Airlines Had Their Safest Year On Record In 2023: IATA

The IATA says 'on average a person would have to travel by air every day for 103,239 years to experience a fatal accident' (Credit: AFP)

Last year was the safest ever for commercial air travel, despite a massive rebound in passenger flights, an airline industry group said Wednesday.

The only fatal accident of a passenger plane was the crash of an ATR turboprop operated by Nepal's Yeti Airlines during a domestic flight, killing 72 people, according to the International Air Transport Association's (IATA) annual report.