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Flight Departures vs. Accident Rate Over Time

Chief Aerospace Safety Office

Boeing Global Aviation Safety

Rate per Million Departures

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Departures by Decade

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Accident Rate

Worldwide Departures by Decade

Source – Boeing STATSUM 2025

From the dawn of powered flight to today’s global network, aviation has transformed through relentless learning and innovation. Engineers improved airframes and engines, regulators introduced rigorous certification and oversight, and air traffic control and navigation systems brought order to the skies. Human factors advances — like crew resource management and standardized training — reduced errors, while flight data monitoring and predictive maintenance turned experience into preventive action. International cooperation and shared safety standards multiplied the benefits across continents.

The result: accident and fatality rates plummeted even as passenger volumes soared, making commercial aviation one of the safest ways to travel. This achievement rests on technology, data-driven safety programs, strong regulation, and a culture that treats every incident as a lesson. Aviation’s success is its ability to learn, adapt, and continuously raise the bar for safety worldwide.

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Two-Decade Projection of Flight Volume and Accident Rate

Chief Aerospace Safety Office

Boeing Global Aviation Safety

Rate per Million Departures

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Departures by Decade

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Accident Rate

Worldwide Departures by Decade

Source – Boeing STATSUM 2025

Aviation’s safety record is remarkable, but success breeds a difficult truth: as global flying grows, even tiny accident rates translate into more absolute accidents unless we change our approach. The math is simple — more flights mean more exposure. So incremental improvement isn’t enough; we must think outside the box and do things differently.

That means accelerating transformative solutions: predictive analytics that anticipate failures before they occur, autonomous and assistive systems that reduce human workload, and new operational concepts that reimagine airspace and traffic flow. It means embedding a learning culture where near-misses are mined for systemic fixes, regulators and industry co-design fresh risk controls, and diversity of thought drives bold safety experiments.

Innovation can’t be optional. If we fail to push beyond proven methods, the absolute number of accidents will rise — and that is unacceptable. The future of aviation safety demands urgency, imagination, and a willingness to test radical ideas to keep every flight safer than the last.

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Safety Challenges

Chief Aerospace Safety Office

Boeing Global Aviation Safety

Challenges stemming from stresses on human capital

Challenges associated with runway safety

Challenges related to continued airworthiness

Innovative mitigation is required to prevent accidents from growing proportionally with air traffic growth

Across the Asia‑Pacific, Boeing regional safety committees are focused on three top risks.

First, stresses on human capital —increasing reliance on less‑experienced staff and raising fatigue and competency concerns due to Post-covid rapid traffic recovery, retirements and training bottlenecks are stretching crews, controllers and technicians;

Second, runway safety — runway excursion, runway incursion, abnormal runway contact;

Third, continued airworthiness — aging fleets, Inadequate maintenance practices, Improper implementation of reliability programs and condition monitoring, and inconsistent oversight, etc., create challenges in sustaining safe technical performance.

I look forward to the panel discussion to explore concrete lessons, best practices and collaborative solutions across states. Thank you.

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Boeing Global Aviation Safety

Chief Aerospace Safety Office

Boeing Global Aviation Safety

Working Together to Improve Aviation Safety

Global Safety Management System

Crew Resource Management

Speaking Up

Human Performance

Insights and Observations

Monitoring and Intervention

Safety Resilience

Safety Experience

Safety Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence

Competency Based Training

Safety Performance Indicators

Positive Safety Culture

Psychosocial Strength

Safety Attitudes

Safety Perspectives from Accident Investigation Boards

RF Interference

Lithium Batteries

Safety Attitudes

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2035-2044

Boeing is committed to advancing global aviation safety through close partnership, rigorous engineering, and continuous learning. We align Safety Management Systems with our airline customers to ensure shared risks are identified and mitigated across operations. Our aircraft design and certification reviews incorporate lessons learned from service experience and rigorous data analytics to reduce latent risks early. The Continued Operational Safety program monitors in‑service performance, drives timely design updates and service bulletins, and supports operators with clear mitigations. We also work hand‑in‑hand with states and regulators—delivering training, workshops, and capability‑building to strengthen oversight and frontline skills. Across all activities we focus on transparent information sharing, digital tools for predictive insights, and fostering a safety culture that elevates issues before they become events. Together with our customers and partners, Boeing aims to make every flight safer. Thank you.

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