Screw101
07-16-2009, 02:02 PM
Tu-154 airliners like the one that crashed in Iran yesterday, killing 168 people, are Soviet-era Russian workhorses whose safety record falls short of Western designs.
The Tu-154, which first flew in 1968, has a fatal accident every 431,200 flights, according to London-based aviation consultant Ascend. Boeing Co.’s MD-80 has a fatality every 1.5 million flights and the 737, the world’s best- selling passenger plane, every 2.68 million, Ascend says.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601102&sid=afwX0a3ATjSM
The Tu-154, which first flew in 1968, has a fatal accident every 431,200 flights, according to London-based aviation consultant Ascend. Boeing Co.’s MD-80 has a fatality every 1.5 million flights and the 737, the world’s best- selling passenger plane, every 2.68 million, Ascend says.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601102&sid=afwX0a3ATjSM