What plane has crashed the most?

The Cessna 152 was involved in nearly 800 more crashes than any other aircraft. In terms of fatalities, Boeing aircraft occupy four of the top five – the Boeing 737-200 has killed the most people at 906 deaths, followed by the original Boeing 737, the Boeing 777-206 and the Boeing MD-82.
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What airplane type has the most crashes?

Looking at just the numbers, the most dangerous plane is the Boeing 737 with 149 accidents and 4,360 fatalities. Additionally, the Boeing 747 has been involved in 49 accidents and 3,713 fatalities, and the Airbus A300 has been involved in 33 accidents with 1,416 fatalities.
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What is the most unsafe airplane?

Top 5 Most Dangerous Aircraft Models
  • Tupolev Tu 154 - 7 Fatal Crashes.
  • CASA C-212 – 11 Fatal Crashes.
  • Ilyushin Il- 76 - 17 Fatal Crashes.
  • LET L-410 – 20 Fatal Crashes.
  • Antonov 32 – 7 Fatal Crashes.
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What is the safest plane?

According to experts, the model (737-800) is considered to be the safest aircraft ever made. The 737-800 belongs to the aviation giant's next-generation aircraft which also includes 600, 700, and 900.
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What is the best plane ever?

Best Airplanes of All Time
  • Wright Brothers' Flyer 1.
  • DC-3.
  • SR-71 Blackbird.
  • ME-262.
  • Harrier.
  • B-52 Stratofortress.
  • F-117A Nighthawk.
  • P-51 Mustang.
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Which airline has never had a crash?

Hawaiian Airlines

Hawaiian has been flying planes since 1929 and never once had a fatal accident, making it, if our stats stand up, the longest functioning carrier to have never lost a passenger.
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What aircraft has the most kills?

The 6 Most Lethal Aircraft in History - Fokker Eindecker, A6M Zero, B-29 Superfortress, AC-130 Spectre, A-10 Thunderbolt, AH-64 Apache.
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Are big planes safer?

In addition to wake turbulence, rough weather and winds can pose a bigger threat to smaller planes than large ones. Because of this, flying in a tiny aircraft is not as reliable as airliners that can more safely operate in severe weather conditions, like heavy rain, snow, and high winds.
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Who was afraid to fly?

Aerophobia is used for people who are afraid to fly. For some, even thinking about flying is a stressful situation and flying phobia, coupled with panic attacks, can lead to dangerous situations.
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How likely is a plane crash?

A Harvard University study found that the odds that your airplane will crash are one in 1.2 million, and the odds of dying from a crash are one in 11 million. Your chances of dying in a car accident, meanwhile, are one in 5,000.
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Do smaller planes crash more often?

The statistics show that small planes are involved in more accidents, and have a higher number of fatalities per million hours flown.
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Do Jets still dogfight?

American fighter pilots train to win fights of all sorts, but it does seem true that within fighter pilot culture, Aviator sunglasses are still in, but dogfights are clearly out.
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Has an F-16 been shot down?

Delhi: Wing Commander (now Group Captain) #AbhinandanVarthaman being accorded the #VirChakra by President Ram Nath Kovind, for shooting down a Pakistani F-16 fighter aircraft during aerial combat on February 27, 2019.
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Has an F-15 been shot down?

Despite being in operation for over four decades and serving in the air forces of not just the United States, but also Japan, Israel, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Singapore and Qatar, no F-15 has ever been shot down by an opposing force.
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Who is the safest airline?

This year, Air New Zealand has come out on top on the annual safety table, which monitors 385 carriers from across the globe, measuring factors such as the airlines' crash and serious incident records, the age of their aircraft, as well as Covid-19 protocols and operational innovation.
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Which airline is safest during Covid?

Put simply: Delta is the best U.S. airline to fly during the pandemic. Alaska, United and JetBlue all performed above average, and Spirit Airlines performed worst of all.
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What is the least safe airline?

The 10 least safe were Batik Air, Bluewing Airlines, Citilink, Kal-Star Aviation, Lion Air, Sriwijaya Air, TrnsNusa, Trigana Air Service, Wings Air and Xpress Air, according to AirlineRatings.com.
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Who kills the most air-to-air?

Erich Hartmann, with 352 official kills the highest scoring fighter pilot of all time. Ilmari Juutilainen, a Finnish flying ace with Brewster BW-364 "Orange 4" on 26 June 1942 during the Continuation War.
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Which aircraft has never been shot down?

7) The unbeaten (aircraft that have engaged in significant air combat but never been shot down in air-to-air combat): F-15 Eagle, Sea Harrier, Su-27.
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Who was the best pilot ever?

#1: Charles Lindbergh
  • Louis Bleriot.
  • Erich Hartmann.
  • Charles E. Yeager.
  • Baron Manfred Von Richthoven.
  • James 'Jimmy' Doolittle.
  • The Wright Brothers.
  • Amelia Earhart.
  • Charles Lindbergh.
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Is there a TOPGUN school?

TOPGUN, or as its official title goes, the "Navy Strike Fighter Tactics Instructor" program, or SFTI (pronounced 'siff-tee'), is not actually a school, per se, but rather it is an instructional course loaded with schooling, training and tactics development, and it's held at the Naval Aviation Warfighting Development ...
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Can a helicopter beat a jet?

' 'A well equipped attack helicopter flown by a trained crew will defeat most fighter airplanes in 1v1 air combat, should the fighter be foolish enough to drop down to try and engage,' Nick Lappos, Technical Fellow Emeritus at Sikorsky and former U.S. Army AH-1 Cobra attack helicopter pilot, said on Quora.
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Are planes safer than cars?

In absolute numbers, driving is more dangerous, with more than 5 million accidents compared to 20 accidents in flying. A more direct comparison per 100 million miles pits driving's 1.27 fatalities and 80 injuries against flying's lack of deaths and almost no injuries, which again shows air travel to be safer.
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Do private jets crash more?

On private aviation craft, however, that ratio jumps to more than 2.3 fatalities per 100,000 hours flown. In other words, you are 200 times more likely to die while flying on a private plane than you are while flying on a commercial airliner.
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