That's interesting, I'm not quite sure how they're ranked though. I would imagine the majority were on local routes, the GOL accident was, although the SAA loss was the Helderberg and that was quite a while ago now, 87 I think!
Statistics, don't you love 'em!
Air India - figures don't tell the story of the terrorist incident that accounted for 1 hull loss and 200(ish) fatalities
GOL - 1 hull loss with all on-board - not their fault
China airlines - safety record has improved steadily - figures would be entirely different if the timescale was last 5 years
Thai/Turkish - hmmm!
The "10 safest airlines" is an interesting read as well...
BA 10th and VS 15th
Emirates and Etihad right near the top - new airlines operating more moder airliners
Luck - if the QF incidents with the A380 engine and A330 uncommanded pitch up/down had been different outocome (and the A380 one was closer youanyou might think), QF may have appeared near the top.
Interesting head - but the figures alone really don't tell the full story.
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