Despite a high-profile Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max accident in March, 2019 was "one of the safest years ever for commercial aviation," according to the Aviation Safety Network. There were 283 fatalities globally in 2019, a drop from 555 in 2018. Of the total commercial aviation fatalities, 267 occurred on passenger flights. However, the number of commercial airliner accidents was 20, the highest it's been since 2013, which had 23. Of the 2019 accidents, 14 were passenger flights and six were cargo.
