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  • #2
    jackofalltrades
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,253 ✭✭✭jackofalltrades


    1. Airbus 340
    The A340 has approximately the same number of flying hours as the 777 and remains accident-free, making it number one is safety.
    Number in service: 355
    You've got to wonder how accurate the rest of the data is.


  • #3
    kona
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,525 ✭✭✭kona


    Didn't they crash a a340 just after it left the factory?


  • #4
    Blue Punto
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 834 ✭✭✭Blue Punto


    kona wrote: »
    Didn't they crash a a340 just after it left the factory?

    That was was an engine test and it jumped the chocks

    However I don't believe they are accident free as AF lost one on landing @ YUL
    And IB lost one in South America somewhere if my memory serves me correctly


  • #5
    Peregrine
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 26,403 Mod ✭✭✭✭Peregrine


    Yup there was an Iberia one, Air France, the one that crashed in the factory and a Virgin A340 landed with a jammed right landing gear in Heathrow. I don't think that was written off though.

    It never had a fatal accident in its 20 years though and neither did the 777 up until Asiana 214.


  • #6
    Stinicker
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,102 ✭✭✭Stinicker


    The Airbus A380 has a perfect safety record too and due to its size and amount of passengers carried is a very highly scrutinised aircraft to ensure everything is safe.

    The Boeing 777 crash in San Francisco looks like it may have been human error, so I wouldn't let that incident blemish its perfect safety record, matter of fact more passengers have died onboard 777's of natural causes than the two girls who died in the crash and the third girl who got killed by a emergency vehicle at the scene.

    Every years dozens of passengers die during Aviation with Deep Vein Thrombosis and suffering heart attacks on board etc. Matter of fact is that if you are flying a respectable airline in the developed world then something like DVT is your biggest risk and not the plane crashing.


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  • #7
    brandon_flowers
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,657 ✭✭✭brandon_flowers


    Wasn't the Qantas A380 incident classified as an accident by the Australians because of the damage suffered?


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