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Is The ERJ The Safest Airplane?

c5load From United States of America, joined Sep 2008, 917 posts, RR: 0
Posted (3 years 1 month 1 week 2 days 10 hours ago) and read 2788 times:

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Looking through accident statistics and accident photos on here, I noticed the ERJ has never been in a major crash with loss of life or hull. Now, I realize there are other types that also have clean accident records, but the ERJ has been in service for 14 years. Is there another passenger commercial aircraft that has been in service that long with that clean of a safety record?

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PPVRA From Brazil, joined Nov 2004, 8497 posts, RR: 42
Reply 1, posted (3 years 1 month 1 week 2 days 10 hours ago) and read 2749 times:

There have been hull losses, but luckily no fatalities.

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N766UA From United States of America, joined Jul 1999, 8008 posts, RR: 27
Reply 2, posted (3 years 1 month 1 week 2 days 10 hours ago) and read 2728 times:

777? A couple hull losses, but no fatalities to my knowledge.

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Brick From United States of America, joined Aug 1999, 1571 posts, RR: 8
Reply 3, posted (3 years 1 month 1 week 2 days 10 hours ago) and read 2714 times:

The Boeing 777 has no passenger fatalities. A refueler in DEN died several years ago in a refueling accident involving a BA 777. One hull loss of course, the BA 777 at LHR.

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Spacepope From Vatican City, joined Dec 1999, 2744 posts, RR: 1
Reply 4, posted (3 years 1 month 1 week 2 days 9 hours ago) and read 2610 times:

Quoting Brick (Reply 3):
The Boeing 777 has no passenger fatalities. A refueler in DEN died several years ago in a refueling accident involving a BA 777.

That shouldn't count however, or else we'd also have to consider the occupants of the GOL 737 that was hit by the Embraer..

I count 3 confirmed ERJ hull losses, wih 2 more probable (SA Airlink in December, and SATENA overrun on May 5) and another possible on Jan 21 (Aeromexico connect excursion with MLG failure).

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Delimit From United States of America, joined Jan 2009, 1438 posts, RR: 1
Reply 5, posted (3 years 1 month 1 week 2 days 9 hours ago) and read 2511 times:

When you get down to the number of accidents compared to the numbers in service and the number of flights, all commercial airplanes are amazingly safe.

teva From France, joined Jan 2001, 1868 posts, RR: 17
Reply 6, posted (3 years 1 month 1 week 2 days 8 hours ago) and read 2238 times:

For the safest aircraft award, do not forget the Dassault Mercure.
So sad it has been a comercial failure.
No loss in its entire life with Air Inter.

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tharanga From United States of America, joined Apr 2009, 1792 posts, RR: 1
Reply 7, posted (3 years 1 month 1 week 2 days 7 hours ago) and read 2092 times:

Having a clean record and being the safest airplane are two very different questions. The former, people can list aircraft without any incident. The latter is probably impossible to answer in a meaningful way.

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