Aircraft/Airbus
Is the Airbus A330-300 safe?
The honest safety record for the Airbus A330-300, straight from the accident data — context, not spin.
Informational only — not safety, operational, or travel advice. These are estimates from public records, provided as-is; see our terms & disclaimer.
0.09
modelled fatal rate / million flights
18.0M
flights flown since 1994
1 / 2
fatal accidents / hull losses on record
The rate is the model's shrinkage-adjusted estimate — the same figure used in a flight's score, not a raw count ÷ flights ratio. See the methodology.
Specifications
What the record shows
A widely operated long-haul widebody with a strong in-service safety record. The A330-300's one fatal accident was a 1994 test flight (Airbus 129); in commercial service its record is excellent. The family's best-known accident, Air France 447 (2009), involved the shorter A330-200 and drove industry-wide changes to pitot-probe standards and high-altitude stall training.
Engine programme: Trent 700 / CF6 / PW4000, mature programs with long, well-documented service histories.
Accidents on record
2009: Stalled and crashed into the ocean during a night oceanic crossing
Atlantic Ocean · 228 fatalities