Breakdown by continent of the number of fatal civil airliner accidents from 1945 until now.
Military accidents, corporate jets, hijackings (and other criminal occurrences) are not included.
# |
continent |
accidents |
fatalities |
ground fat. |
1 |
Europe |
1192 | 23819 |
186 |
2 |
North America |
1080 | 13244 |
186 |
3 |
Asia |
770 | 19979 |
365 |
4 |
South America |
671 | 10806 |
361 |
5 |
Africa |
433 | 8431 |
189 |
6 |
Central America |
177 | 2433 |
53 |
7 |
Oceania |
131 | 1481 |
3 |
8 |
international waters |
81 | 2505 |
0 |
9 |
Antarctica |
6 | 276 |
0 |