In recent weeks, videos of planes crashing and burning have populated social media and news feeds. Are more plane crashes happening this year?

So far, in 2025, there have been 113 aviation accidents, according to the National Transportation Safety Board. Fifteen of those accidents were fatal. Sixty-three of this year's accidents occurred in January, and the other 50 happened in February.

In February, a single-engine plane crash occurred near Nome, Alaska, leaving 10 people dead. At an Arizona Airport in early February, an airplane owned by Motley Crue singer Vince Neil veered into a jet,