IOP wrote:Strong Eagle wrote:Mi Amigo wrote:
SE, I think perhaps you meant to say "Neither the Boeing 777 nor the Airbus A380 have ever had an incident [involving loss of life]." Sadly the A330 has had hull loss incidents (including the Air France accident mentioned above). Personally I still think the A330 is a safe plane to fly (there are now nearly 900 in service worldwide), although I prefer the A340 with the extra two engines - especially the 340-500 long range model.
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And yes, IOP's statements are unwarranted... flying is far safer than driving a car, riding a bus.
There's only one reason to run two engine planes, and that is economics.
Depends... some airlines always have many incidents, some just a few, like BA.
There's only one reason to run two engine planes, and that is economics.
Depends... more engines means more probability that one of the engines will caught a fire, like with Qantas.
i.e. everything in this life depends. if professional pilot says that it is not as safe as you think - better to listen.
747 is quite safe. The last incidents dates in 2010s with two cargo planes killing ~4 people totally.
You have so many misconceptions it is hard to know where to start.
a) Boeing is not statistically safer than Airbus. The A320 has the best record. Many Boeing types have worse records than their Airbus counterparts. All are extremely safe, and it's bullsh*t to say that Boeing is safer.
b) One professional pilot doesn't mean squat... it's an opinion, nothing more, and not supported by the data. Go over to PPrune and give it a read... thousands of pilots post there... you won't find the nonsense that you posted in your first link... which, BTW, the pilots at PPrune happen to think is nonsense.
c) More engines obviously mean more opportunity for engine failure but you miss the point. More engines also mean reduced fatal events... why do you think that for so many years two engine airplanes were not permitted to cross oceans? Only the improvement in engine technology and adoption of dual or fail safe systems allowed this to happen.
c) Your comments about airlines are skewed. With the exception of India, Pakistan, and Indonesia, airline incident rates are low... particularly in the last ten years.
ALL airlines, even the worst, are still much safer than any other form of transportation.