Airline Safety: From First to Worst
With summer travel season upon us—and crashes in India and Libya in the headlines—The Daily Beast crunches the numbers for our second-annual rankings of the best and worst airline safety records.
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#1, SkyWest Airlines (operating as Delta Connection, United Express, AirTran)
STEPHEN HILGER
#2, US Airways
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#3, Atlantic Southeast Airlines (operating as Delta Connection, United Express)
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#4, JetBlue
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#5, Southwest Airlines
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#6, Alaska Airlines
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#7, American Eagle
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#8, AirTran
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#9, American Airlines
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#10, Northwest Airlines
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#11, Delta Air Lines
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#12, United Airlines
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