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Airline Safety

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airline-safety

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Schema

nametypeformat
airlinestringdefault
avail_seat_km_per_weekintegerdefault
incidents_85_99integerdefault
fatal_accidents_85_99integerdefault
fatalities_85_99integerdefault
incidents_00_14integerdefault
fatal_accidents_00_14integerdefault
fatalities_00_14integerdefault

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airline-safety
2.27 kBabout 2 months ago
airline-safety
FilesSizeFormatCreatedUpdatedLicenseSource
12.27 kBcsvabout 2 months agoFiveThirtyEight - Airline Safety

Airline Safety

This folder contains the data behind the story Should Travelers Avoid Flying Airlines That Have Had Crashes in the Past?

HeaderDefinition
airlineAirline (asterisk indicates that regional subsidiaries are included)
avail_seat_km_per_weekAvailable seat kilometers flown every week
incidents_85_99Total number of incidents, 1985–1999
fatal_accidents_85_99Total number of fatal accidents, 1985–1999
fatalities_85_99Total number of fatalities, 1985–1999
incidents_00_14Total number of incidents, 2000–2014
fatal_accidents_00_14Total number of fatal accidents, 2000–2014
fatalities_00_14Total number of fatalities, 2000–2014

Source: Aviation Safety Network

This dataset was scraped from FiveThirtyEight - airline-safety