In 2016 325 passengers and/or crew lost their lives in an aviation accident, aviation-safety.net (ASN) counted 19 crashes involving civil aircraft. In 2015 ASN already counted a record low total of 16 fatal airliner accidents, resulting in 560 fatalities.
A summary of the most devastating airdisasters of 2016:
- 24 February: Twin otter crash, Nepal (23)
- 19 March: Flydubai Boeing 737 crash in Rostov-on-Don, Russia (62)
- 19 May: Egyptair A320 flight MS804 missing above the Mediterranean Sea (66)
- 28 November: LAMIA Bolivia Avro RJ-85 crash near Medellín (71)
- 7 December: Pakistan International Airlines crashes near Abottabad (47)
- 25 December: Russian military Tu-154 disappears in the Black Sea (92)
A full list of fatal aircraft accidents can be found here: https://aviation-safety.net/statistics/period/barometer.php
