Plane Crash | Personal Injury AttorneysIn the nation’s first deadly commercial airliner crash in 2.5 years, a Continental commuter crashed last night in Buffalo, NY, killing all 49 people on board and 1 person on the ground. The crash, along with other, fortunately less tragic, recent airline crashes, highlights the dangers inherent in air travel. In 2007, 76.4 million flights (passenger and freight) were recorded worldwide with 4.8 billion passengers processed. With numbers like that, accidents are bound to happen.

Thankfully, those numbers are relatively few. Air travel , for all of the stress of check-in and being squished in between screaming babies and a heavyweight wrestler named Jumbo, is still the safest mode of transportation statistically. It’s so safe, in fact, that accidents are measured per 1 million flights.

Some airlines are safer than others. Based on data gathered from the FAA, MTSM, and the Dept. of Transportation, the following list shows the five safest airlines based on number of accidents per 1 million takeoffs. These numbers are the yearly average from Jan. 1, 2002 to Jan. 1, 2007:

1. US Airways (.89 accidents)

2. Southwest Airlines (2.59 accidents)

3. America West Airlines (2.96 accidents)

4. Continental Airlines (3.17 accidents)

5. Alaska Airlines (3.32 accidents)

So, you’re probably thinking, “Those are pretty good odds.” And you’d be right. Even Northwest Airlines passengers  at the worst spot (6.05 accidents), still have only a .00061% chance of being involved in an accident.
 

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