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This is a list of aviation-related events in 2024.
The deadliest crash in 2024 occurred when a Boeing 737-800 operating as Jeju Air Flight 2216 overran the runway while performing a belly landing in Muan, South Korea, on 29 December, killing 179 of the 181 passengers and crew on board. [131] Flight 2216 was the deadliest plane crash of the 2020s decade until it was surpassed by Air India Flight 171 in 2025. Flight 2216 is also the deadliest crash involving a Boeing 737 Next Generation aircraft surpassing Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752, and the second-deadliest accident involving a Boeing 737 behind Lion Air Flight 610.
2024 marked the deadliest year in commercial aviation since 2018. [132]