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In response to "Admittedly, I haven't heard much about what it's like to fly in Zimbabwe -- nm" by con_carne

well, the faa has them as cat 2, which isn't great. but only 6 fatal accidents with 13 fatalities since 1945....

Posted by x (aka dmuck) Sep 7 '11, 08:46

the comparable russian number is 298 fatal accidents with 7,025 fatalities.

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so is Russia tops? where can I see the list? -- nm - loosilu Sep 7, 08:47 4
- i pulled those from the country listings in the asn aviation safety database... - x Sep 7, 08:52 1
  - I'm digging around, and it appears the worst airlines are actually in China (should have guessed). I'll try to find a list. -- nm - loosilu Sep 7, 09:11
- US has the most incidents (and commercial flights) by a long way, then russia, columbia, brazil, canada -- (link) - mafic Sep 7, 08:49 1
  - the important number is the rate of incidents, of course. :) -- nm - loosilu Sep 7, 09:06

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