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The main reasons that can lead to a plane crash:

• Pilot error - 50%
• Technical problems - 22%
• Weather conditions - 12%
• Sabotage - 9%
• Error of other crew members - 7%
• Other reasons - 1%

Interestingly, disasters due to terrorist attacks occur in less than 1% of cases. But due to fires, disasters occur in approximately 2.9% of cases.

The table was compiled based on 1,300 fatal commercial airliner crashes worldwide from 1950 to 2008. Air crashes involving aircraft with fewer than 10 passengers on board, military aircraft, private aircraft and helicopters were not included.

Air crash statistics by flight phase

Flight phase	Number of plane crashes, %	Number of plane crashes with victims, %	% of total time flight*
5	0	0
Takeoff	17	22	2
Climb	8	25	14
Flight	6	12	57
Decline	3	8	11
Approach	7	13	12
Landing	51	18	4

* - for a flight lasting 1.5 hours

As you noticed, the greatest chance of getting into a plane crash is during the landing of the plane. But during the loading of people on board, the chances are so small that there are no statistics on the dead.

Air crash statistics by airline

Airline	Number of flights, million	Number of plane crashes with victims	Date of last plane crash	Rating
Delta Airlines	16.50	1	1996	-4.42
Southwest Airlines	15.78	0		-4.25
Northwest Airlines	10.91	1	1993	-2.76
Continental Airlines/Cont. Exp.	12.06	1	1991	-2.24
Air Canada	3.99	0	1983	-1.07
American Airlines	17.00	5	2001	-0.53
Alaska Airlines/Horizon Air	5.20	1	2000	-0.40
US Airways	13.40	5	1994	-0.35
Hawaiian Airlines	1.27	0		-0.34
American Eagle	11.20	3	1994	-0.29
United Airlines	13.66	6	2001	-0.26
JetBlue Airlines	0.92	0		-0.25
WestJet	0.87	0		-0.23
USAir Shuttle	0.85	0		-0.23
Midwest Airlines	0.75	0	1985	-0.20
ATA Airlines	0.57	0		-0.15
United Express	8.79	3	1996	0.30
AirTran Airways	1.84	1	1996	0.50
Comair	5.03	2	2006	0.65
Lufthansa	7.88	1	1993	-2.10
British Airways	5.49	0	1985	-1.48
Iberia Airlines	3.73	0	1985	-1.00
KLM /KLM Cityhopper	2.81	1	1994	-0.67
SAS Scandinavian AL/SAS Norway	5.83	1	2001	-0.57
Finnair	1.98	0	1963	-0.53
RyanAir	1.96	0		-0.53
EasyJet	1.63	0	None	-0.44
Aer Lingus	1.25	0	1968	-0.34
Tap Air Portugal	1.09	0	1977	-0.29
Austrian Airlines	1.00	0	1960	-0.27
Air Europe	0.71	0		-0.19
Malev-Hungarian Airlines	0.64	0	1977	-0.17
Icelandair	0.55	0	1951	-0.15
JAT Yugslovian Airways	0.38	0	1973	-0.10
Virgin Atlantic Airways	0.24	0		-0.06
British Midland	1.71	1	1989	-0.06
Transaero Airlines	0.15	0		-0.04
Ukraine International Airlines	0.12	0		-0.03
Alitalia	3.78	1	1990	-0.02
Air France	6.15	3	2000	0.31
Olympic Airways	1.71	1	1989	0.54
THY Turkish Airlines	1.86	2	2003	1.20
Aeroflot Russian Airlines	2.06	2	2008	1.45
All Nippon Airways	3.88	0	1971	-1.04
Japan Air Lines	2.63	0	1985	-0.71
Qantas Airways	2.40	0	1951	-0.65
Hanin Airlines	1.22	0		-0.33
Air New Zealand	1.15	0	1979	-0.31
Cathy Pacific Airways	1.02	0	1972	-0.27
Malaysia Airlines	3.19	1	1995	-0.21
Virgin Blue	0.73	0		-0.20
Philippine Air Lines	0.92	2	1994	-0.18
Air India	0.48	0	1985	— 0.13
Dragon Air	0.32	0		-0.09
Air China	2.49	1	2002	0.10
Asian Airlines	1.52	1	1993	0.21
China Southern Airlines	3.51	2	1997	0.57
Korean Air	2.41	3	1997	0.65
Garuda Indonesian	1.52	3	2007	0.75
Thai Airways International	1.78	2	1998	0.97
Singapore Airlines/SilkAir	1.34	2	2000	1.14
China Eastern Airlines	2.52	3	2004	1.18
Indian Air Lines	1.70	4	1999	1.64
Pakistan International Airlines	1.18	3	2006	2.68
China Airlines	0.76	5	2002	4.52
Aeromexico	2.08	0	1986	-0.56
Mexican Airlines	1.97	0	1986	— 0.53
Aerolineas Argentinas	0.99	0	1970	-0.27
Air Jamacia	0.38	0		-0.10
Varig	2.35	1	1989	0.12
TACA International Airlines	0.44	2	2008	0.15
Lan Chile Airlines	0.54	2	1991	0.16
GOL Transportes Aereo	0.94	1	2006	0.75
Avianca Colombian Airline	1.20	2	1990	1.11
TAM	2.04	4	2007	1.51
Cubana	0.24	7	1999	4.16
South African Airways	1.11	0	1987	-0.30
Emirates Airline	0.76	0		-0.20
El Al	0.35	0	1955	-0.09
Kuwait Airways	0.31	0	1988	-0.08
Royal Jordanian Airline	0.29	0	1979	-0.08
Air Zimbabwe	0.18	0	1979	-0.05
Oman Aviation	0.18	0		-0.05
Saudi Arabian Airlines	1.96	1	1996	0.47
Royal Air Maroc	0.62	1	1994	0.83
EgyptAir	0.85	2	2002	0.97
Kenya Air	0.37	2	2000	1.84
Iran Air	0.76	3	2002	2.00
Nature Air	0.37	1	2017	1.80

Aeroflot accident statistics show that it is one of the safest airlines. And this is achieved primarily by skill, they do not skimp on pilots, and also by the fact that Aeroflot has one of the most modern fleets among all European airlines. First, I suggest you look at the video of the crazy woman emergency landing Boeing 767 of the Polish airline LOT at Warsaw airport. Fortunately, due to the skill of the pilots, there were no injuries in this accident.

These statistics should not be used to evaluate the reliability of aircraft or airlines. Indicators are calculated based on past incidents and cannot be used to prevent or reduce expected risks. When assessing safety/reliability, many other parameters are used that were not taken into account when compiling the table.

Based on materials from the site http://www.planecrashinfo.com/

Russian airlines Transaero and Aeroflot were included in the ranking of the 60 safest carriers in the world, with Transaero immediately taking 15th place, ahead of airlines such as TAP Portugal, Swiss, KLM and Alitalia.

The German bureau JACDEC has been rating safe carriers for almost 40 years. However, this year the list has undergone dramatic changes, as compilers began to analyze airline safety in a new way. If previously experts took into account only the number of accidents with human casualties, correlating them with the age of the company, now all incidents with the carrier’s aircraft over the past 10 years are taken into account.

As a result, last year's leader was the Australian airline Qantas in the new ranking it immediately fell back to 11th place. The “blame” is the incident with the Airbus A380, which happened in November 2010: then, due to a fire in the engine, the airliner, which was carrying 433 passengers and 26 crew members, was forced to make an emergency landing in Singapore. Because of this incident, airlines around the world grounded A380 aircraft for several days, and Qantas spent 50 million euros on repairs to the giant aircraft.

Japan is now recognized as the safest airline in the world. All Nippon Airways. Second place went to the Finnish airline Finnair- thus, this carrier has become the safest airline in Europe. The last crash of a Finnair plane, which has been flying since 1923 (only British Airways and Dutch KLM are older), occurred on November 8, 1963 - on the approach to Mariehamn ( Åland Islands) the DC-3 airliner crashed. In that crash, 22 passengers and crew died, two passengers and a flight attendant survived.

Following Finnair in the ranking are the following airlines: Cathay Pacific Airways(Hong Kong), Etihad Airways (UAE), Hainan Airlines(China), JetBlue Airways(USA), Emirates(UAE) and Virgin Blue(Australia).

The second European carrier to make it into the top ten safest was the German airberlin(9th place). It is now one of the youngest airlines in the EU and was originally founded in the USA. But in 1992, the airline was bought by a group of German businessmen and it moved to Germany. During the entire existence of the carrier with airberlin aircraft, there have been no emergency situations in which people died.

The New Zealand currency closes the top ten. Air New Zealand.

15th place on the list is occupied by Russian "Transaero". The second carrier in Russia in terms of the volume of passengers transported, created in 1990, did not have any emergency situations in which passengers were killed or injured. Among European airlines, Transaero is second only to the German, in addition to Finnair and airberlin. Lufthansa(12th place) and British British Airways(13th place).

The last accident involving a British Airways aircraft occurred on September 10, 1976, when the airliner, en route from Heathrow to Istanbul, collided with an Inex Adria DC-9 in the skies over Yugoslavia. All 54 passengers and 9 crew members were killed.

Lufthansa had a fatal incident on September 14, 1993, when an A320 veered off the runway and crashed into the ground while landing in Warsaw. Then two people died.

Russian national carrier Aeroflot ranks 35th in the ranking. JACDEC experts analyze the airline’s testimony only since 1992, that is, after the collapse of Aeroflot (and without taking into account its subsidiaries). Since that time, one disaster has occurred with his planes - in March 1994, an Airbus A310 flying from Moscow to Hong Kong crashed in the Kemerovo region. The tragedy occurred because the ship's commander, relying on the autopilot, put his 15-year-old son in his seat. He accidentally turned off the autopilot, and the plane went into an inverted tailspin. 75 people died in the disaster.

Better positions in the ranking than Aeroflot are occupied by European airlines such as the Portuguese TAP Portugal(16th place), British Thomas Cook Airlines(17th), Virgin Atlantic(18th), easyJet(19th) and Thomsonfly(25th), as well as Dutch KLM(23rd), Irish Ryanair(28), Swiss Swiss(30s) and Italian Alitalia(34th place).

French Air France was in 39th place in the ranking, Spanish Iberia- on the 45th. Two positions below Scandinavian SAS.

Turkish Airlines ended up in 53rd place. Over 76 years, 18 accidents occurred with the planes of this airline. domestic flights and three - at international ones. The last one happened on February 25, 2009 at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport. During landing, it broke into three parts. There were 128 passengers and seven crew members on board. As a result of the crash, nine people were killed and 86 were injured.

The Egyptian carrier closes the list of the safest airlines on the planet. EgyptAir.

By the way, according to official statistics, in 2011 international aviation recognized as the safest in its entire history. In total, 498 people died in air accidents in various regions of the world last year. By comparison, in 2010, plane crashes claimed the lives of 829 passengers. The worst year in aviation history was 1996, when 2,272 people died.

Among the 12 companies with an impeccable reputation (the highest reliability index is 0.00), there are several “veterans” - founded in 1922 Qantas Airways, Finnair (1923), Cathay Pacific (1946), All Nippon Airways(1953). Over the past 34 years (JACDEC, which investigates accidents during air travel, has been keeping its own statistics since 1973), these companies have not had a single accident.

The German company can boast of an accident-free reputation (not a single disaster in all the years of its existence). Air Berlin, British Virgin Atlantic Airways, Irish discount company Ryanair, young Arab airlines Emirates and Quatar Airways.

Among other companies, well-known “Europeans” performed well: British Airways(the company has recorded 2 significant incidents and the last 30 years have passed without disasters) and Lufthansa(3 accidents and 13 years without incident).

The only Russian airline included in the Top 50 Aeroflot took 41st place in the rating and received a rating of 0.57. Moreover, the countdown dates back to 1992, when the main and, in fact, uncontested state air carrier became an independent airline. Since that time, 10 accidents have occurred with Aeroflot aircraft, total the number of deaths was 182 people. However, for the last 5 years, the airliners of this company have flown without incident.

The largest number of disasters (12) was recorded in Philippine Airlines.

The largest plane crash with the largest number of casualties occurred with a company plane Japan Airlines August 12, 1985, when a Boeing 747-SR crashed into Mount Ogura 100 km from Tokyo. Due to improper repairs, 520 people died, after which several mechanics and engineers committed suicide.

Top 50 is the airline that closes Turkish Airlines(score - 3.49): it had 10 major accidents, the largest of which in 1974 claimed the lives of 346 people.

Among the safest aircraft - Boeing 777: Not a single one of the 600 cars of this model produced since 1994 appears in accident statistics.

In general, as Aero International notes, the results can be called encouraging: over the past year largest airlines there were no significant disasters. According to the magazine’s experts, control is being strengthened, and so-called “flight bans” have become a formidable weapon, applied not only in the EU countries, but throughout the world. Globalization also plays a positive role, thanks to which large airline alliances must equally maintain a high level of safety.

These are the 60 most best airlines peace. Even if the airline is at the bottom of the list, it still means highest level reliability.

Among Russian airlines only 2 Transaero (number 23) and Aeroflot (number 37). Now (with the departure of Transaero) there is only one left - it’s a shame...

Airline reliability rating

	Airline	Reliability index
	AIR NEW ZEALAND
	CATHAY PACIFIC
	EMIRATES
	BRITISH AIRWAYS
	TAP PORTUGAL
	ETIHAD AIRWAYS
	AIR CANADA
	QATAR AIRWAYS
	ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS
	VIRGIN ATLANTIC AIRWAYS
	HAINAN AIRLINES
	VIRGIN AUSTRALIA
	JETBLUE AIRWAYS
	LUFTHANSA
	SHENZHEN AIRLINES
	THOMAS COOK AIRLINES
	TRANSAERO AIRLINES
	SOUTHWEST AIRLINES
	JETSTAR AIRWAYS
	AIR BERLIN
	DELTA AIR LINES
	THOMSON AIRWAYS
	SINGAPORE AIRLINES
	UNITED AIRLINES
	MALAYSIA AIRLINES
	JET AIRWAYS
	CHINA EASTERN AIRLINES
	AEROFLOT
	ALITALIA
	LAN AIRLINES
	AIR FRANCE
	AMERICAN AIRLINES
	AIR CHINA
	US AIRWAYS
	ALASKA AIRLINESA
	JAPAN AIRLINES
	THAI AIRWAYS
	CHINA SOUTHERN AIRLINES
	SCANDINAVIAN AIRLINES
	TURKISH AIRLINES
	KOREAN AIR
	GOL TRANSPORTES AEREOS
	GARUDA INDONESIA
	TAM AIRLINES
	AIR INDIA
	CHINA AIRLINES
	VIETNAM AIRLINES
	LION AIR

The Aviation Herald portal clarifies that the incident at Domodedovo occurred on September 10, but it became known only now.

According to industry resources, pilot Airbus aircraft An A380 flying from Dubai to Moscow made an error during landing. The A380 airliner, which is considered the largest passenger aircraft in the world, approached the ground to a height of 120 m at a rate of 600 m. After this, the plane began to gain altitude and then went into a second circle. The pilots again failed to land it, so the plane went around for another round. He managed to sit down only on the third attempt. None of the passengers were injured.

Emirates confirmed the incident to Reuters. The airline stressed that the flight is being checked. They declined to provide details, citing the ongoing investigation in the Emirates. According to the agency, the UAE Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) considered the incident “serious.”

On Wednesday, August 3, a Boeing 777-300 owned by Emirates Airlines was operating flight EK521 from Indian city Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala state in the southwest of the country) to Dubai.

The destination is incredibly popular among Indian citizens who fly to Dubai for work. There were 300 people on board, of which 282 were passengers. Sai Bhaskar, one of the passengers, told the Times of India that there were no problems during the flight, and there were no reports of technical faults. But according to Mathrubhumi News, the pilot warned passengers before landing in Dubai that there were problems with the landing gear, so they would have to make an emergency landing.

“We felt that the plane first landed, then took off again and hit the ground,” says Sai Bhaskar. “When smoke began to appear in the cabin, we realized that something wrong had happened and things were taking a dangerous turn. It was difficult to open the emergency exits.” Passengers began to evacuate under the guidance of the crew, as Baskar says, some passengers were injured when they tried to jump out of the emergency exits. The team was the last to leave the plane. Both passengers and the airline call the organization of the evacuation “impeccable” and note that they managed to leave the plane in a maximum of a minute.

“If we had stayed on board a minute longer, tragedy would have happened,” says Baskar.

The pilot of a plane near the scene told NDTV that the Boeing landed "with great difficulty, hitting the runway hard with its tail."

There were no casualties among the passengers or crew. One civil defense employee died while extinguishing the fire and carrying out rescue operations. 14 people were hospitalized, including four firefighters. They suffered mostly from burns and carbon monoxide poisoning. Earlier, India's ambassador to the UAE said that "many passengers are in shock, but only one member of the crew was taken to hospital."

Sarah-Louise Sherwood, who was on another plane nearby at the time, said that the people from the Boeing “tried to escape before the big explosion happened, there was fire everywhere. Our plane stopped right next to us, and

passengers on our flight began to pray and scream to be let off the plane.”

A number of media outlets published videos that captured the moment of an emergency landing and an explosion, presumably of the plane’s engine. There, in particular, you can see how the plane is traveling along the runway, leaning on its right side, with columns of thick smoke rising above it. Towards the end of the 30-second video, the smoke becomes darker. Another video captures the moment of the explosion, after which some part flies off the plane.

The airline received the plane in March 2003, and Emirates management officially stated that the cause of the fire could not be its technical condition. The pilot’s professionalism is also not yet in doubt: at a press conference in connection with the incident it was said that the pilot’s experience was 7 thousand hours. By official version the fire is believed to have occurred "after failure due to a hard landing."

Due to the incident, the airline canceled 42 flights at Dubai airport, work air harbor was paralyzed for six hours. General Civil Aviation Administration (GCAA) of the United States United Arab Emirates has already begun an investigation into the circumstances of the incident. In particular, they will have to establish whether faulty chassis could have caused the accident.

Aviation expert David Learmonth suggested that

One of the emergency factors could have been the heat - it was almost 50°C at Dubai airport.

“If you have a damaged wing and a fuel leak, it evaporates easily at such a high temperature, and these fumes are extremely flammable,” The Guardian quoted him as saying. It is also worth considering that Dubai can often be windy, and the wind often changes direction and speed, creating potentially dangerous conditions for aviation.