25 Airlines That Have Never Had a Major Accident

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3.Southwest

Since its founding in 1967, Southwest has maintained an excellent safety record: There have been a few accidents, but not a single passenger has died as a result of an accident. This is a spectacular record when you consider that Southwest has operated for nearly 50 years and currently operates approximately 1.3 million flights per year.

There is one asterisk, though: In 2005, Southwest Airlines did have an accident that resulted in a death. While just three passengers received minor injuries when the plane slid off a snowy Chicago runway, the plane did strike three cars — killing one of the occupants. This accident broke Southwest’s 38-year history without a fatal accident.

In 2011-2015, Southwest Airlines operated 6.5 million flights carrying more than 675 million passengers. During this time, Southwest had three minor incidents that caused a total of 15 minor injuries. While that may seem concerning at first, consider that this is 0.00002% of the passengers served during that time period — or one in 45 million passengers — who have had even a minor injury.

4.JetBlue

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Another US-based carrier with an excellent safety record is JetBlue. Despite a couple of widely reported landing gear-related incidents, JetBlue retains a clean slate; the airline hasn’t even tallied a single serious injury from an incident during its 16-year history.

JetBlue made AirlineRating.com’s list of the top 10 safest low-cost carriers worldwide and ranks No. 11 on JACDEC’s safest airlines — the highest ranking of any US-based airline.

In 2015, JetBlue operated more than 316,000 flights, safely delivering more than 35 million revenue passengers.

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