Are plane crashes on the rise? Everything we know after latest Toronto Delta incident | News US [Video]

High-profile plane crashes have cast a shadow over the aviation industry since the start of 2025 — and speculation is swirling around the cause of the incidents.

Monday’s Delta Airlines crash at Toronto Pearson International Airport is the latest in a series of accidents that have sparked widespread anxiety and raised questions over the safety of air travel.

Four major aviation disasters have occurred this year, claiming the lives of at least 85 people in the space of two weeks.

On January 29, an American Airlines jet and a US Army helicopter collided in the air over Washington DC. Two days later, a medical jet carrying six people including a sick child nosedived into a residential street in Philadelphia.

Subsequent crashes took place in Alaska and Arizona, and fears are now rising that flying is no longer the safest way to get around.

Has the industry been hit by bad luck in 2025, or is there more to the …