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> Ethiopian has ~100 planes flying around on any given day, and hasn't had a serious crash in 9 years They had one last week. Southwest, by comparison, has be
by ams6110 8y ago
> Ethiopian has ~100 planes flying around on any given day, and hasn't had a serious crash in 9 years
They had one last week.
Southwest, by comparison, has been flying since 1967. They operate over 700 aircraft, all of them 737s including the new MAX variant. They've never had a serious crash and in their history have had 3 deaths as a result of accidents or incidents.
- dubbel 8y agoSouthwest was fined 10.3 million US-dollar (later reduced to 7.5 million) in 2009 by the FAA, because they didn't properly check their 737-300 for material fatigue. It was the largest amounted the FAA ever fined an airline. https://www.cbc.ca/news/thenational/the-national-today-newsletter-southwest-airlines-erdogan-1.4623418 https://www.cbc.ca/news/thenational/the-national-today-newsl...