When a plane crashes what happens to a person. How often do passenger planes crash? Causes of Russian plane crashes

Despite the fact that thousands of times more people die in car accidents every year than in plane crashes, the fear of flying lives in the mass consciousness. First of all, this is due to the scale of the tragedies - a crashed liner means tens and hundreds of simultaneous deaths. This is much more shocking than several thousand reports of fatal accidents stretched over a month.

The second reason for the fear of a plane crash is the realization of one's own helplessness and inability to somehow influence the course of events. Almost always this is true. However, the history of aeronautics has accumulated a small number of exceptions in which people survived by falling with the aircraft (or its wreckage) from a height of several kilometers without a parachute. These cases are so few that many of them have their own Wikipedia pages.

Wreckage Rider

Jugoslovenski Aerotransport (now Air Serbia) flight attendant Vesna Vulovic holds the world record for surviving a free fall without a parachute. She got into the Guinness Book of Records because she survived after the explosion of a DC-9 plane at an altitude of 10,160 meters.

At the time of the explosion, Vesna was working with passengers. She immediately lost consciousness, so she did not remember the moment of the disaster or its details. Because of this, the flight attendant did not have a fear of flying - she perceived all the circumstances from hearsay. It turned out that at the time of the destruction of the plane, Vulovich was squeezed between the seat, the body of another crew member and the trolley from the buffet. In this form, the debris fell onto the snow-covered mountainside and slid along it until it came to a complete stop.

Vesna remained alive, although she received serious injuries - she broke the base of her skull, three vertebrae, both legs and the pelvis. For 10 months, the girl was paralyzed in the lower part of her body, in general, the treatment took almost 1.5 years.

After recovering, Vulovich tried to return to her previous job, but she was not allowed to fly and was given a position in the airline's office.

Target selection

Surviving as Vesna Vulovich in a cocoon of debris is much easier than in a single free flight. However, in the second case there are surprising examples. One of them dates from 1943, when US military pilot Alan Magee flew over France in a B-17 heavy four-engine bomber. At an altitude of 6 km, he was thrown out of the plane, and the glass roof of the station slowed down the fall. As a result, Maggie fell to the stone floor, remained alive and was immediately taken prisoner by the shocked Germans.

A great fall target would be a large haystack. Several cases are known when people survived in plane crashes if densely growing bushes appeared on their way. A dense forest also gives some chances, but here there is a risk of running into branches.

The ideal option for a falling person would be snow or a swamp. A soft and compressible environment that absorbs the inertia gained in flight to the center of the earth, with good luck, can make injuries compatible with life.

There is almost no chance of survival when falling on the water surface. Water practically does not compress, so the result of contact with it will be the same as in a collision with concrete.

Salvation can sometimes bring the most unexpected objects. One of the main things skydiving enthusiasts are taught is to stay away from power lines. However, a case is known when it was a high-voltage line that saved the life of a skydiver who found himself in free flight due to an unopened parachute. He hit directly on the wires, bounced off and fell to the ground from a height of several tens of meters.

Pilots and children

Air crash survival statistics show that underage crew members and passengers are significantly more likely to cheat death. With pilots, the situation is clear - in their cockpit, passive safety systems are more reliable than those of other passengers.

Why children survive more often than others is not fully understood. However, several reliable reasons, the researchers of this issue have established:

• increased bone flexibility, general muscle relaxation and a greater percentage of subcutaneous fat that protects internal organs from injury like a pillow;
• small stature, due to which the head is covered by the back of the chair from flying debris. This is extremely important, since the main cause of death in air crashes is brain injury;
• smaller body size, which reduces the likelihood of running into some sharp object at the time of landing.

Invincible Spiritual Power

A successful landing does not always mean a positive outcome. Not every miraculous survivor is instantly found by benevolent locals. For example, in 1971, over the Amazon at an altitude of 3,200 meters, a Lockheed Electra aircraft was destroyed due to a fire caused by lightning in the wing with a fuel tank. 17-year-old German woman Juliana Kopke woke up in the jungle, strapped to a chair. She was injured but could move.

The girl remembered the words of her biologist father, who said that even in the impenetrable jungle you can always find people if you follow the flow of water. Juliana went along the forest streams, gradually turning into rivers. With a broken collarbone, a bag of sweets and a stick, with which she dispersed stingrays in shallow water, the girl went out to people after 9 days. In Italy, this story was made into the film Miracles Still Happen (1974).

There were 92 people on board, including Kopke. Subsequently, it was found that in addition to her, 14 more people survived the fall. However, over the next few days, they all died before rescuers found them.

An episode from the film "Miracles Still Happen" saved the life of Larisa Savitskaya, who in 1981 flew with her husband from their honeymoon flight Komsomolsk-on-Amur - Blagoveshchensk. At an altitude of 5,200 meters, the passenger An-24 collided with a Tu-16K bomber.

Larisa and her husband were sitting in the tail of the plane. The fuselage broke right in front of her seat, and the girl was thrown into the aisle. At that moment, she remembered a movie about Julian Kopka, who, during the crash, got to the chair, pressed herself into it and survived. Savitskaya did the same. Part of the body of the aircraft, in which the girl remained, fell on a birch grove that softened the blow. She was in the fall for about 8 minutes. Larisa was the only survivor, she was seriously injured, but remained conscious and retained the ability to move independently.

The surname Savitskaya is inscribed twice in the Russian version of the Guinness Book of Records. She is listed as the person who survived after falling from the greatest height. The second record is rather sad - Larisa became the one who received the minimum compensation for physical damage. She was paid only 75 rubles - that's how much, according to the norms of the State Insurance, then it was supposed to survive in a plane crash.

How the 737s fall

Tonight in Rostov-on-Don, in conditions of poor visibility, the Boeing-737-800 failed to land on the first attempt and, trying to enter the second circle, crashed to the ground. This is not the first case of a crash during the landing of aircraft of this model. The first crash happened in 1972.

The Boeing 737 is the most dangerous aircraft in the world. According to BusinessWeek, aircraft of this model crash every 507.5 thousand flight hours. In many ways, these statistics are due to the fact that this is the most common aircraft in the world. However, the same statistics suggest that 737 crashes mostly occur during landing and are of a similar nature.

Since 1972, more than 70 aviation accidents involving Boeing 737s have occurred in the world, in which people died. Of these, 44 occurred during landing and 20 during takeoff.

The most common cause of crashes during landing was pilot disorientation due to poor visibility caused by weather conditions.

Plane crashes with Boeing 737s during landing:

December 8, 1972 Chicago (USA). The plane began to descend sharply and crashed into residential buildings in front of the runway (runway). Three of the six crew members and 40 of the 55 passengers were killed. Two people on the ground also died.

May 31, 1973 New Delhi (India). The plane crashed while landing and caught fire on the runway. Five of the seven crew members and 43 of the 58 passengers were killed.

February 1, 1978 Cranbrook (Canada) During the landing approach, trying to avoid a collision with a snowplow, the pilots directed the plane to the side. In the end, he crashed. Four crew members and 38 of the 44 passengers were killed.

May 25, 1982 Brasilia (Brazil) During the landing approach during a heavy downpour, the plane hit the ground and broke into two parts. Two of the 112 passengers died.

July 11, 1983 Cuenca (Ecuador). On landing approach, the plane hit the ground and broke apart. Eight crew members and 111 passengers were killed.

September 23, 1983 Abu Dhabi (UAE). During the landing approach, a bomb exploded on board the aircraft, which was in the luggage compartment. All six crew members and 105 of the 111 passengers were killed.

November 8, 1983 Lubango (Angola). The plane crashed 900 meters from the runway. All five crew members and 121 of the 126 passengers were killed.

February 16, 1986 Pescador Islands (Taiwan). The plane landed on the runway, but failed to brake and crashed. All six passengers and seven crew members died.

August 4, 1987 Calama (Chile) When landing, the landing gear did not extend at the plane and it broke into two parts. There was a fire on board. One of the 27 passengers died.

August 31, 1987 Phuket (Thailand). When landing in good weather, the crew suddenly lost control of the aircraft and crashed into the sea. All nine crew members and 74 passengers were killed.

January 2, 1988 Izmir (Turkey). The plane began to lose altitude sharply during landing and crashed 10 km from the runway. All five crew members and 11 passengers were killed.

October 19, 1988 Ahmedabad (India). When landing in conditions of poor visibility, the pilots were disoriented. The plane crashed 8 km from the runway. All six crew members and 124 of the 129 passengers were killed.

September 3, 1989 Sao Jose do Xingo (Brazil). Suddenly, the plane ran out of fuel and the pilots tried to land the liner. At the same time, they were disoriented and did not have time to correct the situation when they flew up to the runway. Twelve of the 48 passengers died. All six crew members survived.

October 2, 1990 Guangzhou (China). The plane was hijacked by terrorists and the captain tried to make an emergency landing. At that moment, militants attacked him and the plane skidded off the runway. However, all 12 crew members survived, but 46 of the 110 passengers died.

February 1, 1991 Los Angeles, USA). While landing, the plane crashed into another airliner, which was preparing to take off. Two of the six crew members and 20 of the 83 passengers were killed. On the other plane, all 10 passengers and two crew members were killed.

March 3, 1991 Colorado (USA) On landing, the aircraft overran the runway and crashed four miles from the airport. All five crew members and 20 passengers were killed.

July 26, 1993 Mokpo (South Korea). Due to bad weather, the crew lost control and the plane crashed 4 km from the runway. Four of the six crew members and 64 of the 104 passengers were killed.

September 8, 1994 Pittsburgh (USA) The plane lost control while landing and crashed short of the runway. All five crew members and 127 passengers were killed.

December 29, 1994 Van (Turkey) The plane crashed into a hill 4 km from the airport during the fourth landing attempt. Five of the seven crew members and 52 of the 69 passengers were killed.

November 13, 1995 Kaduna (Nigeria) Despite the controller's warning about the "unstable approach to the runway", the crew decided to land the aircraft and eventually flew out of the runway. The plane caught fire on impact. All 14 crew members survived, but 11 of the 124 passengers died.

February 29, 1996 Arequipa (Peru). The crew failed to land the plane on the runway - the liner crashed near the airport. All 117 passengers and six crew members died.

April 2, 1996 Dubrovnik (Croatia). During landing, due to poor visibility, the plane crashed into a mountain in front of the airport. All six crew members and 29 passengers were killed.

May 8, 1997 Shenzhen (China). During landing due to heavy rain, the plane hit the runway and flew out of it. Two of the nine crew members and 33 of the 65 passengers died.

May 5, 1998 Andoas (Peru). Due to bad weather, the crew lost control and the plane crashed. Five of the seven crew members and 69 of the 80 passengers were killed.

March 5, 2000 Burbank (Calif.) On landing, the aircraft went off the runway. At the same time, the fuselage was not badly damaged and there were no casualties. Only two passengers out of 137 were injured.

April 19, 2000 Davao (Philippines). On the second attempt to land, the plane crashed near the runway. All 124 passengers and seven crew members died.

July 17, 2000 Patna (India). When landing, the plane did not reach the runway for 1 km and fell on residential buildings. All six crew members and 45 of the 52 passengers were killed. Five people on the ground also died.

May 7, 2002 Tunisia. The crew tried to land the plane in fog and sandstorm conditions. As a result, the liner crashed into a hill 6 km from the airport. Three of the six crew members and 11 of the 56 passengers were killed.

August 23, 2005 Pulcalpa (Peru). During the landing approach in conditions of poor visibility, the aircraft did not hit the runway and ended up in a swamp. Four of the six crew members and 35 of the 92 passengers were killed.

December 8, 2005 Chicago (USA). On landing, the aircraft overshot the runway and hit the road. As a result of this incident, a 6-year-old boy, who was in the car on which the plane fell, died. None of the five crew members and 95 passengers were seriously injured.

June 28, 2007 Mbanza Kongo (Angola). During landing, there was a strong impact and the plane fell apart. One of the seven crew members and four of the 71 passengers died. Also a victim of this crash was a man who ended up at the crash site.

March 7, 2007 Yogyakarta (Java). The aircraft went off the runway during an unsuccessful landing and caught fire. On board this liner, according to various sources, there were 133 people, 22 of whom died.

September 14, 2008 Perm (Russia). When landing, the crew failed to reach the runway and the liner crashed 11 km from the airport. All 88 people on board were killed - 82 passengers and 6 crew members.

After landing, the plane failed to stop in time and flew into a ravine. 38 people were injured, but no one died.

February 25, 2009 Amsterdam (Holland). During landing, the crew failed to make a soft landing and the liner fell apart. Of the 135 people on board, 9 people died (three of them were pilots), another 86 were injured.

December 22, 2009 Kingston (Jamaica). After landing at the airport, the plane skidded off the runway, after which it broke into two parts. On board were 148 passengers and six crew members. During the crash, no one died, 40 people were injured.

May 22, 2010 Mangalore (India). On landing, the aircraft skidded off the runway and caught fire. There were 160 passengers and 6 crew members on board. Eight people were found alive, but one of them died on the way to the hospital.

August 16, 2010 San Andres Island (Colombia). The plane could not land softly due to a storm - on approaching the runway, lightning struck it. As a result, the liner hit the ground and broke into three parts. One of the 125 passengers died, all six crew members survived.

July 30, 2011 Georgetown (Guyana). On landing, the aircraft failed to stop and went off the runway. But despite the fact that the liner broke into two parts, none of the 156 passengers and six crew members were injured.

August 20, 2011 Resolute (Canada). On landing, the aircraft overshot and crashed short of the runway. Both pilots were killed. Of the 11 passengers, three managed to escape (one of them is a seven-year-old girl).

April 20, 2012 Islamabad (Pakistan) The plane crashed while landing on residential buildings near the airport. All six crew members and 121 passengers were killed.

November 17, 2013 Kazan. Something went wrong during the landing approach and the plane flew off the runway. There were 44 passengers and 6 crew members on board. All 50 people died.

Boeing 737 crashes on takeoff

January 3, 1982 Washington (USA). The crew failed to adjust the engines to provide sufficient takeoff thrust, and the plane crashed into the Potomac River. Four of the five crew members and 70 of the 74 passengers were killed.

August 22, 1985 Manchester (England) During the runway runway, an uncontrolled engine failure occurred, and the crew decided not to take off. A fire broke out on board due to a punctured fuel tank. Two of the six crew members and 53 of the 131 passengers were killed.

September 15, 1988 Bahar Dar (Ethiopia) A flock of pigeons got into the turbines of an aircraft making a domestic flight. The crash landing killed 35 of the 98 passengers. All six crew members survived.

September 20, 1989 LaGuardia (USA) The crew made a mistake during takeoff and tried to land on the GDP, but crashed into the river. Two of the 55 passengers died.

October 26, 1989 Taiwan The plane, which fell into a thundercloud at an altitude of 7000 feet (2130 meters), crashed due to erroneous actions of the pilots. All seven crew members and 49 passengers were killed.

May 11, 1990 Manila (Philippines). One of the fuel tanks exploded as the plane taxied onto the runway. Eight of the 113 passengers died.

April 26, 1993 Aurangabad (India). During takeoff, the plane hit a car, then crashed into a power line and crashed. Four of the six crew members and 52 of the 112 passengers were killed.

April 7, 1999 Ceyhan (Turkey). Shortly after takeoff, the plane crashed without passengers. Six crew members were killed.

August 31, 1999 Buenos Aires (Argentina) After takeoff, the plane hit two cars, crashed and caught fire. Of the 113 people on board, 65 died. Two people in the cars also died.

January 14, 2002 Pekanbaru (Indonesia). The plane with 96 passengers on board crashed to the ground immediately after takeoff. Seven people were injured.

March 6, 2003 Algeria One of the engines caught fire at the plane during takeoff, and it crashed 600 meters from the airfield. There were 103 people on board, only one survived.

July 8, 2003 Sudan. The plane crashed shortly after takeoff and caught fire. There were 116 passengers on board the liner, only a two-year-old child miraculously survived.

December 25, 2003 Cotonou (Benin). The plane after acceleration could not take off, rolled out onto the beach, and then crashed into the ocean. 140 people died.

January 3, 2004 Sharm el-Sheikh (Egypt). The plane crashed into the Red Sea after takeoff. 13 crew members and 135 passengers were killed.

September 5, 2005 Medan (Indonesia). A minute after takeoff, the plane crashed into a residential area. 147 people died - 112 passengers and five crew members, as well as 30 people on the ground.

October 22, 2005 Lagos (Nigeria). The plane was hit by lightning during takeoff and crashed into a cocoa plantation. 117 people on board died.

October 29, 2006 Abuji (Nigeria). Immediately after takeoff, due to pilot error, the plane with 105 passengers and crew members crashed and caught fire. Nine passengers survived.

May 5, 2007 Douala (Cameroon). The plane, which took off for the Kenyan capital Nairobi during a thunderstorm, a minute and a half after takeoff, went into a tailspin and crashed to the ground. All crew members and 114 passengers were killed.

December 20, 2008 Denver (USA). During takeoff, the aircraft, carrying 110 passengers, skidded off the runway and caught fire. 38 people were taken to the hospital.

January 25, 2010 Beirut (Lebanon). Shortly after takeoff, the plane crashed into the Mediterranean Sea. Eight crew members and 82 passengers were killed.

Every day, about 100,000 aircraft take to the air and approximately the same number make a successful landing. At the same time, the statistics of the dead is replenished by no more than 1000 per year - this is relatively less compared to those who died in road accidents in just a month around the world.

How often do planes crash?

How many planes crash a year is a question that interests many people, even those who are not going on a flight. You can provide the following data:

1. According to statistics, about 10,000 airliners take off into the sky every day.
2. Approximately 4.5 billion people fly in aircraft, which is more than half of the world's population.
3. Of these, about 1,000 people die in air crashes.
4. In 100 years of passenger aviation, 150,000 people have died.

Aircraft crash statistics around the world

According to world statistics of air crashes, the leaders are:

1. Russia
2. Canada

Where are the most victims of air crashes?

(from 1945 - 2013)

1. USA: 763 crashes, 10,514 casualties;
2. Russia: 307 accidents, 7061 victims;
3. Canada: 173 crashes, 1,755 casualties;
4. Brazil: 172 crashes, 2681 casualties;
5. Colombia: 164 accidents, 2774 casualties;
6. UK: 102 crashes, 1278 casualties;
7. France: 101 accidents, 2240 casualties;
8. India: 93 accidents, 2341 casualties;
9. Indonesia: 93 accidents, 1902 casualties;
10. Mexico: 88 crashes, 1226 casualties.

Aircraft crash statistics in Russia

Speaking about our country, we have to admit with bitterness that over the past six years we have ranked first in the world in terms of the number of air crashes.

So during this time in Russia there were 38 air crashes in which 378 people died, while in the United States there were only 11 air accidents.

Aircraft crash statistics by airline

Which airlines have the most accidents? To answer this question, you need to rank airlines by the number of plane crashes.

Turkish Airlines

The most massive and popular (especially among Russian tourists) air carrier has not encountered air accidents since the seventies of the last century, but a series of small incidents, as well as the 2009 disaster near the Dutch airport Schiphol, which claimed nine lives, significantly damaged the reputation of the airline.

China Airlines

The Taiwanese airline is considered one of the most unsafe in Asia.

Over the past thirty years, about 755 people have died in accidents with the aircraft of this air carrier, which gives reason to suspect this company of an unprofessional approach to the safety of its customers.

Korean Airlines

The largest air carrier in South Korea has spent more than a billion US dollars on various passenger amenities. The ships of this company constantly get into some kind of small accidents, fortunately, so far without casualties. The last tragic incident occurred back in 1997.

Saudi Arabian Airlines

The flag carrier of Saudi Arabia. Since the year 2000, it has had a reputation as a not very safe company, various incidents often occur with the aircraft of this carrier, although only one person died in them (during the crush that occurred during the evacuation), the frequency of various accidents involving the aircraft of this company is very alarming.

Skywest Airlines

A well-known American airline specializing in local transportation. After the 1990s, which dealt a serious blow to the company's reputation, it was noted only by the 2008 disaster in San Antonio. Fortunately, there were no casualties, but the carrier's reputation was dealt a serious blow.

South African Airways

The largest airline in South Africa, specializes in domestic and international flights. The company's reputation was damaged by a failed Zimbabwean terrorist who hijacked the carrier's aircraft in 2006. As a result of the incident, no one was injured, and although the responsibility lies with the airport security service, this did not save the carrier's reputation from a serious blow.

Aeroflot aircraft crash

Several dozen airlines are registered in our country. To determine their reliability and safety, a particular company is evaluated according to various criteria, one of which is the technical safety of aircraft. The European Aviation Safety Agency has compiled a rating of the most reliable air carriers, the list of which includes the domestic company Aeroflot.

The company was founded in 1923. After the collapse of the USSR, many small carriers separated from it. In 1992, Aeroflot-Russian International Airlines JSC was established, which marked the beginning of the modern history of the airline. Today, Aeroflot is the largest air carrier in Russia. During the period from 1992 to the present, there have been 4 air crashes that have claimed the lives of people. There is also information about 5 more accidents, which, fortunately, did not cause any casualties.

The most famous disaster that has occurred in the history of the airline is the tragedy near Mezhdurechensk. In the spring of 1994, a passenger plane crashed on a Moscow-Hong Kong flight. During the investigation, it turned out that the crash occurred through the fault of the aircraft commander. The man put his fifteen-year-old son at the helm. This disaster claimed the lives of 75 people.

Going on a trip to another country, people are interested not only in the reliability of airlines, but also in the safety of the aircraft themselves. Therefore, it will not be superfluous to give a rating of the most unreliable and dangerous aircraft.

The Boeing 737 was recognized as one of the most dangerous aircraft, since most of the accidents occurred on this type of aircraft.

IL 76 is also considered an unsafe aircraft, since it was on this vessel that a major disaster occurred 13 years ago, which claimed many human lives.

TU 154, recognized as very dangerous and unreliable, this airliner also experienced many accidents and emergency situations.

The Airbus A 310 is also notorious, it was on this ship that a disaster occurred on June 30, 2009, which claimed more than 150 lives.

McDonnell-Douglas DC 9, this type of aircraft has not been produced for a long time and is out of production, however, during its entire existence, there have been several accidents as a result of which 44 people died.

2016 was the busiest year in terms of air accidents. This conclusion can be reached by referring to the statistics of air crashes that occurred during this period.

On February 24, a DHC-6 passenger plane crashed in Nepal with 20 passengers and 3 crew members on board. As a result of the disaster, no one managed to survive.

A month later, on March 9, an AN 26 crashed in Bangladesh, the plane crashed into the sea. There were 4 people on board, all of them were citizens of Ukraine. As a result, three people died, and only one managed to survive.

On the night of March 19 of the same year, a Boeing 737 crashed in Rostov-on-Don while climbing, the airliner began a sharp decline and crashed onto the airport runway. There were 55 people and 7 crew members on board. As a result of the plane crash, everyone on board died.

Two months later, on May 18, AN 12 B crashed in Dwyer. There were 9 people on board. As a result of the crash, 7 people died, only two technicians managed to survive.

The next day, on May 19, another disaster occurred when an Airbus A 320 crashed into the Mediterranean Sea. All 66 people (56 passengers, 10 crew members) on board were killed.

Two months later, on July 1, while extinguishing forest fires, due to poor visibility, an IL 76 transport aircraft of the Russian Emergencies Ministry crashed. All 10 crew members on board were killed.

Six months later, on 28 November, a BAe 146 crashed in Colombia due to lack of fuel. There were 77 people on board. As a result of the incident, 71 people died and only 6 people were saved.

A month later, on December 7, an ATR 42 aircraft crashed near the city of Havelian. All 47 people on board were killed.

On December 25 of the same year, a major disaster occurred, the aircraft TU 154 of the Russian Air Force, as a result of an error by the crew commander, crashed during landing and completely collapsed. All 92 people on board were killed.

In general, looking at the statistics, we can conclude that traveling by plane is much safer than by land transport, according to estimates, the probability of dying in a plane crash is 1: 8,000,000. Therefore, do not be afraid to fly on airliners, because the risk of dying on the ground is much higher than in the air.

Plane crash statistics for 2017

Over the past months of this year, there have been only 4 air crashes, which is significantly less compared to the past 2016.

January 16, landing, crashed Boeing 747. As a result of the accident, 39 people died and 14 were injured.

Three months later, on March 20, while landing, an accident occurred with an AN 26 aircraft. As a result of the incident, 37 people were injured.

On April 29, AN 26 crashed. There were 8 people on board. All on board were killed.

Three months later, on June 7, the Y8 airliner crashed, half an hour later, after the plane took off, the liner crashed into the Andaman Sea. There were 122 people on board. As a result of the disaster, no one managed to survive.