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Old 3rd Jan 2018, 00:10
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More amazingly we got to Nov 15 without any passenger fatalities on any scheduled service; not even on more lightly regulated regional services. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catego...idents_in_2017
Since then there have been five passenger fatalities on two turbo-prop airliners
On 15 November 2017 LET 410 operating Khabarovsk Airlines Flight 463 crashed into a wooded area while on approach to Nelkan, Russia. The crash killed four of the five passengers and two crew.
On 13 December 2017 ATR 42 operating West Wind Aviation Flight 280 crashed shortly after taking off from Fond-du-Lac, Canada. All 25 passengers and crews initially survived the crash, but one passenger later died of injuries.
In addition on 31 December 2017 a Nature Air Cessna 208 Caravan crashed shortly after takeoff from Punta Islita, Costa Rica killing 10 passengers and two crew. Nature Air operates scheduled (121) flights but I understand the crash was a charter. Sorry to draw the distinction but from regulatory viewpoint it is important.

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