RD << Safe aircraft that has never killed anyone>>
From Australian senate Inquiry-Final report-12 october, 2000
http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committ...ctte/index.htm
2.3 British Aerospace told the inquiry on 10 April 2000 that the company was
… proud of the fact that after 5.2 million flight hours the 146 fleet has
never suffered a fatal accident due to technical failure, which makes it one
of the safest aircraft in operation today.
2.4 The Committee also notes that, according to accident reports carried in the aviation Safety Network, as set out on their internet site, there have been four fatal accidents involving BAe 146 aircraft since 1987 and that 156 people in total were killed as a
result of those accidents. The Committee notes British Aerospace’s evidence that there have been no fatal accidents involving the
BAe 146 arising from the ‘technical standard’
of the aircraft.
2.5 The Committee also notes that, according to the publicly available information on the Aviation Safety Network, one of these accidents was attributed to a ‘technical problem’. A China Northwest Airlines BAe 146
300 series aircraft crashed into an earth bank while attempting to take off
from Yinchuan airport in China on 23 July 1993 killing 55 people. An investigation established that although takeoff flaps had been selected on the aircraft for takeoff they did not extend resulting in the aircraft crashing.
2.6 An accident in 1998, which occurred in Morocco in which all 38 passengers and crew on board died, is still the subject of investigation by air safety authorities in Morocco.
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RD-oops
Maybe hasn't killed too many but fumes are incidents that could lead to acidents & the above numbers show every 131 flights in a 12 fleet airline is a little too often. Safety & the regulations do rely on more than just fatal accidents- but obviously not in your book.