2, it should be written: How many plane crashes has virgin american airlines had.
American and united airlines
According to the Wikipedia article "American Airlines accidents and incidents," American Airlines experienced: 7 crashes in the 1930s, 12 in the 1940s, 9 in the 1950s, 3 in the 1960s, 3 in the 1970s, 1 in the 1980s, 3 in the 1990s, 4 in the 2000s, and 0 in the 2010s. Thus the total is 42.
Virgin America have had no crashes.
According to Wikipedia there were 12 plane crashes/airline crashes in 2012. This is way better than the previous 25 of the year before, which was 2011.
No. About one flight in a million will end in a crash. Most crashes involve small aircraft. Crashes of planes with major airlines are less common.
There were four different plane crashes on September 11, 2001. American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center at 8:46 a.m. United Airlines Flight 175 crashed into the south tower at 9:03 a.m. American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon at 9:37 a.m. United Airlines Flight 93 crashed into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania at 10:03 a.m.
American Airlines Flight 77, which hit the Pentagon, was the third plane to crash that day. The crashes into both of the twin towers happened first, and then the one that crashed in Pennsylvania was the last one.
Hawaiian Airlines hasn't had any significant safety concerns in the past 30 years and hasn't had any fatal crashes in it's 80 years in service. Aloha Airlines has though, so watch out for them.
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One may find timelines of airline crashes in the United States from Map Report. They have detailed timelines for US airlines as well as worldwide occurrences.
In 2013, there were 12 plane crashes. The last plane crash of the year was LAM Mozambique Airlines Flight 470, which crashed on November 29, killing 33 people.
Air Alaska is an alright airline, they have only had a few major crashes -Air Alaska 261 etc. but other than that they are an alright airline. I mean they are as well equipped as these giant airlines but there are pretty good when it comes to passenger safety