Two recent plane crashes lead to deadliest year in skies since 2018
NEW YORK, Dec. 30 (Xinhua) -- Commercial aviation has suffered its deadliest year since 2018 after the Jeju Air Co. disaster in South Korea and last week's downing of an Azerbaijan Airlines plane, reported Bloomberg News on Monday.
Onboard passenger plane fatalities this year jumped to 318 with the two recent crashes, data compiled by Cirium showed. That's by far the highest death toll since more than 500 people