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A spate of deadly plane crashes in 2025 has already rocked aviation – and the yr has only just began.
At the very least 117 people have been killed in air accidents because the start of 2025.
Because the industry was reeling from the Washington DC disaster that killed 67 people in January, a Delta Airlines flight crashed at Canada’s Toronto Pearson Airport when it tipped over on the runway in a fireball.
Then two aircraft collided mid-air near Arizona’s Marana Regional Airport on Wednesday. Two people died after considered one of the planes went up in flames when it hit the bottom.
The list of 2025 accidents gets worse – and can likely make anyone already afraid of flying much more scared to step on a plane.
Six people died two days after the Washington DC tragedy when their medical plane plunged onto a residential street in Philadelphia, including a sick child.
Despite the string of high-profile crashes within the US which have raised questions over the security of flying, January was the least deadly month ever since records began in 1982, in keeping with official figures from the National Transport Safety Board.
While a lot of the most important crashes have been in North America, airlines worldwide have also experienced disasters which have claimed lives.
Arizona plane accident
The US state has made headlines after two fatal crashes in 2025 alone.
An investigation is ongoing after two people died when a Cessna 172S and a Lancair 360 MK II aircraft collided mid-air yesterday over Marana Regional Airport. Two people contained in the Lancair plane died when it hit the bottom, causing a hearth that destroyed the aircraft.
One other Arizona incident last week killed one person and injured 4 after a plane owned by Motley Crue star Vince Neil crashed at Scottsdale Airport.
Delta Airlines Toronto crash
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All 80 people on board miraculously survived after the Delta Airlines Bombardier CRJ jet tipped the other way up during landing at Toronto Pearson Airport. Delta said that just one person was still in hospital yesterday after 21 people were injured.
John Nelson, a passenger on board, said they felt how the jet hit the bottom ‘super hard.’
‘It hit the bottom, and the plane went sideways. It’s amazing that we’re still here,’ he told CNN.
While experts are reluctant to invest on the reason for the crash until official investigation concludes, weather is believed to have played a job.
Aviation consultant Bernard Lavelle told Metro previously it’s ‘very unusual’ for a plane to flip over like that, adding that unexpected wind shear could have made it slip.
Now, Delta has reportedly offered around £23,800 ($30,000) money to every passenger, saying the cash has ‘no strings attached’ and wouldn’t affect any litigation.
Alaska Bering Air plane disappearance
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The Cessna 208B plane mysteriously disappeared off the radar when flying between Unalakleet and Nome in distant Alaska on February 6.
The wreckage with the bodies of ten people, including the pilot, was later discovered on the ocean ice around 34 miles southeast of Nome.
Authorities said an unknown event made the plane lose elevation and speed before it crashed.
US military flight crashes within the Philippines
A US Marine and 4 army contractors died after their small Beechcraft B300 plane plunged right into a rice field within the Ampatuan municipality on February 6.
The group was on a mission to offer ‘intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance support’ after a request by the allies within the Philippines, the AP reported citing the Indo-Pacific US command.
Residents said they heard an explosion before the aircraft fell to the bottom near farmhouses.
Medical jet crash in Philadelphia
Dashcam footage captured the terrifying moment a Learjet 55 plane crashed into homes in Philadelphia on January 31 during a medical flight.
A sick girl was among the many dead along along with her mother. She was on her way home to Mexico after life-saving treatment at a children’s hospital. One person on the bottom died when the plane hit the residential street and 19 people were injured.
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The plane was just gaining altitude throughout the climb phase after departing from North Philadelphia Airport when it crashed. The National Transportation Safety Board said checking out the reason for the crash could take longer than usual because the operator, Jet Rescue Air Ambulance, is predicated in Mexico.
Washington DC American Airlines and helicopter crash
The Washington DC disaster opened the floodgates for speculation, fanned further by President Donald Trump as he took aim on the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) before firing lots of of staff on the watchdog.
The mid-air accident on January 29 killed all people on board the American Airlines flight together with three Black Hawk US army helicopter pilots who were on a doomsday training mission when the aircraft collided near Reagan National Airport.
Air traffic controllers have also come on the firing line after reports alleging that the staffing levels within the Reagan tower weren’t normal, which was denied by a source.
The Secretary of Transport, Sean Duffy, took to social media to defend the Trump administration after the high-profile aviation incidents, saying the ‘growing media narrative that there are more airplane crashes’ during Trump’s latest presidency than under Joe Biden ‘is fake.’
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Three people die after Venezuelan government plane accident
All three occupants travelling within the Cessna S550 plane operated by the Venezuelan ministry of interior and justice were killed after the aircraft was destroyed shortly after takeoff from Caracas.
The plane took off on January 29, however it quickly began to fall before crashing right into a wooded area within the El Volcan sector of the Baruta municipality.
Eagle Air crash that killed 20 people in South Sudan
Oil rig staff died after a small Beechcraft 1900D plane crashed en route from the Unity oilfield to Juba.
Just one person survived the crash which killed Chinese nationals and one Indian national.
The precise circumstances surrounding the crash in war-torn South Sudan usually are not known, but President Salva Kiir said there can be a ‘thorough’ investigation.
Floating plane crash kills three people in Australia
The primary fatal accident of 2025 saw a Cessna 208 Caravan plane equipped with sea floats crash into the pristine waters off Rottnest Island, Western Australia.
The flight was ferrying tourists when it fell into the ocean in Thomson Bay on January 7.
4 tourists survived, but three passengers and the pilot were killed.
The survivors were an Australian couple, and a Swiss and a Danish tourist.
Jeremy and Patricia Connor, from Perth, thanked the emergency services and members of the general public who rescued them.
They said there ‘might have been a good more tragic consequence,’ in keeping with ABC News Australia.
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