“I would certainly not have any hesitation on getting on board a Boeing aircraft.” The 737, Thomas adds, still has a better safety record than the 747. “And nobody would ever hesitate to get on board a 747,” he says.As of March 2024, there were 415 Boeing 747 aircraft in active airline service, comprising 1 747-100s, 3 747SPs, 20 747-200s, 3 747-300s, 236 747-400s, and 152 747-8s. These aircraft are listed by airline operators and variant in the following table.Miniature models of Boeing commercial airplanes displayed at the Singapore Airshow in Singapore on February 20, 2024. SINGAPORE — Boeing touted its 737 Max aircraft as “the safest airplane” and said China's latest domestic jetliner Comac C919 is similar to offerings by Airbus and Boeing that are already in the market.

When was the last 747 built : The last aircraft, a 747-8F for Atlas Air registered N863GT, rolled off the production line on December 6, 2022, and was delivered on January 31, 2023. Boeing hosted an event at the Everett factory for thousands of workers as well as industry executives to commemorate the delivery.

Are planes 100% safe

Air travel is the safest form of transit in the US. Injury and death rates in air travel in the US have been near zero each year since 2002, and the number of aviation accidents declined from 2000 to 2021.

How many 747 crashes :

Hull-losses:	64
Hull-loss accidents:	52	with a total of 2865 fatalities
Criminal occurences (hull-losses, excl. hijackings):	5	with a total of 857 fatalities
Hijackings:	32	with a total of 24 fatalities
Survival rate:	23.9%	of all occupants survived fatal accidents

Like the even bigger Airbus A380 (in the foreground), the 747 no longer meets the economic requirements of airlines that prefer long-haul, dual-engine aircraft such as the A350 or the Boeing 777 and 787. In the past year, there were only 20 or so outstanding orders for the 747, all of them for freight carriers.

There's an old chestnut on social media that there has never been a crash involving an Airbus. That's not true: according to the Aviation Safety Network's database, 24 Airbus variants have been involved in fatal accidents since 1975. Boeings, though, were involved in 149 crashes.

Is the A380 safe

Safety record so good well the a380s impressive safety record is in fact partly down to its lack of customers since relatively few of these aircraft are flying or have flown over the years. AnotherBut over the last few decades, airlines have pushed aircraft manufacturers for more fuel-efficient planes to reduce costs. Two-engine jets can now fly near the same capacity and fly farther than older, four-engine planes like Boeing's 747 and the Airbus A380.Of these 24 million hours, 6.84 of every 100,000 flight hours yielded an airplane crash, and 1.19 of every 100,000 yielded a fatal crash.

According to Boeing, 49% of all fatal plane accidents happen during the final descent and landing phases of the average flight, while 14% happen during takeoff and the initial climb. One of the reasons for this is altitude — the closer the plane is to the ground, the less time a pilot has to react to problems.

What plane has crashed the most : The narrow-body airliner Boeing 727 was the commercial jet with the highest number of fatal hull losses from 1959 to 2020, recording 56 accidents around the world.

What was the deadliest 747 crash : KLM Flight 4805 and Pan Am Flight 1736, March 27, 1977

This crash remains the deadliest ever, claiming the lives of 583 people when two 747s collided on a foggy runway on the island of Tenerife in the Canary Islands.

How many 747 crashed

Hull-losses:	64
Hull-loss accidents:	52	with a total of 2865 fatalities
Criminal occurences (hull-losses, excl. hijackings):	5	with a total of 857 fatalities
Hijackings:	32	with a total of 24 fatalities
Survival rate:	23.9%	of all occupants survived fatal accidents

Boeing 787-9

An Air New Zealand Boeing 787-9. The world's safest aircraft have been named in Boeing's Statistical Summary of Commercial Jet Airplane Accidents 1959 – 2022.An Air New Zealand Boeing 787-9. The world's safest aircraft have been named in Boeing's Statistical Summary of Commercial Jet Airplane Accidents 1959 – 2022. Boeing has been issuing the annual report for decades and it tracks all commercial airline flight incidents and accidents.

Are bigger airlines safer : Safety is not determined by size alone, but rather by the level of care that accompanies the flight operations. Consequently, the good old Learjets 35s which were first introduced in the 1973s, were among the lowest performing aircraft in our study (12.9 accidents per 100'000 flight hours).