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The 737MAX definitely has a bad record, but this data is somewhat out of date. Very roughly speaking, The MAX has been back in service for 1.5-2.5 years depend
by cameldrv 3y ago
The 737MAX definitely has a bad record, but this data is somewhat out of date. Very roughly speaking, The MAX has been back in service for 1.5-2.5 years depending on jurisdiction. Boeing has produced 1196 of them. A typical narrowbody flies about 4.5 or so times per day. If you figure two years of service, that gives about 2 million flights a year or about 4 million flights since the ungrounding. Add that to the 0.65 million on the linked page and you get 4.65 million flights.
That gives a fatal rate of 0.43/million flights which is pretty bad, the same as the somewhat notorious ATR42/72, but nothing like the number on the page.
- wkat4242 3y agoAnd the ATRs tend to operate from small airports with short runways and low ILS categories (if at all!) I guess that's a bit more dangerous. I flew at an airport myself where ATRs operated as well, nothing bigger. ILS was only a low category and only available in one direction. It seems a lot tougher than landing a 737 at a high-facility big airport with runways that can accommodate even widebodies.
- twelvechairs 3y agoThe simple point for most people is that new design planes tend to have higher numbers and older design planes (where all the issues and quirks have been seen) tend to be very safe.
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