I don't understand how you arrived at the number 51. Did you just tally up all the incidents in that list that occurred after 2009? That list includes a bunch

I don't understand how you arrived at the number 51. Did you just tally up all the incidents in that list that occurred after 2009? That list includes a bunch of incidents that are not really relevant for assessing risk level when flying on a commercial airline: - Someone committing suicide by getting sucked into a plane engine while the plane was on the ground. - Someone sneaking onto a runway and getting struck by a plane that was landing. - Another person stealing a plane and intentionally crashing it into the ground. - The Kobe Bryant helicopter crash. Looking through the list I would conclude the parent comment was correct. The only incidents with passenger fatalities on US airlines since 2009 were Southwest 1380 and PenAir 3296.