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Fatal Events and Fatal Event Rates by Airline Since 1970

Airline--------------------------------- Rate--Flights-----FLE*----Events------- Last
Other PRC Airlines--------------------UNK--UNK-------8.26-----15------------ 2002
American Airlines/American Eagle--0.54--17.0M-----9.23------12------------ 2001
Indian Airlines -----------------------3.53---2.50M-----8.82------12----------- 1999
United Airlines/United Express-----0.37--18.0M-----6.69------11------------ 2001
China Airlines (Taiwan) --------------7.16---0.90M----6.44------10------------ 2002
Turkish Airlines-----------------------6.83--1.10M-----7.51-------9------------- 2003
US Airways/USAirways Express ---0.35--14.3M-----4.97-------9------------ 2003
Cubana--------------------------------18.53--0.33M----6.11--------8------------ 1999
Garuda Indonesia Airlines ----------2.44---1.96M----4.78 -------8------------ 1997
Philippine Air Lines ------------------2.47---1.71M-----4.23-------8------------- 1994
EgyptAir/Air Sinai-------------------7.60---0.75M----5.70-------7------------- 2002
Pakistan International Airlines-----3.84---1.40M----5.37--------7------------ 1992
Korean Air ---------------------------2.58---1.30M-----3.35--------7----------- 1997
Air France/Air France Europe------0.55---5.90M----3.23--------7----------- 2000
TAM (Brazil)--------------------------5.68---0.60M----3.41--------6----------- 2001
VASP----------------------------------1.81----1.85M----3.34--------6----------- 1986
Delta Airlines/Delta Connection----0.16---20.0M----3.24--------6------------1997
Swiss/Swissair/Crossair------------1.20----3.20M----3.83--------5------------2001
Japan Air Lines ----------------------1.36----2.44M----3.31-------- 5-----------1985
Thai Airways Company --------------UNK----UNK-----2.82-------- 3-----------1987
Air India------------------------------4.89----0.44M----2.15-------- 3-----------1985
KLM/KLM Cityhopper----------------0.81----2.40M----1.94-------- 3----------- 1994
Thai Airways International --------1.60-----1.05M-----1.68-------- 2---------- 1998
Malaysia Airlines -------------------0.92-----1.80M----1.65--------- 2---------- 1995
Singapore Airlines/SilkAir ---------1.50-----1.00M----1.50--------- 2---------- 2000
Cathay Pacific -----------------------1.45-----0.69M----1.00--------- 1---------- 1972
Air New Zealand --------------------0.74-----1.35M-----1.00--------- 1--------- 1979
All Nippon Airways ------------------0.22-----4.64M------1.00-------- 1-------- 1971
Air China------------------------------UNK----UNK-------0.77-------- 1----------2002
Asiana Airlines -----------------------1.14-----0.54M----0.62-------- 1---------- 1993
Ansett of New Zealand -------------UNK----UNK------0.22-------- 1------------- 1995
SAS------------------------------------0.19-----5.40M---1.00---------1------------- 2001
Ansett Australia----------------------0.00----UNK------ 0.00-------- 0------------- -
Sabena---------------------------------0.00----1.60M----0.00--------0------------- -
Virgin Atlantic------------------------0.00-----0.05M----0.00-------- 0------------ -
EVA Air -------------------------------0.00-----UNK------0.00--------- 0------------ -
Qantas --------------------------------0.00-----1.02M----0.00--------- 0------------- -
Japan Air System ------------------- 0.00-----UNK------0.00-------- 0------------ -
FLE - Full Loss Equivalent: This is the sum of the proportions of passengers killed for each fatal event. For example, 50 out of 100 passengers killed on a flight is an FLE of 0.50, 1 of 100 would be a FLE of 0.01


Remarks:
The 2 thais should be added, it is one company.
Air France is the first european, followed by Swiss/Swissair/Crossair and in third is KLM...
Sabena had an excellent record since 1970.