​​and KLM. Then the victims were 583 people.

The total number of air crashes in the world is steadily increasing.

most dangerous airline world, according to "Actual Security" (Swedish magazine), is the Soviet "Aeroflot". According to them, the statistics of air crashes in the world shows that there are more than 18 crashes per 1 million Aeroflot flights. The second place in this sad list is occupied by the airlines of Taiwan - more than 11 accidents per million departures. Third place belongs to Egypt (more than 11), then - India (more than 10), Turkey, China, Philippines, South Korea and Poland - more than 6 accidents on 41 million flights. The safest is the South-West company (America). For 1 million 800 thousand flights of airliners of this company, not a single disaster happened.

The largest air crashes in the world by the number of victims

This table presents the worst air crashes in the world.

Description of some plane crashes

In March 1974, after the opening of the cargo hold, the French DC-10 of THY Turkish Airlines crashed in the forest. In total - 346 dead.

In March 1977, a Boeing 747-206B (KLM) collided with a Boeing 747-121 (Pan Am) and crashed into canary islands in Tenerife. 583 dead (worst air crash in the world).

In May 1979, due to damage to the hydraulic system, an American Airlines DC-10 crashed in the Chicago area. 273 people died.

In August 1980, after emergency landing the plane L-1011-200 Tristar (Saudi) burned down in Saudi Arabia (Riyadh). 301 people died.

In June 1985, a Boeing 747-237B was destroyed. air Air company India after the terrorist bombing. 329 people died.

In July 1988, by a ridiculous mistake, he was shot down by a military missile from the ship Vincennes (America) (Iran Air). It happened in the Persian Gulf. 290 people died.

In August 1985, a Boeing 747SR (Japan Airlines) crashed into a mountain in Tokyo. Surprisingly, only four survived. 520 people died.

In November 1996, another Boeing 747-168B (Saudi Arabian Airlines) with the Kazakh Il-76TD aircraft. A total of 349 people died then.

In January 1996, an overloaded Ant-32 crashed into the city market of Kinshasa in Zaire. More than 297 dead. 4 people from the crew survived (total crew members 5).

More recently, on July 17, 2014, another terrible tragedy occurred on Ukrainian territory (60 kilometers from the border with Russia) - a Boeing 777 airliner (Malaysian Airlines) crashed (was shot down by the military). 295 passengers (including 80 children) and the entire crew (15 people) died. Until now, the true cause of the tragedy has not been officially clarified.

The death of heads of state in aviation accidents

Air crashes in the world occur in the most unexpected places, for various reasons, and people of various statuses in society die in them.

The leaders of all countries, as a rule, use airliners as transportation due to time savings. The most modern and, it would seem, very reliable in terms of safety of the court are used for this. However, an unforeseen failure of equipment or simply a human factor in these cases can cause aircraft crashes. Here are some plane crashes in the world in which the first government officials died:

In 2010 - Lech Kaczynski (President of Poland) with his wife, military people from the Polish high command and other political figures died in a Tu-154 crash near Smolensk.

In 2004, Boris Trajkovski (President of Macedonia) died in an accident in Bosnia.

In 2001, the Sudanese military leadership died in the south of the country.

In 1988, Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, who was the president of Pakistan, died. The tragedy occurred over the city of Lahore, Pakistan (possibly as a result of a terrorist attack).

1986 - Samora Machel (President of Mozambique) died in South Africa in a plane crash.

In 1981, Jaime Roldos Aguilera, the President of Ecuador, died. The plane crashed in the Wairapunga mountains of Ecuador.

In 1969, René Barientos Ortuño died in Arc (Bolivia).

In 1966 - Abdul Salam Aref (President of Iraq) in southern Iraq.

In 1961, Dag Hammarskjöld (UN Secretary General) died in Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia).

In 1957, Ramon Magsaysay died as a result of another disaster in the municipality of Balamban (Philippines).

Many more well-known names can be added to the lists of the dead from among the statesmen of small and big countries peace. There are among them mysterious plane crashes world, mainly those whose causes have not yet been clarified. These include the plane crash that occurred in Panama. In 1981, Omar Torrijos, the general, leader of Panama, died under mysterious circumstances.

Statistical data on Russian Airlines

Recently, when buying, almost all Russian airlines give preference to foreign (already used) aircraft, rather than new Russian ones. And as you know, the control of imported modern equipment equipped with electronics is very different from the control of domestic aircraft. Accordingly, the risk of occurrence, again, just a “human factor” increases.

So, the Rossiya company has 184 human lives on its account, the Vladivostok-Avia airlines have 145, the KrasAir company has 29, and the Tyumen Airlines account has 5. Ural Airlines and Domodedovo Airlines.

Liner rating statistics

From the above information, we can conclude that the Boeing 777 is by far the most reliable type of airliner.

The main causes of air crashes

Every year, the black, terrifyingly tragic list of world air crashes is replenished. Quite often, the causes of these tragedies remain not fully understood. Air crashes in the world are very frequent and unpredictable. The investigation sometimes hits a dead end. Even the magical ones often cannot figure out the cause of some mid-air disasters.

The main reasons for modern aviation accidents: technical problems (failure of technical devices, minor problems), errors of air traffic controllers, pilots and other personnel (human factor), international terrorism, hostilities, ridiculous fatal accidents (military air defense errors, thunderstorms, lightning, even bird collisions, etc.).

most main reason the accidents that have occurred is the very ill-fated human factor. In the practice of the whole world, it accounts for almost 70% of all aircraft crashes.

And yet, despite the fact that air crashes are terrible and each time cause a very painful reaction from the entire world community, aviation remains one of the most reliable and safe of all modes of transport in existence.

July 17 on the territory of Ukraine, 60 kilometers from Russian border, a Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777 crashed. There were 295 people on board the aircraft (280 passengers and 15 crew members). All died. We recall the most notorious air crashes in the last 10 years.

On August 14, 2006, a Boeing 737 carrying 121 people crashed in the mountains near Athens. The crash of an airliner of the first private airline of Cyprus, Helios Airways, flying from Larnaca to Athens and on to Prague, was the worst plane crash ever in Greece. The reason was the depressurization of the aircraft cabin due to the fault of the company's engineers, who turned off the auto-sealing of the cabin. The crew lost consciousness and the plane crashed into a mountain after running out of fuel.

August 26, 2006 On August 22, flight FV 612 of FGUAP Pulkovo, operating the flight Anapa - St. Petersburg, trying to slip over a thunderstorm, lost control and fell into a flat tailspin. The TU154M plane crashed near the village of Sukhaya Balka, not far from Donetsk. There were 170 people on board the aircraft (160 passengers and 10 crew members).

On August 20, 2008, a Spanair MD-82 plane crashed at Barajas Airport in the Spanish capital of Madrid. He was supposed to follow the Canary Islands. However, barely leaving the runway, he fell and caught fire. 154 of the 174 people on the plane were killed. According to information from the "black boxes", the flaps of the vessel were not fully extended during takeoff. The pilots were supposed to receive an automatic warning - but due to equipment problems, they did not receive this. It is also known that even before departure, the plane had technical problems, due to which the flight was delayed for an hour.

The Air France Airbus A330 crashed into the Atlantic Ocean on June 1, 2009. The plane was heading from Rio de Janeiro to Paris. Four hours after the start of the flight, communication with the aircraft was lost. The final report on the disaster was made public only three years later. In it, experts called the cause of the tragedy a technical malfunction due to icing, the subsequent shutdown of the autopilot and uncoordinated actions of the crew. 228 people lost their lives in this disaster - all who were on board.

Everyone who flew from Tehran to Armenia on July 15, 2009 died. A Caspian Airlines Tu-154 with 168 people on board lost altitude and crashed in northern Iran. Nobody survived. Among the passengers was Iran's youth judo team. The commission to investigate the causes of the crash announced that the cause of the tragedy was the failure and subsequent destruction of the engine.

On June 30, 2009, a Yemenia A310 crashed near the Comoros. The plane made a flight from Paris with intermediate stops in five cities, the latest of which was the capital of Yemen, Sanaa. On board the crashed aircraft were 142 passengers and 11 crew members. The only surviving passenger was a 12-year-old girl (according to other sources, she was 13 or 14 years old), she had numerous bruises, her knees were burned and her collarbone was broken. Her mother died in the crash. The girl was rescued from the ocean 12 hours after the plane crash.

On April 10, 2010, a Tu-154 of the Polish Air Force crashed near Smolensk. Then 96 people died. On board the liner were the President of Poland Lech Kaczynski, his wife, almost the entire army command of the country, politicians, prominent public and religious figures. The aircraft was flying in heavy fog, and the crew was informed about it. The pilots were asked to land on an alternate airfield, but they refused. The plane hit the trees, turned around and began to fall apart in the air. By official version The cause of the accident was crew error. Polish authorities claim that the pilots were forced to land under such conditions by Russian dispatchers.

On June 3, a 1012 MD-83 liner of the Nigerian airline Dana Air, flying from the capital of the country, Abuja to Lagos, crashed into a densely populated residential area north of Lagos airport, fell apart and caught fire. During the fall, the plane rammed a two-story residential building in which at least 40 people lived. There were 153 people on board, including six crew members. All died.

On April 20, 2012, a Bhoja Airline Boeing 737 crashed in Pakistan while flying from the Pakistani city of Karachi. The plane crashed near the Chaklala military air base, located near the capital of Pakistan, Islamabad. All 127 people on board were killed.

The most mysterious air tragedy remains the disappearance of a Malaysian Airlines plane on March 8 this year. Flight Kuala Lumpur - Beijing. "Boeing 777-200", flying over the South China Sea, suddenly disappeared from the radar controllers. Subsequently, it was found that the aircraft was disconnected, and the liner itself deviated from the course and was in the air for about seven hours after the “disappearance”. The aircraft was never found and is now believed to have crashed in the southern part indian ocean. There were 239 people on board. Until today, this disaster was considered the largest in 10 years.

Ten years ago, the State program for ensuring flight safety was adopted aircraft civil aviation. Four years later, in 2012, additions were made to the Air Code of the Russian Federation. In addition, almost every quarter, departments sign and send out strict orders and orders to strengthen control, vigilance, and discipline in Russian aviation. Why can't we move from words to deeds? Actually, two authoritative Russian experts: Member of the Board of the World Aviation Safety Foundation Valery Shelkovnikov and member of the World Aviation Safety Foundation Sergey Melnichenko. Especially for Yuri Chaika, they compiled the “Safety Profile of the Russian Federation in the 21st Century”, which lists all air crashes in the country since the beginning of the century.

Attorney General Russian Federation Chaika Yu.Ya.
Dear Yuri Yakovlevich,

We are sending you the “Safety Profile of the Russian Federation in the 21st Century” in order to supervise compliance with laws to ensure flight safety. We believe that the information will be useful to you in improving the safety of flights, including state aviation. Using the experience of professionals, you can change the situation for the better. Remember, we all use air travel!
Sincerely,
Valery Shelkovnikov, President of the International Advisory and Analytical Agency "Flight Safety", laureate of the USSR State Prize in the field of flight safety, member of the board of the World Aviation Safety Foundation.
Sergei Melnichenko, General Director of the International Consultative and Analytical Agency "Flight Safety", a member of the World Aviation Safety Foundation.

SAFETY PROFILE OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION IN THE 21ST CENTURY

Statistics:

July 4, 2001 Irkutsk region. Tu-154 of Vladivostok Air crashed while landing in Irkutsk. All 145 people died.

2001, October 4, Black Sea. While flying at the echelon, the Tu-154 aircraft of Siberia Airlines was shot down by a missile fired by the Ukrainian military. 78 people died (all).

2001, December 1, New Inya. A fire broke out on an Il-76TD aircraft of the border troops. While trying to make an emergency landing, the plane collided with the ground. All 18 people on board were killed. The plane carried the registration plates of a commercial aircraft.

2004, August 24, after taking off from Domodedovo, due to the explosion of bombs on board during the flight, the Tu-134 plane of the Volga-Aviaexpress airline crashed, on which 44 people died (all) and the Tu-154 plane of the Siberia airline, on which 46 people died (all).

March 16, 2005, Varandey. The An-24RV aircraft of the Regionavia airline crashed while performing a landing approach; out of 52 people, 28 died.

2006 July 9, Irkutsk. While landing, an Airbus A-310 of Siberia Airlines crashed. Of the 203 people, 125 died.

March 17, 2007, Samara. While landing, a Tu-134 aircraft of UTAIR Airlines crashed. Six people out of 57 died.

On May 6, 2008, the State Program for Ensuring the Safety of Civil Aviation Flights was approved by Order of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 641-r. Did not help:

May 26, 2008, Chelyabinsk. When returning to Chelyabinsk, due to a fire on board, the An-12 aircraft of the Muscovy airlines crashed before reaching the airfield 11 km. All 9 people on the plane were killed.

2008, September 14, Perm. Aeroflot-Nord Boeing 737-500 crashed while landing. All 88 people on board were killed.

January 9, 2009, Altai. During the hunt, the Mi-171 helicopter crashed, killing 7 people out of 11 on board.

March 22, 2010, Moscow/Domodedovo airfield area. The Tu-204 aircraft of the Aviastar-Tu airline, in which there were only eight crew members, crashed while landing at the destination airfield. Everyone survived, but the plane was destroyed.

August 3, 2010, Igarka. The An-24 aircraft of the Katek-Avia airline crashed while performing a landing approach. Twelve out of fifteen people died.

December 4, 2010, Moscow/Domodedovo. During an emergency landing, the Tu-154M aircraft of the Dagestan Airlines rolled out of the runway and broke. Two people died.

January 1, 2011, Surgut. Due to a fire that started on the ground in the electrical system of the Kogalymavia Tu-154 aircraft, the aircraft completely burned down, three people out of 134 died.

March 5, 2011, Belgorod region. During a test flight before being handed over to the customer, the An-148 aircraft crashed. All six people on board were killed.

June 20, 2011, Petrozavodsk. During the landing, the Tu-134A3 aircraft of the RusAir airline crashed. 47 of the 52 people on board were killed.

July 11, 2011, R. Ob. After an engine fire, the crew of the An-24RV aircraft of the Angara airline landed on the water surface of the Ob River. Of the 37 people, seven died.

August 9, 2011, Omsukchan. Due to an engine fire, the An-12 aircraft of the Avis-Amur airline was returning to Magadan, but crashed near Omsukchan. All 11 people on board were killed.

September 7, 2011, Yaroslavl. During the takeoff, the Yak-42 aircraft of the Yak-Service airline crashed. Of the 45 people on board, 44 were killed.

April 2, 2012, Tyumen. After takeoff, the ATR72 aircraft of the UTair airline crashed. 33 of the 43 people on board were killed.

September 12, 2012, Palana. The An-28 aircraft of the Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky airline suffered a catastrophe during landing, 10 of the fourteen people on board were killed.

On December 25, 2012, the Federal Law of the Russian Federation No. 260-FZ “On Amendments to the Air Code of the Russian Federation” was issued, which supplemented it with Article 24.1, which became the most important amendment to Air Code on the issue of the Flight Safety Management System in the Russian Federation.

Article 24.1. Implementation state system management of civil aircraft flight safety is provided in the Russian Federation in accordance with international standards international organization civil aviation.

The Government of the Russian Federation, as part of ensuring the implementation of the state civil aircraft safety management system, establishes the procedure for the development and application of aircraft flight safety management systems legal entities- developers and manufacturers of civil aircraft, legal entities and individual entrepreneurs engaged in commercial air transportation, legal entities carrying out Maintenance civil aircraft, air navigation services for aircraft flights, educational organizations and organizations providing training for civil aircraft pilots, operators of certified civil aviation airfields in relation to aircraft, the development, production, operation or maintenance of which is carried out by these legal entities, individual entrepreneurs, educational institutions.

In order to manage the safety of civil aircraft flights, the authorized body in the field of civil aviation, in the manner established by the Government of the Russian Federation, collects and analyzes data on hazard and risk factors that pose a threat to the safety of civil aircraft flights, stores these data and exchanges them in accordance with international standards of the International Civil Aviation Organization.

It looks like this didn't help either:

December 29, 2012, Moscow/Vnukovo. As a result of rolling out of the runway after landing, the Red Wings Tu-204 aircraft killed five people out of eight on board.

On February 25, 2013, the ICAO Council adopted Annex 19 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation “Managing Flight Safety” (the State Program adopted in 2008 has not undergone any changes in accordance with this document)

July 2, 2013, Deputy. The Mi-8 helicopter of Polar Airlines crashed, in which 24 out of 28 people died.

November 17, 2013, Kazan. While performing a go-around, a Boeing 737-500 crashed, all 50 people died.

October 20, 2014, Moscow/Vnukovo. A Dassault Falcon 50EX aircraft taking off collided with a snow blower that had stopped on the runway. All 4 people on the plane were killed.

July 1, 2016, Irkutsk region. While extinguishing a forest fire, an Il-76 aircraft of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia collided with the surface of the earth. The plane carried the registration plates of a commercial aircraft. All 11 people on board were killed.

October 21, 2016, Yamal Peninsula. Before flying 45 km to the destination, the Mi-8 helicopter of the Skol airline, carrying 22 people, collided with the ground and fell sideways. As a result of the disaster, 19 people died.

December 25, 2016, Sochi. After the takeoff, the Tu-154 aircraft, operated by the 223rd flight detachment of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, collided with the surface of the sea and sank. The plane carried the registration plates of a commercial aircraft. All 92 people on the plane were killed.

February 11, 2018, Moscow region. After taking off, the An-148 aircraft of Saratov Airlines crashed. All 71 people on board were killed.

To be continued? What needs to be done to ensure that flight safety in Russia is ensured in practice, and not on paper? We are interested in your opinion.

Among the passengers of the crashed plane was a teacher at the St. Petersburg University of Civil Aviation, the famous aviation expert Boris Aleksandrovich Karmaleev, an honored pilot of Russia. ICAA “Safety of flights expresses its condolences to the family, friends and relatives of Boris Alexandrovich.

Thanks to the funds mass media the slightest incident with air transport becomes known not only in the territory of the event, but also in other countries. Because of this, many people are afraid to use aircraft considering them unreliable. However, aircraft statistics show that the human factor is the cause of accidents in 80% of cases.

Why planes crash

About 15% of air crashes are due to technical problems. The statistics of crashed planes show that both factors are closely interrelated. After all, no matter how experienced the pilot is, in case of serious equipment malfunctions, all his knowledge and efforts may be useless, especially in older models. indicates that an incident can happen at any time. Experts deduced approximate indicators in percent:

• during loading - 5%;
• during takeoff - 17%;
• during the climb - 8%;
• with a decrease - 3%;
• during landing approach - 7%;
• during landing - 51%.

According to statistics, aircraft crashes due to malfunctions during the flight account for 6% of the total number of accidents. In other cases, other reasons (for example, terrorist acts). Most accidents happen during landing. But not only planned landings of air transport are taken into account here. Often the crew asks for permission to land the car due to a malfunction of the mechanism in order to avoid tragic consequences. For example, quite often birds get into the engine, which can lead to a fire. An analysis of the statistics of falling aircraft shows that birds are considered the main enemy of aircraft in the sky.

Technical problems are not the only reason for unscheduled air transport landings. According to statistics, forced landings of aircraft during deterioration climatic conditions far from uncommon. An unscheduled landing can occur due to sudden health problems on a passenger or crew member. Aircraft statistics also recorded several cases forced landing due to a quarrel between passengers.

Plane crash statistics

Airlines do their best to make flights as safe as possible. Aircraft crash statistics in the world recorded 9 cases in 2017. This does not include military and low-capacity, incl. private jets. A total of 67 people died.

In 2017, aircraft crash statistics in Russia decreased by 53%. The number of fatal cases of passengers on aircraft has decreased by 81%. Comparative:

Aircraft crash statistics in Russia have identified three federal districts where air crashes most often occur:

1. Southern - 24%.
2. Far East - 24%.
3. Central - 17%.

When the tragic event will occur is difficult to determine. However, over the past fifty years, the safety of air travel has increased 482 times. Aircraft statistics show that 50 years ago, the probability of a passenger dying as a result of a plane crash was 1:264 thousand. Today, the figure has decreased to 1:127.5 million.

Aircraft flight statistics demonstrate a more trusting attitude of citizens towards air transport. Every year, the number of people who want to use this method of transportation increases. Passenger numbers exceeded 1 billion last year alone.

Fatal plane crashes

The statistics of plane crashes in the world with a fatal outcome reflects not only the number dead passengers, but also the number of victims on earth:

Aircraft crash statistics over the past few years, where if not all, then most of passengers:

According to statistics, failures and failures of radio communications with aircraft are observed constantly during crashes. Therefore, experts have been studying the remains of the transport for a long time to determine the cause of the accident. Aircraft crash statistics by country for 10 years:

1. Russia - 41.
2. USA - 11.
3. Ukraine - 7.
4. Congo - 6.
5. Germany - 4.

Which aircraft models are the safest

Statistics of the most reliable aircraft:

1. Boeing 737.
2. Boeing 747.
3. Airbus A330.
4. Airbus A340.
5. Boeing 777.

Statistics safe aircraft by models:

1. IL-86, 96.
2. Tu-204.
3. Airbus A380.
4. Embraer 135,140, ​​145,170,175,190,195.
5. McDonnell Douglas MD-90.
6. Fokker-70.

What planes crash most often according to statistics? The most dangerous aircraft:

1. Boeing 737 JT8D.
2. IL-76.
3. Tu-154.
4. Airbus A310.
5. McDonnell Douglas DC-9.
6. Tu-134.
7. Boeing 727.
8. McDonnell Douglas MD-80.
9. McDonnell Douglas DC-10/11.

Air crash statistics on aircraft show that these models are not used by major airlines. Usually such aircraft are operated in poor countries. common cause accidents is the technical unsuitability of air transport.

Aircraft statistics confirm these facts. For example, on Russian market only 37% of new liners. Almost all of them are in the hangars of leading airlines in terms of safety. The remaining 63% of aircraft are distributed among small companies that deal with domestic flights.

Reliable airlines

It is safest to fly with the following aircraft:

The safest Russian airlines:

1. Aeroflot. The company was founded in 1923. Engaged in domestic and international transportation.
2. Siberia or S7 Airlines. The company was founded in 1957. There have been three accidents so far.
3. Russia – subsidiary Aeroflot.

Aeroflot aircraft recorded tragic accidents only in subsidiary airlines. Although the company ranks only 37th in the ranking of the safest air carriers in the world, this does not affect the number of flights. Totally agree last year the number of passengers increased by 12%. The airports of the Russian company are equated to European standards. In the hangars of Aeroflot, almost all aircraft of new models.

No matter how comforting the statistics of aircraft crashes by airlines are, there is always the possibility of a tragic event. At the same time, even a minor accident without human casualties can undermine the reputation of the carrier.

Development of aircraft construction in Russia

The statistics of aircraft production in Russia over the years shows that after the collapse of the USSR, the production of new aircraft stopped. Purchased abroad Airbus aircraft and Boeing. A few years later, the government realized its mistake and did everything possible to revive the aircraft industry. Recently, the MS-21 passed the first reliability tests. The following models are planned for the near future:

1. IL-114.
2. IL-96.
3. Sukhoi Superjet 100.

There are also improvements in the production of helicopters. MI-26, 28 and 35 are in no way inferior to foreign competitors.

Among military equipment, the PAK FA fighter and the PAK DA bomber are being actively developed.

Flight cost

Many Russian airlines use old transport. The cost of flights is often unreasonably high. on plane tickets shows that it is much cheaper to fly abroad.

Bad start to the year

The statistics of aircraft and helicopter crashes for the 1st quarter of 2018 recorded six major fatal crashes:

• 02/11/2018 - 72 passengers died on board the Russian An-148-100V;
• 02/16/2018 - a helicopter crashed in Mexico, killing 14 people;
• 02/18/2018 - the fall of the Iranian ATR 72-600 led to the death of 66 passengers;
• 03/06/2018 - Russian An-26 aircraft crashed in Syria. 39 servicemen were killed;
• 02/11/2018 - a small aircraft of a Turkish company crashed. 11 passengers died;
• February 12, 2018 - Bangladeshi plane crashed with 71 passengers on board. 40 people died.

Aircraft statistics sometimes record quite large accidents. The causes of crashes are varied. However, compared to other modes of transport, aircraft are considered the safest.