Airline Safety Statistics

Have you noticed how nearly all news is centered on doom and gloom. Are humans really that centered on morbidity? If you fly on planes for business, pleasure or both wouldn't you want to know statistically how safe it is to fly on an aircraft rather than reading another headline that says something like, "Another Boeing 747 Crashes to the Crowd. Hundreds Feared Dead."

This article is going to focus on how safe airline flying can be and you should also be happy to know that there are dozens of airlines that have **never**lost a human life, that's not to say the airline never had an accident, but for some there was never the loss of life for one single passenger. Isn't that a more important fact than hearing another sensationalized story of a plays crashing, colliding or some other tragedy?

Here are a couple of statistics that should make you feel better about flying:

The odds of being on flight that would result in a fatality while flying on one of the top 25 world airlines is 1 in 8.47 million.

The odds of getting killed in a single airline ride while on a flight operated by one of the top 25 word airlines is 1 in 13.57 million.

Let's compare this to driving in your automobile:

The odds of you being killed in a car accident are 1 in 5000.

For those of you who fly a lot for business or just love to travel here are some statistics to make you feel better about being in the air:

The number of fatalities that occur for every one million flight hours is 4.3.

This number again is far less than the number of deaths that occur due to car accidents. Not to mention there are nearly 50,000 car accidents per year whether they include fatalities or not.

In some years there are actually no airline accidents. Statistically that has never happened with vehicles. Every day, every week, year in and year out there is always car accidents.

Here is just a sample of the airlines that have never had an accident that resulted in the death of an airline passenger, including the year they started operations:

Air Jamaica (1966)

Austrian Airlines (1957)

Cayman Airways (1968)

Emirates Airlines (1985)

Hawaiian Airlines (1941)

Mesa Airlines (1980)

North American Airlines (1989)

Southwest Airlines (1972)

Virgin Atlantic Airlines (1984)

The above airlines were chosen because they've all been in business for at least 20 years or longer. This way you can't say they haven't had any accidents because they are so "new" to the business. You can check out more companies that have never lost a passenger life in an accident at: www.planecrashinfo.com

If you are one of those people who have any fears about flying the above statistics should help you feel much safer and more comfortable when cruising through the sky. Keep in mind you're 100's of times safer up in the air than you are down here on the ground.

Plus, keep in mind airlines make their money from passengers. If they didn't keep their planes running as safely as possible, people would never buy tickets to fly anywhere unless there was absolutely no other choice. Keeping planes safe ensures the livelihood of any airline.

Next time you take a flight you can confidently say that you are flying the friendly sky.

Sources:
www.planecrashinfo.com
http://www.crashstuff.com/driving-or-flying-plane-vs-car-accident-statistics/