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Jan 31, 2007, 11:57 pm

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Originally Posted by PatFlyer

Now...safety is another issue that I would gladly pay $300 extra for. That's what I'd like to know about with this "new" carrier.

Mrs. P

Well, as a UK-registered carrier they fly under the auspices of the CAA who aren't exactly known for being a soft touch.

I'm struggling to think when a British commercial passenger plane was last involved in a fatal accident. Looking at www.airsafe.com, there was one back in the mid 1980's (British Airtours, part of BA) where a fire on takeoff killed about 50 and another crash in 1989 where a bmi plane made an emergency landing with fatalities, but otherwise there seems to have been nothing since.

Obviously we have fewer flights than the US, but airsafe has some calculations on it to account for this and BA is "safter" than United, Northwest & Delta. BMI is safter than American.

If the registration starts "G-" then i'd have no hesitation getting onboard.

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