Originally Posted by
GarageYears
I just looked at the FAA database and for Cat A and B incidents I get:
2022: 18 category A+B incidents
2021: 17 category A+B incidents
2020: 16 category A+B incidents
To date in 2023 (not even 1/4 of the year in), there have been 7 incidents reported publicly (the database only covers part of January for 2023), so we're about 200% up on prior years at this point.
- GY
2020 and, to a lesser extent 2021, are not typical years for any ongoing air travel statistic.