:wow: Here are the ten with the worst safety records, including the number of hull losses since 1983, and how many fatalities they caused: #10 SkyWest Airlines: 3 hull losses; 22 dead #9 South African Airways: 1 hull loss; 159 dead #8 Thai Airways International: 5 hull losses; 309 dead #7 Turkish Airlines: 6 hull losses, 188 dead #6 Saudia: 4 hull losses; 310 dead #5 Korean Air: 9 hull losses; 687 dead #4 GOL Transportes Aéreos: 1 hull loss; 154 dead #3 Air India: 3 hull losses; 329 dead #2 TAM Airlines: 6 hull losses; 336 dead #1 China Airlines: 8 hull losses; 755 dead
You're more likely to die from the disease you caught from spending four hours in a flying petri dish breathing everyone's coughs, sneezes, and farts.
Worst safety record is not an accurate statement here. "Which airline killed the most people" would be more like it. What if Skywest only owns 10 planes and flies 7,000 hours per year.... then 22 dead looks pretty bad. If China Air owns 1500 planes and flies 1,500,000 hours a year for 755 dead, statistically you would actually be safer to fly with China Air over Skywest
safest: Air France-KLM AMR Corporation (American Airlines, American Eagles) British Airways Continental Airlines Delta Airlines Japan Airlines Lufthansa Southwest Airlines United Airlines US Airways when i was growing up, Quantas was the safest.
I enjoyed flying on Iraqi Airlines from Amman to Baghdad back in 2005 shortly after they were allowed to resume commercial flights. The duct tape on the fuselage was reaasuring. Royal Jordanian flights with contracted South African pilots wouldn't fly due to a sandstorm but it was no problem for the Iraqi pilots. Allah Hu Akbar...
Nuh- uh.... The world’s safest airlines: 1. Finnair 2. Air New Zealand 3. Cathay Pacific 4. Emirates 5. Etihad 6. EVA Air 7. TAP Portugal 8. Hainan Airlines 9. Virgin Australia 10. British Airways Read more: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/t...s-safest-airlines-revealed.html#ixzz2IjDOKKfp
read this book about ex russian pilots turned smugglers who piloted antonovs and ilyushins into iraq and afghan...onto dirt airports and such where nobody else could land anything short of a helo. http://www.amazon.com/The-Outlaws-Inc-Dangerous-Smugglers/dp/1608195309
thats weird. this is where i got it from: http://www.smh.com.au/travel/travel-news/worlds-top-10-safest-airlines-named-20110830-1jj3k.html
Based on experience.. Air france is held together by dirt and corrosion... Of course the bodies inside are so tightly packed that they don't move around much in the event of a crash and may contribute to the structural integrity of the airframe.