Kaitak From Ireland, joined Aug 1999, 9129 posts, RR: 35 Reply 3, posted (9 years 4 months 2 weeks 5 days 4 hours ago) and read 2689 times:
I wouldn't have thought the 727 would be among the safest, as there have been quite a lot of accidents down through the years (although the last one that comes to mind is actually as far back as 1985 - the Iberia 727 near Bilbao). If you were talking about a 10 year period it would probably be right up there.
However, my vote would probably go to the L1011 which has only had one fatal accident (the DFW crash in '85) - there was one in Saudi in '80, but that wasn't actually a crash - a tragic fire on the ground killed all 301 on board.
As to modern aircraft, I would think the 767 has to be right up there. The Lauda crash in '92 and of course the Egyptair crash in '99 were the worst there and with a fairly large fleet in operation and with a large number of airlines, you have to hand it to the 76. Again, with regard to statistics, I think you have to look beneath them, because although the Egyptair flight obviously registers as a 767 crash, the fault can hardly be put down to the plane itself.
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Airman99o From Canada, joined Aug 1999, 935 posts, RR: 2 Reply 4, posted (9 years 4 months 2 weeks 5 days 3 hours ago) and read 2684 times:
If this includes other manufacturers. The russian built Il-86 has never had an accident in its flying history. not bad for all you people who think that russians cannot build a safe plane!!
From this you can conclude that the Concorde has the best track record. The 717 and the 777, though they have no crashes or incidents, have not been flying for very long.
Matt D From United States of America, joined Nov 1999, 9502 posts, RR: 54 Reply 6, posted (9 years 4 months 2 weeks 5 days 3 hours ago) and read 2677 times:
speaking of TriStars, what about th infamous Eastern bird that crashed due to pilot inattention involving a landing light?
What about the BAe 146? The only incident I'm aware of was the PSA flight in '87 that went down and that was because it was hijacked by a disgruntled employee-and not the fault of the plane, pilots, weather, or ATC.
Also, I would think that flight for flight and length of service, the Concorde still has one of the best records, despite that little FOD incident in France.
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