Originally Posted by Sqwak7700
What is it with all these landing accidents at FedEx? Their fleet size is about the same as AA. If AA had these many accidents the FAA would be all over them like white on rice.
Actually, FedEx has about half as many mainline planes as American (326 vs. 700)!
Another popular website lists the breakdown as follows:
American:
777: 45
767-300: 58
767-200: 16
A300: 34
757: 143
MD80: 327
737-800: 77
FedEx:
MD11: 42
MD10: 41
DC10: 38
A300: 47
A310: 51
727-200: 94
727-100: 13
Some of the news media reports count the FedEx "feeder" aircraft, their safety record is absolutely abysmal, the Miami Herald recently did an exposé on that dangerous segment of the industry:
http://www.miami.com/multimedia/miam...ess/index.html