Two small planes collided in the air near a southern Arizona airport, killing two people on Wednesday and marking the second mid-air crash in the U.S. this year.

Two single-engine planes collided around 8:30 a.m. at the Marana Regional Airport, about 20 miles northwest of Tucson, Arizona, according to the Federal Aviation Administration and local police.

The crash is the latest in a slate of recent aviation disasters in the U.S., including the devastating mid-air crash between a military Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines commercial plane outside Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport last month. All 67 people on both aircraft died .

The D.C. mid-air collision marked the first high-profile commercial aviation crash in 15 years.

Experts assure that aviation remains extremely safe though the recent disasters have raised concerns about flying. Fueling the concern was another incident on Monday, when a Delta Air Lines regional jet carrying 80 people flying out of Minneapolis crashed after flipping at Toronto Pearson International Airport . A total of 18 people were injured but there were no fatalities.

Here's what to know about aviation accidents in the U.S. this year and how safe flying remains.

How many aviation accidents have there been this year?

There have been 94 aviation accidents in 2025 , according to data from the National Transportation Safety Board. There were 63 incidents in January and 31 in February, the agency says as of Wednesday.

How many deadly plane crashes have there been in 2025?

Data posted by safety board reported 13 fatal aircraft accidents this year, including 10 in January and three in February as of Monday. On Wednesday the fatal midair collision in Marana, Arizona, brought the annual total to 14, though the agency's website did not reflect the latest crash as of Wednesday night.

How many major US plane crashes in 2025?

There have been several major deadly U.S. aviation disasters this year. They happened within the span of two weeks in Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, Alaska and Arizona.

Yet the Jan. 29 crash in Washington that killed 67 people is the only fatal commercial aviation crash in 2025 and in the past 15 years.

The Federal Aviation Administration reports aviation incidents on its website for anyone to stay updated.

How many people have died in major plane crashes this year?

At least 87 people have died in five major U.S. aviation disasters in 2025.

Are mid-air collisions common?

Between 2005 to the fall of 2024, there have been 5,066near-midair collisions reported by any piloted aircraft, according to CBS News .

A total of 1,129 of these near-midair collisions during the 20-year period involved at least one commercial aircraft averaging to around 56 per year, CBS News reported .

Is flying still safe in the US?

Flying on U.S. commercial airlines is still considered safe.

Air travel is the absolute safest form of transportation, according to a 2024 Transportation Statistics Report from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics.

"Transportation incidents for all modes claimed 44,546 lives in 2022, of which all but 2,032 involved highway motor vehicles. Preliminary estimates for 2023 suggest a further decline in fatalities," the report states. "There were no deaths from crashes on large commercial airlines in 2023, but several hundred deaths occurred in crashes in general aviation, commuter air, and air taxi services."

(This story has been updated to fix a typo in the headline.)