A growing number of aviation-related scares have come to light in recent weeks, reigniting public concern about air travel safety — especially in the wake of last month’s fatal Air India crash. According to the International Civil Aviation Organization’s most recent annual air safety report,

A small aircraft made a crash landing at Leahy Burlington International Airport on Wednesday afternoon, according to airport officials. The 1975 Rockwell International 112 single-engine craft made a hard landing after the pilot ran out of gas on approach, according to BTV officials.

A military training aircraft crashed shortly after take-off on Monday, crashing into a school in the capital, Dhaka.

South Korean officials planned to publicize the results of an investigation into the cause of the crash but canceled the briefing after strong protests by relatives of victims.

Eugene “Buzzy” Peltola Jr., 57, was piloting a Piper PA 18-150 Super Cub when it went down in the mountains northeast of St. Mary’s on Sept. 12, 2023

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An Embraer 190AR plane operated by Azarbaijan Airlines crashed in Kazakhstan on Dec. 25, after coming under fire over Russia's Chechnya. Thirty-eight people were killed.