Two Indian airlines among world's most dangerous
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The Jet Airliner Crash Data Evaluation Centre, which collects information about aviation accidents and safety, has published its annual Airline Safety Ranking, according to Business Insider.
Sixty airlines are rated, based on the number and deadliness of the hull losses (destroyed airplanes) they have suffered in the past 30 years, and how they have fared more recently.
Let's take a look at 30 of the most dangerous airlines, including two from India.
Source: Business Insider
China Airlines
Home base: Taiwan
Flying since: 1959
Destroyed planes: 8
Total deaths: 755
Global rank: 1
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Image: Taiwan's China Airlines plane takes off at Pudong International Airport in Shanghai.
Photographs: Claro Cortes/Reuters
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TAM Airlines
Home base: Brazil
Flying since: 1976
Destroyed planes: 6
Total deaths: 336
Global rank: 2
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Image: A TAM airlines Airbus A320 taxies to take off as a Gol airlines Boeing 737 lands on the runway at Sao Paulo's Congonhas airport in Brazil.
Photographs: Rickey Rogers/Reuters
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Air India
Home base: India
Flying since: 1932
Destroyed planes: 3
Total deaths: 329
Global rank: 3
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Image: An Air India A320 aircraft refuels in Gwalior.
Photographs: Vivek Prakash/Reuters
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Gol Air Transport
Home base: Brazil
Flying since: 2001
Destroyed planes: 1
Total deaths: 154
Global rank: 4
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Image: Gol passenger jets prepare to depart Congonhas airport in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Photographs: Paulo Whitaker/Reuters
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Korean Air
Home base: South Korea
Flying since: 1962
Destroyed planes: 9
Total deaths: 687
Global rank: 5
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Image: Airbus A380 airliner for Korean Air leaves the paintshop hangar at the Airbus facility in Finkenwerder near Hamburg, Germany.
Photographs: Christian Charisius/Reuters
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Saudi Arabian Airlines
Home base: Saudi Arabia
Flying since: 1947
Destroyed planes: 4
Total deaths: 310
Global rank: 6
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Image: A Bangladeshi aircraft lands near a Saudi Airlines 747 plane at Dhaka's Zia International Airport.
Photographs: Rafiquar Rahman/Reuters
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Turkish Airlines
Home base: Turkey
Flying since: 1933
Destroyed planes: 6
Total deaths: 188
Global rank: 7
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Image: A Turkish Airlines plane takes off at Ataturk International Airport in Istanbul.
Photographs: Osman Orsal/Reuters
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Thai Airways International
Home base: Thailand
Flying since: 1960
Destroyed planes: 5
Total deaths: 309
Global rank: 8
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Image: A Thai Airway's Airbus plane lands at the Suvarnabhumi airport in Bangkok.
Photographs: Stringer/Reuters
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South African Airways
Home base: South Africa
Flying since: 1934
Destroyed planes: 1
Total deaths: 159
Global rank: 9
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Image: Passengers board a South African Airways Boeing 737 aircraft at the Kamuzu International Airport in Lilongwe, Malawi.
Photographs: Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters
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SkyWest Airlines
Home base: The United States
Flying since: 1972
Destroyed planes: 3
Total deaths: 22
Global rank: 10
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Image: SkyWest Airlines.
Photographs: Source: skywest.com
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SAS Scandinavian Airlines
Home base: Scandinavia
Flying since: 1946
Destroyed planes: 5
Total deaths: 110
Global rank: 11
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Image: A SAS Boeing 737 plane at Terminal 5 at Arlanda Airport, north of Stockholm.
Photographs: Scanpix/Reuters
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Iberia
Home base: Spain
Flying since: 1927
Destroyed planes: 4
Total deaths: 199
Global rank: 12
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Image: Iberian planes parked at Madrid's Barajas airport, Spain.
Photographs: Sergio Perez/Reuters
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China Southern Airlines
Home base: China
Flying since: 1989
Destroyed planes: 3
Total deaths: 176
Global rank: 13
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Image: China Southern Airlines's Airbus A380 takes off from Toulouse-Blagnac airport, France.
Photographs: Jean Philippe Arles/Reuters
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Japan Airlines
Home base: Japan
Flying since: 1951
Destroyed planes: 1
Total deaths: 520
Global rank: 14
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Image: JAL aircraft are seen on the tarmac at Haneda airport in Tokyo.
Photographs: Toru Hanai/Reuters
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Asiana
Home base: South Korea
Flying since: 1988
Destroyed planes: 1
Total deaths: 68
Global rank: 15
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Image: Asiana Airline's planes at Kimpo airport in Seoul.
Photographs: You Sung-ho/Reuters
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Alaska Airlines
Home base: The United States
Flying since: 1932
Destroyed planes: 1
Total deaths: 88
Global rank: 16
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Image: Alaska Airlines passenger planes are de-iced at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, United States.
Photographs: Robert Sorbo/Reuters
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US Airways
Home base: The United States
Flying since: 1938
Destroyed planes: 9
Total deaths: 220
Global rank: 17
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Image: US Airways plane taxies the runway at the Washington Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington, DC.
Photographs: Hyungwon Kang/Reuters
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Air China
Home base: China
Flying since: 1988
Destroyed planes: 1
Total deaths: 129
Global rank: 18
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Image: Air China planes pass each other on tarmac and runway at Beijing International Airport.
Photographs: David Gray/Reuters
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American Airlines
Home base: The United States
Flying since: 1930
Destroyed planes: 10
Total deaths: 587
Global rank: 19
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Image: An American Airlines lands at the airport in Zurich, Switzerland.
Photographs: Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters
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Air France
Home base: France
Flying since: 1933
Destroyed planes: 7
Total deaths: 344
Global rank: 20
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Image: An Air France plane on the tarmac at Charles de Gaulles International Airport in Roissy near Paris.
Photographs: Charles Platiau/Reuters
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LAN Airlines
Home base: Chile
Flying since: 1929
Destroyed planes: 2
Total deaths: 21
Global rank: 21
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Image: A LAN Airlines plane lands at Santiago's international airport, Chile.
Photographs: Ivan Alvarado/Reuters
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Aeroflot
Home base: Russia
Flying since: 1992
Destroyed planes: 10
Total deaths: 182
Global rank: 22
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Image: An Aeroflot Airbus A-320 landing in Sheremetyevo airport, Russia.
Photographs: Stringer/Reuters
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Alitalia
Home base: Italy
Flying since: 1947
Destroyed planes: 4
Total deaths: 46
Global rank: 23
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Image: Alitalia aeroplanes taxi at Malpensa Airport on the outskirts of Milan, Italy.
Photographs: Stefano Rellandini/Reuters
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Jet Airways
Home base: India
Flying since: 1993
Destroyed planes: 1
Total deaths: 0
Global rank: 24
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Image: Jet Airways aircraft stand on tarmac at the domestic airport terminal in Mumbai.
Photographs: Punit Paranjpe/Reuters
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China Eastern Airlines
Home base: China
Flying since: 1988
Destroyed planes: 2
Total deaths: 36
Global rank: 25
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Image: China Eastern plane taxis at Hong Qiao airport in Shanghai.
Photographs: Claro Cortes/Reuters
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Malaysia Airlines
Home base: Malaysia
Flying since: 1972
Destroyed planes: 3
Total deaths: 34
Global rank: 26
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Image: Malaysia Airline's planes at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang.
Photographs: Bazuki Muhammad/Reuters
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Condor
Home base: Switzerland
Flying since: 1956
Destroyed planes: 1
Total deaths: 16
Global rank: 27
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Image: A Condor plane in Frankfurt's airport, Germany.
Photographs: Johannes Eisele/Reuters
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Swiss
Home base: Switzerland
Flying since: 2002
Destroyed planes: 1
Total deaths: 0
Global rank: 28
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Image: A Swiss airlines plane takes off at Cointrin airport in Geneva, Swizerland.
Photographs: Denis Balibouse/Reuters
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Ryanair
Home base: Ireland
Flying since: 1985
Destroyed planes: 1
Total deaths: 0
Global rank: 29
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Image: Ryanair aircraft at Edinburgh Airport in Scotland.
Photographs: David Moir/Reuters
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United Airlines
Home base: The United States
Flying since: 1931
Destroyed planes: 4
Total deaths: 247
Global rank: 30
Image: United Airlines's 787 Dreamliner plane taxis at New Tokyo international airport in Narita.
Photographs: Toru Hanai/Reuters
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