Aviation accidents in 2002

1,910 accidents and incidents are recorded in 2002, with 1,833 people killed and 343 seriously injured. 21% of the accidents were fatal.

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Takeaways

• General aviation accounts for 85% of these accidents and 83% of deaths. Airline flights account for 3% of accidents.

Deadliest accidents

1. China Airlines Flight 611, Taiwan Strait (May 25, 2002) · 225 killed
2. Air China Flight 129, Gimhae (Apr 15, 2002) · 129 killed
3. 2002 Khankala Mi-26 crash, Khankala (Aug 19, 2002) · 127 killed
4. Iran Airtour Flight 956, Iran (Feb 12, 2002) · 119 killed
5. China Northern Airlines Flight 6136, Bohai Bay (May 7, 2002) · 112 killed
6. TAME Flight 120, Cumbal (Jan 28, 2002) · 94 killed
7. Sknyliv air show disaster, Lviv Danylo Halytskyi International Airport (Jul 27, 2002) · 77 killed
8. EAS Airlines Flight 4226, Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (May 4, 2002) · 71 killed
9. 2002 Überlingen mid-air collision, Lake Constance (Jul 1, 2002) · 71 killed
10. Aeromist-Kharkiv Flight 2137, Ardestan (Dec 23, 2002) · 44 killed

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Nearby years

• 2000 · 1,804 accidents
• 2001 · 1,847 accidents
• 2003 · 1,999 accidents
• 2004 · 1,837 accidents

These are counts of recorded accidents, not risk rates: the data has no flight hours, so a place or aircraft near the top mostly reflects how much flying happens there. Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain), plus notable international accidents from Wikidata and Wikipedia. US-heavy; the NTSB only codes phase and cause for accidents from 2008 on, so those tables leave out earlier years.