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.

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?

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.

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

"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."

A raft of new lawsuits have been filed seeking damages for the Delta Air Lines Toronto Airport crash earlier this year. In February a Bombardier CRJ-900 passenger jet skidded on an icy runway and flipped over, landing on its roof. Miraculously everyone survived. Five more lawsuits were filed this week.

The airline sector was jolted early on Thursday by the crash of a London-bound Air India plane right after takeoff from Ahmedabad, India. While it is too early to determine why the Air India plane crashed,