One of the safest aircraft – Dagbladet.no

Plane crash in the Alps Tuesday morning was aa big surprise. Not just because plane crashes in Europe is extremely unusual. It involved the aircraft, an Airbus A320, is one of the safest aircraft in the air – and it was owned by an airline with an unusually strong safety record.

According to Time has not Germanwings been involved in a single serious plane crash since the company was created in 1992. The parent company Lufthansa is also among the safest airlines in the industry. According aviation statistics to German Jadec Lufthansa is in 12th place among 60 international airlines. SAS is on 48. place.

Airbus A320 is one of the workhorses of international air traffic and over 6100 such planes are still in active service. The aircraft was introduced in 1986, accident stats show that it is among the very safest. For every million flights with the A320 family has 0.14 resulted in a fatal accident. The statistics on the right shows how many fatal accidents it has been the most widely used models of aircraft has been in use since 1959.

Straight down

But it started not so good for the Airbus A320. Then it should appear for the first time during an air display in 1986 it went straight into the ground. The new technology with data management instead of hydraulics proved to be fully developed. Three died and 50 were injured that day.

Nevertheless, the A320 a huge success and eventually it has come several modernizations and new versions which are also made of A320 last one. In 2009 had a A320 US Airways emergency landing in the Hudson River in New York after it collided with a flock of geese shortly after departure.

Old

The plane that crashed in the Alps Tuesday was 24 years old, and approached life expectancy of 25-30 years. But several aviation experts have in recent days said that a 24 years old plane can be as safe as a new one. It is the quality of maintenance is essential.

– Maintenance of Lufthansa is known to be very good. As long as the maintenance program and the aircraft manufacturer’s instructions are followed is not aged in 24 years an issue, said Germanwings Director Thomas Winkelmann yesterday.

Today said Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr this:

– The plane got an absolutely clean credentials for the ordinary maintenance of Dusseldorf on Monday, and we’ve talked to the pilot who was responsible for the test. He confirmed that the plane was in perfect technical condition Monday, said Lufthansa CEO.