[Magnatron]

Here’s another way to look at it - total number of fatalities.

In all of the classes of aircraft I listed above, there were:

A300 1416 fatalities
A310 645 fatalities
A320 443 fatalities
A330 235 fatalities
A340 0 fatalities

Total Airbus Fatalities = 2739

737 4444 fatalities
747 3550 fatalities
757 576 fatalities
767 850 fatalities

Total Boeing Fatalities = 9420

So Airbus represents 22.5% of all of the fatalities in the above equipment classes, whereas Boeing represents 77.5% of fatalities.

(as you can see by my previous several postings, I obviously am not working this week and have way too much time on my hands)

[Texan Tory]

Thanks, this is excellent information. Looking at the incident rates, it’s striking just how safe the Airbus A320 is, far safer than any other plane (whether Boeing of Airbus). It’s also striking how much less safe the A310 is than the A320, although the Boeing 747 still comes in last place by a slight margin.

[SteamShovel]

Another perspective:

Airbus fatalities are 0.481 per aircraft

Boeing fatalities are 0.998 per aircraft

Of course, this is skewed by the 9-11 atrocity