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To: Fixit
The following airliner models are ranked by the rate of fatal events per million flights.
Fatal Event Rate Per Million Flights
Model Rate Flights FLE* Events
Airbus A300 0.78 7.7M 5.99 9
Airbus A310 1.59 2.9M 4.62 5
Airbus A320 0.38 7.3M 2.61 5
ATR 0.94 3.2M 3.00 3
Boeing 727 0.49 72.2M 35.34 46
Boeing 737-100/200 0.52 50.4M 26.29 37
Boeing 737-300/400/500 0.28 30.8M 8.76 10
Boeing 737 (all models) 0.43 81.2M 35.05 47
Boeing 747 0.97 13.1M 12.73 25
Boeing 757 0.62 8.7M 5.4 7
Boeing 767 0.65 7.3M 4.73 5
Boeing 777 0.00 0.7M 0.00 0
Boeing DC9 0.59 58.1M 34.41 42
Boeing DC10 0.76 7.8M 5.91 15
Boeing MD11 1.27 0.8M 1.02 3
Boeing MD80/MD90 0.22 23.3M 5.19 9
British Aerospace BAe 146 0.52 5.4M 2.81 4
British Aerospace Jetstream UNK UNK 5.22 6
Concorde 12.5 0.08M 1.00 1
Dornier 228 UNK UNK 6.88 7
Dornier 328 UNK UNK 0.11 1
Embraer Bandeirante 3.07 7.5M 23.00 28
Embraer Brasilia 0.58 7.4M 4.27 5
Fokker F28 1.78 8.1M 14.45 20
Fokker F70/F100 0.49 3.8M 1.87 4
Lockheed L1011 0.49 5.2M 2.54 5
Saab 340 0.22 9.7M 2.10 3

30 posted on 11/12/2001 2:16:13 PM PST by KneelBeforeZod
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To: KneelBeforeZod
Note also that the much maligned (though in reality a fine aircraft) DC-10 has a record no worse than the Airbus A300/310, planes that U.S. media never bother to malign.

There isn't a thing on that chart that surprises me, except maybe the fact I expected ATR's to do worse. The relative rankings on that chart could likely be put together by any frequent flyer who has been a passenger on enough of those birds.

Example: The Saab 340 is a beautiful plane. I used to actually enjoy connecting in Detroit to fly a Mesaba 340B to regional airports. Contrast that to the two flights I've ever had on an Embraer (to and from Decatur, GA from and to Hartsfeld) where I could not wait for the flight to end. Quality is noticable if you fly enough.

33 posted on 11/12/2001 2:49:53 PM PST by Fixit
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