AirlineRatings.com CEO Geoffrey Thomas and COO Sharon Petersen clear the air on the coverage of incidents involving Boeing aircraft.
Since January 9 when an Alaska Airlines plug door blew out there has been intense media scrutiny of all things Boeing leading to 27% of survey respondents saying that would avoid a Boeing jet.
However, an AirlineRatings.com study has found that there are just as many incidents involving Airbus aircraft as Boeing related to the size of the world fleet.
And there are more incidents involving 737 aircraft and that is because that aircraft makes up 31% of the daily 110,000 commercial flights. The 737 and its competitor the A320 family are the backbone of short-haul and medium-haul commercial aviation.
Mr Thomas said that passengers have nothing to fear flying on a Boeing aircraft.
He also reminds viewers that Boeing is a huge company that gave us the 707, 747 and 777 as well as building rockets, and satellites, put man on the moon, built the International Space Station, and military transports like the C-17 and a range of fighter jets.
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