Boeing vs Airbus vs McD accident statistics

[flyn96]

Click on the link a read.

What is this based on? Flight hours? Number of flights? Hull losses? Number of fatalities? What about pilot error vs design/mechanical flaw? Certainly, the kind and area of operation would also have an effect. Not to mention that serious accidents are rare enough (fortunately!) that it only takes one or two to hugely influence the data.

Gotta love statistics.

 

[flyn96]

what a crock of sh!t list. another example of numbers or stats that mean nothing. an aircraft is only as "safe" as its crew and the type of operations it is used for.

this same kind of stuff happens in the bicycle industry. big companies like specialized and trek make marketing charts like stiffness to weight ratio charts for frame materials (ti, steel, al, carbon) and state how their material/flavor of the year is best according to this and that number. the funny thing is if your using this criteria (stiffness to weight) to build your frame then balsa wood would be your best material. I've been riding/racing/wrenching on and selling bikes since i was 12 and have yet to see one built from balsa wood.

Actually there are several types that have been plagues by issues regardless of who's flying them, so yes some aircraft are safer than others. EMB-110 and the F-28 stand out, also the DC-10 was not blessed in its early years, ie AA ORD engine falling accident and United 232

 

[jws717]

WOW! I always felt like i was gonna die jumpseating on the Saab.
I guess i was wrong.

 

[PeanuckleCRJ]

All that vibration and such disguises very well how safe it is.

 

[aussieflyboy]

where's the 777 in that list?

 

[Wesb737fo]

Interesting list. I think somebody said it already, but, it would be more useful to know other details such as the number of aircraft built and when, who was flying, what country, pilot error versus POS design. etc.etc.

 

[PHXFLYR]

where's the 777 in that list?

Wondering the same thing about the Dash 8 and Dash 7....


PHXFLYR

 

[SpauldingSmails]

Well, I guess Saab builds a better airplane than two Saab 900 cars I owned. Solidly built chassis-wise, but I wouldn't trust those bastards to wire a freakin' table lamp. Then again it could have been the influence of their "quality focused" owners at GM.

 

[SBD]

No CRJ/ERJ on there which make up probably 25-35% of the fleet today. No Dash. It is like me giving a rating to the 10 hottest chicks. Too many variables(sp?)