Originally Posted by
rudderrudderrat
According to this analysis, B727, B737, B757, and B767 are all ranked as having fewer fatal events per flight than 320 series.
If someone tries to tell me that the 727 has a better accident statistic than a modern Airliner, that is exactly the second where I throw the paper away instantly.
FWIW the 747 has a much much worse statistic than the 320 or 737 (especially if you include the older versions).
What do you make of that ???
edit:
I can't detect that much difference between B or AB - they are very similar.
Agreed. However the data is only really meaningfull for the 737 and A320 from a statistical perspective.
With the A330/340 and 777 the absolute number of occurences and flight cycles (Not flight hours in this statistic) is too small so that one occurence more or less makes a difference between excellent and not so good. Best example is Concorde from 'safest' to 'unsafest' airliner after one single crash.
When you have got >20-30 Hull losses the statistic starts to become more meaningful.