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ixs | 2 years ago

Southwest 1380 would like a word with you.

Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 was a Boeing 737-700 that experienced an uncontained engine failure[a] in the left CFM56-7B engine after departing from New York–LaGuardia Airport en route to Dallas Love Field on April 17, 2018. […] One passenger was partially ejected from the aircraft and sustained fatal injuries[…]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southwest_Airlines_Flight_13...

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vladms|2 years ago

Based on this https://www.airlines.org/dataset/safety-record-of-u-s-air-ca... between 2009 and 2021 there were indeed 2. I think that the point stands, it is very impressive and safe.

bmitc|2 years ago

Wikipedia says 51.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatal_accidents_and_...

The numbers would go up quite a bit if it included private and military. The numbers you linked to seem to have a very tight definition of which flights were considered, as the Wikipedia list showcases several more in-flight deaths involving air carrier class airplanes than just two.