The world's safest aircraft have been named in Boeing's Statistical Summary of Commercial Jet Airplane Accidents 1959 – 2023.
Boeing has been issuing the annual report for decades and it tracks all commercial airline flight incidents and accidents.
The accident rates in the graphic below are per one million departures. It should be noted that some aircraft have not achieved one million departures and they are noted with **.
NOTE: In the above graphic the A320neo Family is marked with a fatal accident. There were two incidents in 2022 whereby the aircraft struck a ground vehicle with two and one fatalities. AR does not count these.
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The Safest Aircraft with no fatalities or hull losses are;
Boeing 717
Boeing 777-300ER/200LR
Airbus A380**
Boeing 787
Airbus A350**
Boeing 747-8**
Airbus A320/321neo
Airbus A220**
CRJ 700/900/1000**
Airbus A340
Below is a graphic showing the dramatic decline in accidents since 1959.
The graphic below highlights the various phases of flight and the accident rates.
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