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Dangerous Planes

Amidst a rash of emergency landings and airplane incidents this month, The Daily Beast parsed the statistics on more than 1,000 types of planes to find the models with the worst safety records.

Published Apr. 18 2011 6:54PM EDT

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galleries/2011/04/18/dangerous-planes/dangerous-planes---boeing-737_icgtat — Accidents and incidents in the last year: 25
Fatalities in the last year: 159
Dibyangshu Sarkar / Getty Images

galleries/2011/04/18/dangerous-planes/dangerous-planes---piper-pa-28_k5ztho — Accidents and incidents in the last year: 73
Fatalities in the last year: 23
David Hecker / Getty Images

galleries/2011/04/18/dangerous-planes/dangerous-planes---cessna-170_pydsal — Accidents and incidents in the last year: 52
Fatalities in the last year: 31
Ahmad Zamroni / Getty Images

galleries/2011/04/18/dangerous-planes/dangerous-planes---cessna-180_arammx — Accidents and incidents in the last year: 53
Fatalities in the last year: 28
Bruce Kellman / AP Photo

galleries/2011/04/18/dangerous-planes/dangerous-planes---piper-pa-32_ltxf9v — Accidents and incidents in the last year: 23
Fatalities in the last year: 17

galleries/2011/04/18/dangerous-planes/dangerous-planes---cessna-150_v1vy2u — Accidents and incidents in the last year: 47
Fatalities in the last year: 7
Jerome Hopewell / AP Photo

galleries/2011/04/18/dangerous-planes/dangerous-planes---mooney-m20_ookm2h — Accidents and incidents in the last year: 21
Fatalities in the last year: 13

galleries/2011/04/18/dangerous-planes/dangerous-planes---cirrus-sr22_np9pm7 — Accidents and incidents in the last year: 18
Fatalities in the last year: 12

galleries/2011/04/18/dangerous-planes/dangerous-planes---cessna-310_p83erf — Accidents and incidents in the last year: 15
Fatalities in the last year: 7

galleries/2011/04/18/dangerous-planes/dangerous-planes---piper-pa-18_bdguza — Accidents and incidents in the last year: 30
Fatalities in the last year: 3

galleries/2011/04/18/dangerous-planes/dangerous-planes---beechcraft-baron-58_sqtdjt — Accidents and incidents in the last year: 7
Fatalities in the last year: 11
Mike Derer / AP Photo

galleries/2011/04/18/dangerous-planes/dangerous-planes---piper-pa-24_h297ym — Accidents and incidents in the last year: 9
Fatalities in the last year: 7
Kevin Corbett / AP Photo

galleries/2011/04/18/dangerous-planes/dangerous-planes_j6z5lc — Accidents and incidents in the last year: 8
Fatalities in the last year: 6
Mel Evans / AP Photo

galleries/2011/04/18/dangerous-planes/dangerous-planes---cessna-177_mwly47 — Accidents and incidents in the last year: 12
Fatalities in the last year: 3
Marc F. Henning, The Daily Times / AP Photo

galleries/2011/04/18/dangerous-planes/dangerous-planes---boeing-747_fefndp — Accidents and incidents in the last year: 17
Fatalities in the last year: 2
Joseph Agcaoili, AFP / Getty Images

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