New Tech Will Make Our Airplanes Safer

News reports over the past year indicate that airplane accidents are increasing.

According to a report from the International Air Transport Association (IATA), the number of fatal air accidents in 2024 rose to seven with 244 fatalities, compared to 2023’s one fatal accident that resulted in 72 deaths.

The data does not include deaths from security-related aviation incidents such as the crash of an Azerbaijan Airlines jet — allegedly brought down by a Russian missile — that killed 38 people.

In the report, the IATA described the increase as “a top concern for aviation safety requiring urgent global coordination.”

Now, Israeli company Odysight.ia (a combination of the words “odyssey,” “sight” and “artificial intelligence”) is working to reduce airplane accidents and make aviation generally safer.

“We are changing the aviation world,” Odysight’s CEO, Col. (ret.) Yehuda Ofer, an entrepreneur and ex-Israeli Air Force pilot, tells ISRAEL21c.

Keep reading at israel21c.org.

Odysight.AI CTO Eli Israeli is a Technion alumnus.