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Boeing 747-8

IN SERVICE SINCE 2012
No fatal accident on record.
0.00
HULL LOSSES / MILLION DEPARTURES
0.00
WITH FATALITIES
Boeing family “747-8” · fleet average 0.52 · thin data

Boeing flags the 747-8 as having accumulated fewer than one million departures. A 0.00 rate over thin exposure is weak evidence, not strong evidence.

Boeing, Statistical Summary of Commercial Jet Airplane Accidents, Worldwide Operations 1959–2025 (57th ed.) → (opens in a new window)

The last and largest 747, flying passengers since 2012. It does not appear anywhere in the list of 747 accidents — the final chapter of the aircraft that made long-haul flying ordinary.

Wikipedia — List of accidents and incidents involving the Boeing 747 (opens in a new window)
Record checked 2026-07-09. Rate source checked 2026-07-09. Photo by InSapphoWeTrust from Los Angeles, California, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0 (opens in a new window) · Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new window)
Boeing 747-8 in airline service, photographed by InSapphoWeTrust from Los Angeles, California, USA
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