From the above link - "
He said the very same plane had figured in an incident in Nashville, Tennessee on June 18, 1987, where it nearly collided with another plane (Nothing to do with the Phuket crash) as both were taking off. “It is a known fact that Boeing 737s have defective design in the rudder system,” Ribbeck said, adding that several of the 3,000 manufactured have already figured in as many crashes."
Can someone explain that to me please? Is it 3000 in 3000 crashes? Or "several......in as many crashes"? If you substitute '5' for 'several' and also for 'as many', it would read '5 of the 3000 manufactured have already featured in 5 crashes'.