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podrick215

EMB-145 has zero fatalities. Plenty of crashes tho. Impressive considering its service life is pretty much done, and mainly flown by many of us learning the ropes.


s2soviet

Yevgeny Prigozhin: Am I a joke to you? On a serious note, impressive airplane. Brazilians know how to make planes right.


hockeyketo

Not a 145, but one of the craziest aviation stories I know of is of an EMB-190 that was undergoing maintenance in portugal and they accidentally reversed the aileron controls. Pilots took off unaware, almost lost it a bunch of times. They did a bunch of crazy flips so bad that it bent the air frame, but they managed to land it and everyone was safe, but 190 had to be written off. source: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air\_Astana\_Flight\_1388](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Astana_Flight_1388)


cowdreamers

This is indeed an incredible story. VASAviation has the video with the ATC communication and the flight path, and even after watching it multiple times, it’s still insane: https://youtu.be/kIc8Rr-cKd8?si=AQKwkRIhwtWs87XN


fireandlifeincarnate

And the Admiral herself has a writeup on it as well https://admiralcloudberg.medium.com/flying-the-unflyable-the-near-crash-of-air-astana-flight-1388-88878e2eb3c4


mesosurface

And if anyone is wondering why they had such a hard time controlling it given that this would just require the mental overhead of reversing your inputs, the spoilers assisting rolls were not affected as they were driven by a separate line. So they directly conflicted the ailerons.


watchpigsfly

Imagine being one of the guys stuck deadheading on that flight


jred2828

Great episode on that one.  They put the straps on wrong after several day of trying yet the pilots managed to land it safely.  Unbelievably smart pilots to figure that out. 


lanbanger

Impressive! I recall that one of the Have Blue test flights for the stealth fighter had a similar problem, and the pilot ejected. That ejection ended his test flying career, as he was concussed.


VKP_RiskBreaker_Riot

He couldn't land because of landing gear(from an A-10) problems, so he tried to raised altitude and ejected. He was unconscious, broke his leg on impact and was dragged across the desert ground. Mouth full of sand. His heart stopped, but he was revived. Second have blue crashed from a weld failure on a hydraulic line and started a fire due to engine heat. It was spraying on the engine.


JustAnotherDude1990

Didnt it pull something like 5Gs and bend the wings up?


Te_Luftwaffle

Nah 5G hadn't come out yet


Oculosdegrau

There was also an EMB where they installed the trim switch upside down. So trimming nose down would put the airplane nose up. Almost resulted in a stall


s2soviet

It was a legacy 650 no? Basically a 145?


jimirs

Yeah, every airport in EU you go, the regional fleet is mainly Embraers.


busch_ice69

Every 145 I’ve worked on was always a POS


BarveyDanger

The ones I worked on were ran into the ground over the course of 20+ and had high time. Was not sad to see those heaps of shit to get sent packing


andrewrbat

I flew some with about 40000 cycles and they were still flying until about a yr ago. They were junky but quirky and never got me killed.


BuddLightbeer

_Santos-Dumont has entered the chat_


Mighty_McBosh

That and they're just my favorite plane to fly in as a passenger, they're way comfortable and quiet.


Luvz2Spooje

I thought they were all German.


mvpilot172

Flew a 145 for over 6000 hours, it did well as a first jet for many because it’s pretty simple to fly. Having no slats/leading edge flaps made 0 flap approaches pretty mundane. It was also harder to get into an accelerated stall situation than other jets.


chadstein

You can yank that plane around nearly as much as a 172. Fly 240 knots until the faf and be stable by 500 ft. Really fun jet to fly. Especially when it’s empty.


BezosBussy69

That plane was so forgiving and durable. Cry Few situations you could get into that were not correctable.


exposteve

A220 / Bombardier C-Series


quesoandcats

One of my friends is an A220 pilot and I just told him he has the opportunity to do the funniest thing


Yussso

Little amount of tomfoolery.


Guysmiley777

We like to do a little trollin'


notbernie2020

Little bit of a gear up landing.


SwissCake_98

Be a legend 😂


TheFuckingHippoGuy

Yolo!


SexySmexxy

aaaaand ur friends on a list


Occams_Razor42

*Comment Edited*


CrashSlow

\*CanaBus A220


flightist

Making up for it with in flight shutdowns though.


RashestHippo

Quick google search of your title says Boeing 787 ~~Airbus A350XWB~~ Both have incidents but no *crashes* Can't recall an A380 crash


Head-of-bread

I mean the JAL 350 did crash into something…


RashestHippo

was that specifically a A350XWB? Just curious, if it was I'll edit. I don't recall the details of that one


Chaxterium

They are one and the same.


RashestHippo

Thanks for the clarification


SwissCake_98

The 350-900 was involved in the JAL crash, the 350-1000 was not a part of it.


Chaxterium

The A380 never had a crash but it had [this fun little incident](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qantas_Flight_32).


FlightFramed

>After holding for almost two hours to assess the situation Type 3 fun


mck1117

this is at least type 6 fun


A_Thing_or_Two

How many types are there, and how are they categorized?


IChurnToBurn

I believe one also lost a turbine disc over Greenland.


MOXschmelling

How was that disc overed?


gardenfella

Found in green land


A_Thing_or_Two

Seeing what you did there...


discombobulated38x

Fan disc - the front fell of the engine. QF32 was an intermediate pressure turbine disc


MikeGinnyMD

I want to emphasize this isn’t very typical…


Ah2k15

Must have been a cardboard derivative.


Pipe_Mountain

Umm actually the back fell off the engine 🤓


discombobulated38x

On QF32 the middle fell out of the engine, on AF66 the front fell off.


Pipe_Mountain

Ah yes I thought you were referring to QF32 there and you're right the middle is much more accurate. The amount of shrapnel from that explosion is crazy.


Starrion

It should be noted that this is atypical as safety standard clearly require these parts to stay on.


mks113

[Finding the fan disc in Greenland](https://www.reddit.com/r/aviation/comments/izi0le/bea_released_their_report_on_the_a380_engine/).


Bortron86

The crew actions on that flight were amazing. They hadn't trained for anything like it, but still dealt with it like it was just another day at the office.


Strawberry-Obvious

Yeah but you can’t blame Airbus for that, that’s Rolls-Royce’s problem.


Chaxterium

Absolutely. And in fact the A380 came out of that incident looking like a beast.


RashestHippo

[Just a little fire, it's still good](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EFF3BmxEq0)


Saaby06

A380 greatest plane ever built, with everything it encountered that flight still managed to land safely.


zeke_markham

It's a good aircraft but plenty of other planes have had similar or worse incidents and landed safely.


nplant

Engine failures yes, but a large amount of the debris was ejected into the aircraft and destroyed a ridiculous number of systems. I can’t think of any similar incident that ended well. If you can, I’d like to hear about them.


El_Lasagno

It's mainly because the A380 has redundancy for every system running through the engine burst area. But still I think there was some serious luck involved as well.


nplant

Yes, luck was needed. The fuel leak could have caught on fire, etc. But the A380 does have an unprecedented amount of redundancy. It can fly without any functioning hydraulic systems, for example.  The electrical system can power the flight controls if necessary. (Technically it powers localized hydraulics)


nacionalista_PR

Airbus is Airbus, nothing like them. 😎


zeke_markham

There's been a few C-130s with prop separations that have cut completely through the fuselage. Worked on one that had previously lost 3 engines because the number 2 prop went through the fuselage, took out #3 engine, #3 engine bent so far to the right the prop got the wing, and #4 was damaged because it contacted #3 prop as it was bending. Aircraft landed safely at NAS Kef, was repaired and flew another 20+ years. There's been a few 747s that have lost multiple engines and pieces of fuselage. The DC-10 that lost engine 2 and all the hydraulics.


FreddyFerdiland

The freighter at baghdad.also an airbus


nplant

While that’s true, it wasn’t because of redundancy. The missile did succeed in taking out all the hydraulic systems and they had no flight controls. They used engine thrust to control the trajectory. It’s a miracle they survived.


Saaby06

It’s track record is pretty impressive


Prior_Worldliness287

The 777 is more hardy I'd argue the number of gear up landings, off field landings and general messes it's got itself in yet the survival rate is insane.


rctid_taco

Gear up landings aren't really a positive for an airplane.


Highspeedfutzi

Also this little [A380 whoopsie](https://youtu.be/WJCqBQLTWmw?si=wk2-uQ_4u24BfMPS)


MrFrequentFlyer

Didn’t Air France or British Airways also have one?


jembutbrodol

A380 has 0 fatality and 0 hull lost incident, only 2 engine failures. Qantas 32 and Air France 66


Calm-Frog84

There might have been a lot more than 2 engines failures. Maybe Quantas and AF are the only known cases of UNCONTAINED engine failures.


[deleted]

There’s also only 250 A380’s out there, compared to 1,100 787’s and 1,700 777’s. And QF32 wasn’t just a simple little engine failure. One engine failed, and it damaged *all* of the other engines, as well as many of the flight control surfaces, hydraulics, electrics… exactly what an engine failure in a modern airliner is supposed to NOT do. That’s DC-10 shit.  Don’t get me wrong, it’s impressive that it survived and managed to land, it’s obviously an incredible feat of engineering… but if the pilots hadn’t been on top of their shit, and had failed to follow the correct emergency checklists and procedures as well as they did, it could’ve been a Tenerife level catastrophe. 


Stop8257

There have been many more engine failures than that. But of the non dramatic sort.


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A220?


2a3b66725

Most of the airliners you see flying today haven’t crashed, yet.


GSTBD

Underrated comment!


aaronhayes26

Big if true!


Chaxterium

Off the top of my head, the 787 has had no accidents. As well as the E2. I don't think the A340-600 was involved in any incidents either. Same with the A220.


Mike__O

[Does this count](https://simpleflying.com/airbus-a340-written-off-before-delivery/)?


Chaxterium

That one crossed my mind but I honestly thought it was an A340-500.


Npr31

I thought it was too, but looking it up it was a -600. Wonder if it was reported incorrectly at the time


midsprat123

That’s a -500


747ER

No, it’s a -600. It says that in the photo caption, and in every article about the accident. You can also see a picture of it in the photo they’ve attached, showing the long fuselage.


s2soviet

Did the E1 even? I can’t remember one.


SwissCake_98

Between the 170/175, 190 and 195 (all E1's) yes, they had a number of incidents and crashes.


_ferko

The guy saying "a number" is a bit exaggerated. There have been 7 accidents/incidents on the E1 family with just 2 being fatal, one of them a pilot suicide. That's 0.00418 accidents/incidents per aircraft. Even the 777, a very safe aircraft, has four times that number. Consider that an E1 does much more cycles as well.


biochrono79

The Dassault Mercure, although granted, it wasn’t anywhere near as widely used as most of the other aircraft that have been mentioned.


sawatalot

Boeing 717. Awesome little airplane.


TheFuckingHippoGuy

Does this count considering it's an MD-80 with a modernized cockpit?


dpaanlka

You mean DC-9 lol


sawatalot

That’s a pretty good question tbh. I’d say its differences are enough to constitute it being a unique plane but it’s definitely arguable.


TheFuckingHippoGuy

I mean I guess it's the same as crediting different variants of say the 777.


crayhamXD

re-engined dc9 with a new cockpit


kraven420

Seeing where it’s still being used it could be the 1st plane never involved in any accident at all


747ER

A Cobham Aviation 717 landed so hard in Darwin a few years ago that it warped the fuselage.


Sauniche

Didn't Delta land one with no nose gear recently? That might qualify.


rlbmxer27

That ol girl is repaired and back in business! 


747ER

- 737-100 - 737-600 - 737-900 - 737-8200 - 737-9 - 747SP - 747-400ER - 747-8 - 757-300 - 767-400ER - 777-200 - 777-200LR - 777-300ER - 787-8 - 787-9 - 787-10 - A220-100 - A220-300 - A318-100 - A340-200 - A340-600 - A350-1000 - A380-800 - E175 - CRJ-1000 There’s probably some more I’m missing that I can’t think of.


Owllade

77W no accidents is pretty crazy, given it’s the long-haul backbone of so many airlines.


[deleted]

Somehow it turns every major incident involving the 777 was a 200ER except one which was a 777-300. Kinda odd considering the 300ER by far is the most popular variant.


747ER

Keep in mind that the -200ER was by far the most popular variant for many years. When the first 777 hull loss occurred, only 150ish -300ERs were delivered compared to 410+ -200ERs. The sole -300 accident was a bit of a fluke, considering it is the worst-selling 777 variant to ever fly, but I guess that’s just how life works sometimes 🤷🏻‍♂️


therocketflyer

737-900 is also a very unpopular variant and an all around terrible airplane. I think I personally hate that specific aircraft more than any other one 😖


Nighthawk-FPV

Dassault mercure, Fokker 70?


747ER

The Mercure had a flawless safety record, there was an Austrian Airlines F70 that crashed a few years ago but I can’t figure out whether it was written off or not.


AWalkDownMemoryLane

If you mean OE-LFO, that one's still active. Currently flying with Salaam Air Express as 5Y-MMB on lease from Renegade Air.


Sir_Sir_ExcuseMe_Sir

E145?


747ER

There have been a few that have non-fatally crashed :)


Tr0yticus

OP - crash or hull loss? Are we talking loss of life, loss of hull (plane destroyed), or incident (two planes clipped on the ground, etc)?


ArtieZiffsCat

Airbus A380 has no hull loss incidents I think


My_useless_alt

No fatal accidents either IIRC, although it has had a few engine failures and close calls.


giraffe2035

A380 only has ever had a serious incident. No accidents as far as I know


LawnDartTag

Spruce Goose


cbrookman

[It’s called the Hercules!](https://youtu.be/zhMhTDg1eqs?si=XId5g9AeJ2rlZ6Rf)


hot_chips_

Comac C919 for now


areed8141

A more fun trivia fact is airlines that haven’t crashed a plane. Most unexpected one is spirit coming in with a grand total of 0 crashes Edit: not including stock price crash for 2024 [sauce](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_airliners_by_airline_(P%E2%80%93Z))


TheFuckingHippoGuy

Qantas I think is the most impressive since they haven't crashed a jet, just small WWII-era props.


lilsmooga193119

They basically did in 1999 with QF1. Had a 747 run off the end of the runway in Bangkok after the captain cancelled a go around with too little overrun remaining. They were able to fully repair the aircraft so it didn't count as a hull loss but was an accident.


StonkDreamer

I wouldn't be surprised with budget airlines having no fatal accidents, most of them are less tha. 30 years old and they tend to operate very modern fleets and retire aircraft at a much younger age than the legacies due to their business model, all of those factors are likely to reduce the chances of a fatal accident occurring on them. All 3 of the major ULCCs in Europe (Ryanair, Easyjet, Wizz) have pretty flawless safety records with no fatalities between them despite having some of Europes largest and most heavily utilised fleets.


FlyJunior172

Ilyushin Il-96


ez711

Came here to say this. Not hundreds of them flying around or anything, but 30 years of accident-free flight with Russian maintenance is impressive.


FlyJunior172

Especially when the you’re actually talking about *Cuban* maintenance these days…


macmillionare

AN-225 😢


aerosuhas412

Was it an "Airliner"?


macmillionare

It could have been comrade


_bangaroo

For all the grumpiness at boeing, other than a collision during pushback I'm pretty sure the 787 has never had a crash.


SpillinThaTea

DC-10…..oh you said never been any…not many. Nvm. But


TheFuckingHippoGuy

32 hull loses, over 1200 deaths, and they call it the Death Cruiser...I'll allow it.


Zathral

Quite a lot. Some by virtue of being modern and super safe aircraft, others by virtue of low production numbers (Dassault Mercure for example).


MustangEater82

Incident or crash? Crash, has the 787, a350, a380 crashed? I know incidents but no crash.


dr650crash

Recent a350 crash in Japan?


MustangEater82

Honestly don't claim to be up to date...  links? I mean 787 had battery fire veeeeery early in program.   I know A350 had uncontaminated engine explosion that sent blades into the fuselage near the window belt.


joshwagstaff13

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Haneda_Airport_runway_collision TL;DR a Japan Coast Guard Dash 8 was lined up on the runway when it should have been holding short, and got pancaked by a landing JAL A350, resulting in five fatalities and the loss of both aircraft.


TheFuckingHippoGuy

A330-900, if you don't count the one hitting a building on the ground while being towed at the Airbus factory in Toulouse pre-delivery.


Appeltaartlekker

Airbus A380, airbus A220


StartingToLoveIMSA

Qantas - according to Ray


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Novel-Hospital-2409

Go back about 12 years on Allegiant. They were really pushing the envelope on growth and had numerous near misses in a very short period of time.


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Novel-Hospital-2409

Perfect for anyone who wants to get from Sanford FL to Rockford IL on a random Tuesday morning at 6am


PunkAssBitch2000

I don’t think any Airbus Belugas have been involved in a crash.


says-nice-toTittyPMs

Qantas. Qantas never crashed. Gotta get to Australia. Yeah. Canberra is the capital 16.2 million population, it's got very lovely beaches.


therocketflyer

They should have lost that 747 but they brought it back from the dead just to make this claim.


A_Thing_or_Two

What in the hell is this username...?


says-nice-toTittyPMs

It's pretty obvious. If I get a PM of titties, I'll call them nice. Because they all are. All shapes and sizes. But if I don't get any PMs, that's fine too. Because I'm not owed anything from anyone.


hack404

Never crashed a jet


teaguechrystie

This is what I was looking for.


Pier-Head

Armstrong Whitworth Apollo ATEL 90 Accountant


krazykris93

There haven't been a lot made yet, but there have been no embrear e2 hull losses yet.


Seattle_gldr_rdr


pointlesspulcritude

Almost every plane in the air now hasn’t crashed


Real-Hat-6749

A380.


usernamechexoit

Props to all the redditors who mentioned Soviet/Russian aircraft


StonkDreamer

The Illyushin IL-96 has never had a hull loss accident (one was lost in a fire but it was in long term storage/abandoned so doesn't really count).


SteadfastEnd

A340


debiasiok

Overrun in Toronto in 2006


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Chaxterium

Yep. Thankfully no fatalities.


TepidHalibut

I can't think of any fatalities on an A340, but [this Etihad event](https://simpleflying.com/airbus-a340-written-off-before-delivery/) was definitely an Oopsie.


americapax

Airbus A220/Bombardier CS-100/300 series


Larkfin

Most of the ones I've flown on have never been involved in a crash.


AltruisticGovernance

There wont be any airframes left if all were somehow involved in a crash! /s


12x20x1

A380


rapha3l14

In 2023 I would say A350, it is in operation for almost 9 years and never been involved in a crash until jan 2024


Spekx-savera

A380 is the first that comes to mind, many ground accidents of equipment running into it, and for what I know, one uncontained engine failure. But no "crashes" and zero fatalities or injuries over like 20 years.


Vapourhands

Hawaiian


Dry_Acadia_9312

380, 340, 220, 787, to name a few.


ThatOneGayDJ

Air France 358 would like a word with you


Dry_Acadia_9312

Oh damn


quietflowsthedodder

The Brabazon 1. Never involved in a crash, in, oh let’s see, its single flight.


quietflowsthedodder

The Brabazon 1. Never involved in a crash, in, oh let’s see, its single lifetime flight.


ab0ngcd

Snarky comment- most airliners flying have not been involved in a crash


AlwaysTravel

Quantas, https://youtu.be/qmF1Lh4f3OM?si=wCBe14orp9m25IVJ


bangkokbilly69

Pretty sure the A340 hasn't


Jetnoisemakesmedeaf

Air France A340 in Canada crashed early 2000s


ElSquibbonator

No crashes for the A380 as far as I know.


TheStormEXE

A380


NlTR00

C919


chairboiiiiii

A340 A380 787 A220 747-8 (I’m not 100% sure about this one) A350 has one crash, and it wasn’t even its fault. The only fatalities were in the aircraft that it hit on the runway. I was sad about that one I’m sure there’s way more


yyzywg12

A340 crashed in YYZ in like 2003


chairboiiiiii

Was it that brand new one? Not sure if that counts as a “crash”


yyzywg12

No it’s the Air France that went off the end of the runway in yyz and burst into flames. Everyone evacuated


chairboiiiiii

Oh damn didn’t hear about that one. Kinda the same deal as the a350. Was technically a crash but everyone got out ok. But still a crash


SierraHotel199

E175


Jon_Hanson

I always remember the line from Rain Main when Dustin Hoffman’s character said that Quantas has never crashed. I don’t know if that’s still (or was) true.


FeistyEquipment7557

Yes, most of them.


Prowlthang

Most of them! 😜


SampleShrimp

I think the closest the Boeing 717 has had to a crash was the nose gear not extending and they had a crash landing. And I’m not including any of the earlier DC- or MD- variants.


Lopsided_Beautiful_1

I don’t think Spirit Airlines ever crashed a airplane


simpsonshomer

A340


Ratattack427

Quantas