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[CBBB]

GR, I am amazed at your post, but totally agree!

[Get Real!]

Amazed? Had Paphitis, done a “Ten most accident-prone airlines in the world” thread, then it would’ve been both interesting and informative but this???

[miltiades]

I think behind all these air crashes you will find the CIA !!!!!
Any conspiracy theories guys !!

[Tim Drayton]

Ok, so Turkish Airlines had 13 accidents, Greece’s Olympic Airways had 4, and Cyprus Airways had none!

Things have to be put into perspective… how many flights have Turkish Airlines conducted in the last 50 years compared to Olympic, and then compared to Cyprus airways?

The greater the population, the greater the number of flights, and thus the greater the likelihood of an accident occurring.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m down for a Turkey bash but ONLY for the right reasons.

Look at the tables I made reference to above. These compare the number of accidents to the number of flights operated in the past twenty years. Turkish Airlines' record does not look to good when measured on this basis.

[Paphitis]

Ok, so Turkish Airlines had 13 accidents, Greece’s Olympic Airways had 4, and Cyprus Airways had none!

Things have to be put into perspective… how many flights have Turkish Airlines conducted in the last 50 years compared to Olympic, and then compared to Cyprus airways?

The greater the population, the greater the number of flights, and thus the greater the likelihood of an accident occurring.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m down for a Turkey bash but ONLY for the right reasons.

This is not about Turkey Bashing, but to put things into perspective, please compare Turkish Airlines accident rate with Qantas, Air New Zealand, Singapore Airlines, Virgin, Royal Thai, Malaysian, Emirate Airlines and then contrast this with Aeroflot. These have a far greater amount of flights than Turkish Airlines!

Aeroflot and Turkish Airlines seem to be on par, and this seems to indicate some regulatory issues with Turkey's Aviation Authorities.

[Tim Drayton]

Ok, so Turkish Airlines had 13 accidents, Greece’s Olympic Airways had 4, and Cyprus Airways had none!

Things have to be put into perspective… how many flights have Turkish Airlines conducted in the last 50 years compared to Olympic, and then compared to Cyprus airways?

The greater the population, the greater the number of flights, and thus the greater the likelihood of an accident occurring.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m down for a Turkey bash but ONLY for the right reasons.

Look at the tables I made reference to above. These compare the number of accidents to the number of flights operated in the past twenty years. Turkish Airlines' record does not look to good when measured on this basis.

Olympic Airways outperforms Turkish Airways, but using the same metric also compares very poorly to other European airlines.

[Get Real!]

Ok, so Turkish Airlines had 13 accidents, Greece’s Olympic Airways had 4, and Cyprus Airways had none!

Things have to be put into perspective… how many flights have Turkish Airlines conducted in the last 50 years compared to Olympic, and then compared to Cyprus airways?

The greater the population, the greater the number of flights, and thus the greater the likelihood of an accident occurring.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m down for a Turkey bash but ONLY for the right reasons.

This is not about Turkey Bashing, but to put things into perspective, please compare Turkish Ailines accident rate with Qantas, Air New Zealand, Singapore Airlines, Virgin, Royal Thai, Malaysian, Emirate Airlines and then contrast this with Aeroflot. These have a far greater amount of flights than Turkish Airlines!

Aeroflot and Turkish Airlines seem to be on par, and this seems to indicate some regulatory issues with Turkey's Aviation Authorities.

As I said, had you done a “Ten most accident-prone airlines in the world” then it would’ve been a balanced view that you brag to have…

[CBBB]

Go here for more appropriate statistics:

http://www.planecrashinfo.com/rates.htm

From what I can see, only 8 airlines have a worse safety record than THY from the 88 in the table. So they are in the “Ten most accident-prone airlines in the world”.

[Get Real!]

Olympic Airways outperforms Turkish Airways, but using the same metric also compares very poorly to other European airlines.

Thanks for the tables Tim, as I said... if you compare the number of passengers Turkish airlines carried against Olympic they're in the same boat!

[Paphitis]

Ok, so Turkish Airlines had 13 accidents, Greece’s Olympic Airways had 4, and Cyprus Airways had none!

Things have to be put into perspective… how many flights have Turkish Airlines conducted in the last 50 years compared to Olympic, and then compared to Cyprus airways?

The greater the population, the greater the number of flights, and thus the greater the likelihood of an accident occurring.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m down for a Turkey bash but ONLY for the right reasons.

This is not about Turkey Bashing, but to put things into perspective, please compare Turkish Ailines accident rate with Qantas, Air New Zealand, Singapore Airlines, Virgin, Royal Thai, Malaysian, Emirate Airlines and then contrast this with Aeroflot. These have a far greater amount of flights than Turkish Airlines!

Aeroflot and Turkish Airlines seem to be on par, and this seems to indicate some regulatory issues with Turkey's Aviation Authorities.

As I said, had you done a “Ten most accident-prone airlines in the world” then it would’ve been a balanced view that you brag to have…

The issue I wanted to highlight is that Turkish Airlines has had 13 Air Disasters. This is not an in depth analysis of Safety Standards, however an airline that has recorded 13 fatal accidents is very suspect and all statistics seem to highlight possible safety issues when comparing Turkish Airlines to most other airlines.