This statistic presents the ranking of airlines with the highest number of airplane accidents worldwide in 2023. Air France and American Airlines lead in terms of the greatest number of accidents, with 11 accidents each. Although most crashes do not result in fatalities, some incidents have been particularly tragic: during Air France's most recent air accident, in June 2009, flight 477 crashed into the Atlantic Ocean, causing the death of all 228 passengers on board.
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