Breakdown by continent of the number of fatal civil airliner accidents from 1945 until now.
Military accidents, corporate jets, hijackings (and other criminal occurrences) are not included.
| # |
continent |
accidents |
fatalities |
ground fat. |
| 1 |
North America |
886 | 12804 |
178 |
| 2 |
Europe |
849 | 21767 |
185 |
| 3 |
Asia |
688 | 18409 |
324 |
| 4 |
South America |
590 | 10518 |
371 |
| 5 |
Africa |
357 | 7537 |
206 |
| 6 |
Central America |
156 | 2242 |
78 |
| 7 |
Australasia |
118 | 1433 |
3 |
| 8 |
international waters |
72 | 2458 |
0 |
| 9 |
North and South Poles |
4 | 271 |
0 |