Assistance prepared for investigation
According to the report, in 2020, Boeing commercial jets were involved in 17 accidents worldwide. Five of the 17 involved 737-800 passenger jets from 7 to 21 years old, and people were killed in two of those.
On Feb 5, 2020, a Boeing 737-800 operated by Pegasus Airlines overran the end of the runway and crashed when landing in Istanbul, Turkey. Three people died and 179 were injured.
On Aug 7, 2020, a Boeing 737-800 overran the runway and crashed during landing in Calicut, India. Twenty-one people died and 75 were seriously injured.
According to the Boeing report, the percentage of fatal accidents has decreased over the years. Of the 2,082 accidents from 1959 to 2020,638, or 31 percent, included fatalities.
From 2011 to 2020, there were 320 accidents, and 39 of them, 12 percent of the total, included fatalities.
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