Southwest Airlines has the lowest fatality rate in the world, with zero fatalities in 17.87 million flights. Commercial airliners are safer than private aircraft, with 4.03 deaths per million flight hours. Cubana Airlines and China Airlines have the worst records of fatalities. The probability of dying on a single flight is eight million out of one.
The airline in the United States with the lowest fatality rate is Southwest Airlines, with zero fatalities. Between 1985 and 2009, the airline flew 17.87 million flights and suffered no fatalities, with the exception of one fatality on the ground. As a percentage of the total number of flights, Southwest Airlines has the lowest fatality rate in the world, followed by Delta Airlines, followed by Lufthansa.
More facts about the airline:
Commercial airliners are the safest way to fly. Overall, commercial airliners have 4.03 deaths per million flight hours, compared to private aircraft at 22.43 deaths per million flight hours.
Cubana Airlines has the worst record of fatalities, with eight fatalities in 320,000 flights. It is followed closely by China Airlines, with six fatal events in 910,000 flights.
The probability that an air passenger will die on a single flight is about eight million out of one; based on the probability, it would take about 27,000 years for a person who makes one random flight a day to die in a plane crash.
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