As an investigation begins into the cause of the engine failure of the Qantas-owned A380 the safety of airliners and air crash data worldwide comes into focus.
The crash of the Cuban airliner ATR-72 yesterday killed 86 people and came just after the Qantas flight from Singapore to Sydney was forced to turn back after one of it's engines blew up.
Airliner safety is recorded by organisations that detail the data for all airliners worldwide.
Consultancy, Ascend Worldwide, have provided a data set looking at the most popular airliners in the world. The data shows how many fatal accidents have occurred and how many passenger fatalities there have been. It does not include terror attacks.
The data shows some key results:
• The MD 80 has the highest number of passenger fatalities although the Boeing 737 (CFMI) follows closely with 1049 fatalities.
• The Boeing 777, Airbus A319 and ERJ- 145 have all recorded no fatal accidents to passengers or passenger fatalities.
• Boeing 737 (NG) currently holds the highest number of operating airliners at 3274 worldwide.
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