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Old 1st Mar 2009, 14:02
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Finn47
 
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Some elementary accident statistics here:

There have been some 4700 fly-by-wire Airbus aircraft built & operating.

Out of those, there have been 30 crashes which have resulted in a hull loss. Thatīs 0.6 per cent, which is not a bad percentage at all for FBW.

Probably not an entirely fair comparison, but out of some 5900 B737 aircraft (all models) bulit there have been 131 hull losses (2.2 per cent).

To claim that FBW is somehow "unsafe" and "at fault" due to this accident, which happened during a test flight which was not conducted exactly according to instructions is, in my opinion, streching it rather too far.
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