World's Safest Aircraft Named

Geoffrey Thomas

By Geoffrey Thomas Wed Oct 19, 2022

The world's safest aircraft have been named in Boeing's Statistical Summary of Commercial Jet Airplane Accidents 1959 – 2021.

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 **.

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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

Aircraft with excellent records are;

Boeing 777-200/200ER/300

Boeing 737NG

Airbus A318/A319/A320/A321

Airbus A330

ERJ 170/175/190

Boeing 737-500/600/700

Boeing 767

Boeing 757

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