Despite recent headlines about high-profile aviation safety incidents, flying is still the safest mode of transportation

From viral videos to tragic crashes, the skies feel more dangerous than ever, but here’s what’s actually happening.

According to this database, there have been 61 occurrences so far in 2025, and 397 fatalities. The majority of these fatalities are the people who sadly died in the India Air plane crash.

Delta Air Lines denies it's entirely at fault for injuries sustained in the Feb. 17 upside-down crash at Toronto Pearson International Airport, according to a U.S. court filing reviewed by CBC News. At least 16 Canadian passengers allege in lawsuits they were injured.

A Delta Airlines flight that departed from Atlanta and was bound for Orlando was forced to make an emergency landing Monday afternoon in Jacksonville after smoke was reported in the cockpit.

When Air India Flight 171 crash-landed shortly after take off, smashing into a residential building and bursting into flames, it seemed impossible that any of the 242 occupants could have survived. Miraculously, one did—but how?

Israel's attack on Iran scrambled air travel, with United and Delta flights to Tel Aviv turning around midway and other airlines canceling flights.

A plane carrying 80 people crash landed at Toronto Pearson airport yesterday, flipping upside down and leaving at least 18 people injured.Video from the scene showed a Delta Air Lines plane belly-up on snow-covered tarmac and people walking away.

Delta Airlines is denying that they’re entirely to blame for the harrowing crash landing of Flight 4819, at Pearson’s International Airport this past winter.

"I have trouble sleeping," said John Nelson, a plane crash survivor from Minnesota. "Jet fuel is probably one of the strongest smells I can't get out of my memory."