It looks like jet safety got better just about everywhere except the US, and 2025 was a bad year for turboprops:

https://www.iata.org/en/pressroom/2026-releases/2026-03-09-0...

On average, it was slightly worse globally, especially if you count fatalities (which were much worse).

Excellent source! Thank you.

Looks like more flights in 2025 than previous years and less accidents. 2025 does have more fatalities, which are more memorable than emergency landings where everything was alright. So that is likely what skewed my view.

This is purely anecdotal. Some search queries about incidents I remember

- Jan 2025 mid air collision with helicopter near Reagan National, Washington, D.C.

- April 2025 China Eastern Airlines Flight runway overrun at Chongqing Jiangbei

- June 2025 Air India crashed after departure from Ahmedabad

- August 2025 incident at London Stansted where a DHL A330 landed long and struck the runway end

- September 2025 Tokyo Haneda: Inflight engine fire

There was one where the plane ended up on side or back. But I don't remember enough details to find the event