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In the 2024 Nairobi mid-air collision, Safarilink Aviation Flight 53, a De Havilland Canada Dash 8, collided with a Cessna 172. The collision resulted in the Cessna 172 crashing and killing both of its occupants, while the Dash 8 managed to land safely.

Aviation safety involves design of aircraft and airports, training of ground personnel and flight crew members' maintenance of aircraft, airfields, en route and terminal area navigation and communication facilities definition and implementation of Federal Aviation Regulations (FARs)l air traffic control procedures and ...

The most fatalities on board a single aircraft is the 520 fatalities of the 1985 Japan Airlines Flight 123 accident. The largest loss of life in a single aviation accident is the 583 fatalities of the 1977 Tenerife airport disaster, in which two Boeing 747s collided.