Despite a number of recent deadly air crashes, flying is still statistically one of the safest forms of transport available. Tragedies such as Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243, Jeju Air Flight 2216, and American Airlines Flight 5342 all occurred between December 2024 and January 2025, bringing air safety to the forefront once more.

Although the recent string of accidents may be statistical anomalies, they’re still startling given how US passenger carriers had enjoyed years without a deadly crash.

As this publication reported shortly after the plane crashed on 29 December, the hull of the aircraft is insured for $41.5mn, which includes $5mn total loss only coverage. Insurance Insider revealed that Axa XL leads the cover with a 15% line on the Gallagher-placed all-risk reinsurance programme.

A Delta Air Lines flight was diverted back to Los Angeles, California, on Saturday night after smoke was detected in the galley on the way to Sydney, Australia.

Delta Air Lines confirmed to FOX Business that it is offering $30,000 to each victim of the Delta Connection flight 4819 crash. The incident took place at Toronto Pearson Airport.

On December 25, an Azerbaijan Airlines plane was allegedly struck by missiles in Russian airspace, forcing a crash-landing in Kazakhstan, killing 38 of the 67 on board. Days later a Jeju Air ...

This accident came just weeks after the horrific American Airlines plane crash into a US Army Black Hawk helicopter that claimed the lives of all 60 passengers and four crew members on board. It also comes after the fatal Jeju Air and Azerbaijan Airlines ...

(TNND) — A Delta Air Lines plane with 80 people on board crashed and flipped over on its side at Toronto Pearson International Airport in Canada. Emergency teams responded to the scene and all passengers were evacuated, with up to eight people injured.

The Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) in the US handles about 195,000 flights a month. According to preliminary data from the NTSB, the US experienced 63 accidents in January 2025. This is the lowest number of monthly accidents since records began in the 1980s. So what’s going on? The recent spate of accidents have been on a much larger scale.

A Delta Air Lines commuter plane arriving from Minneapolis has crashed at Canada’s Toronto Pearson Airport, according to the the Federal Aviation Administration, with images of the incident showing the aircraft flipped upside down.