Comments:Iranian plane crashes on runway, 17 dead

Are Russian planes more dangerous, or is the airlines operating them?
It's not necessarily true that Russian planes are more accident prone. See this article:

http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/blog/europeinsight/

--cm

Soviet/Russian aircraft are NOT more accident prone.
In addition to the Businessweek article cited in the previous comment, an official ICAO study determined that Russian-made aircraft have similar, and often superior (Tu-154, IL-86), safety records to their Western counterparts.

The type involved in this accident (Ilyushin Il-62) has a statistical accident rate of 0.75 per 100,000 hours of flight - this includes both fatal and non-fatal accidents. The ICAO's conclusion for this aircraft is as follows, The IL-62, IL-62M long-range narrow-body aircraft safety level in comparison with similar Western products DC-8. B-707, for a total period of operation is the same as a DC-8 and a little better than a B-707.

The full report is available online at: http://www.icao.int/icao/en/dgca/ip/dgca_06_ip_48_e.pdf

Thefore, and in the interest of both objectivity and accuracy. The last sentence of this article must be redacted as soon as possible.

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--SputniK 79 (talk) 00:43, 29 July 2009 (UTC)


 * The article clearly states that it is as a result of using older models (the DC-8 and B-707 you compare to are long out of production), combined with the problems that Iran is having in obtaining parts. Thus, it ought not be redacted. --SVTCobra 02:43, 29 July 2009 (UTC)