Aviation safety

Explore aviation safety

• Ask FlightFinder

  Ask a question about aviation safety and get an answer grounded only in our own safety records, with sources — honest when the data doesn't cover it.

• Check my flight — personal safety brief

  A calm, factual safety brief for your exact flight — airline record, aircraft history, route context, turbulence forecast.

• Compare aircraft types

  Side-by-side public accident statistics for two aircraft families — hull of the safety record at a glance.

• Search safety reports

  Full-text search across accidents, news, recommendations, and incident analyses.

• Airplane sounds, explained

  Every noise, thump, and shudder of a normal flight — phase by phase, with audio clips where a cleanly-licensed recording exists.

• Live aircraft emergencies

  Aircraft currently squawking 7700 or 7600, tracked live with a map, recent episodes, and a calm explainer of what these codes mean.

• Accidents near me

  Aviation accidents that occurred near your current location — distance-sorted, with an interactive map.

• Global accident database

  Searchable worldwide accident records since 1980, with an interactive map and aircraft / operator rankings.

• Daily NTSB feed

  Recent U.S. aviation accidents and incidents from the official NTSB CAROL database, updated daily.

• Indexable events

  Curated safety events with narrative analysis and related occurrences across the same aircraft type or operator.

• Incident analysis

  NASA ASRS voluntary incident reports grouped by anomaly, flight phase, and aircraft family.

• Safety recommendations

  NTSB safety recommendations and their status, cross-linked to the aircraft and operators they concern.

• Safety bulletins

  EASA Safety Information Bulletins — operational and airworthiness advisories.

• Military aviation

  Hull-loss records for military aircraft families, separated from the commercial dataset.

• CADORS (Canada)

  Transport Canada Civil Aviation Daily Occurrence Reporting System records.

• Wildlife strikes

  FAA National Wildlife Strike Database — bird and wildlife strikes by airport, species, and aircraft.

• Laser strikes

  FAA Reported Laser Incidents — lasers aimed at aircraft by state, airport, and aircraft.

• Drone sightings

  FAA UAS Sighting Reports — drones spotted near aircraft and airports by state, city, and year.

• Runway incursions

  FAA Runway Safety database — near-misses and encroachments on active runways, by airport, category, and year.

• Accident causes

  Why planes crash — recurring causes explained with investigation data.