Aviation accidents in 2005

1,902 accidents and incidents are recorded in 2005, with 1,503 people killed and 308 seriously injured. 20% of the accidents were fatal.

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Takeaways

• General aviation accounts for 84% of these accidents and 76% of deaths. Airline flights account for 3% of accidents.

Deadliest accidents

1. West Caribbean Airways Flight 708, Machiques (Aug 16, 2005) · 160 killed
2. Helios Airways Flight 522, Greece (Aug 14, 2005) · 121 killed
3. Bellview Airlines Flight 210, Nigeria (Oct 22, 2005) · 117 killed
4. Sosoliso Airlines Flight 1145, Port Harcourt International Airport (Dec 10, 2005) · 107 killed
5. Mandala Airlines Flight 091, Medan (Sep 5, 2005) · 100 killed
6. 2005 Iranian Air Force C-130 crash, Tehran (Dec 6, 2005) · 94 killed
7. TANS Perú Flight 204, Pucallpa (Aug 23, 2005) · 40 killed
8. Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 217, Nardaran (Dec 23, 2005) · 23 killed
9. Grumman G-73T, Miami, FL (Dec 19, 2005) · 20 killed
10. Tuninter Flight 1153, Mediterranean Sea (Aug 6, 2005) · 16 killed

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Nearby years

• 2003 · 1,999 accidents
• 2004 · 1,837 accidents
• 2006 · 1,576 accidents
• 2007 · 1,696 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.