Aircraft/Airbus
Is the Airbus A350-900 safe?
The honest safety record for the Airbus A350-900, 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
2.9M
flights flown since 2015
0 / 1
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
The A350-900 has an outstanding safety record with zero occupant fatalities in more than eleven years of service. Its one hull loss was JAL 516 at Tokyo Haneda in January 2024, when a Japan Coast Guard Dash 8 entered the runway without clearance and the landing A350 struck it; five of the six crew aboard the coast guard aircraft were killed. The cause lay in the runway incursion, not in the A350 itself. All 379 people aboard the A350 evacuated before fire consumed the airframe.
Engine programme: Trent XWB, one of the cleanest service records of any modern large engine to date.
Who flies the Airbus A350-900, and how old theirs are
Counted from individual airframes in our registry, with build years from public registries and sourced references. An age appears only where we can date at least three of that airline's Airbus A350-900 aircraft; otherwise we say so rather than estimate.
The oldest Airbus A350-900 we can date in an airline fleet was built in 2015, about 11 years ago. The oldest airframes of a type reach every inspection milestone first. How planes are checked
| Airline | In our registry | Average age |
|---|---|---|
| Singapore Airlines | 64 | 7.5 yrs |
| Delta Air Lines | 35 | 5.7 yrs |
| Cathay Pacific Airways | 30 | 8.7 yrs |
| Qatar Airways | 20 | 8.9 yrs |
| Japan Airlines Domestic | 16 | 6 yrs |
| Air France | 14 | 5.5 yrs |
| Air China | 14 | 6.9 yrs |
| Iberia Airlines | 13 | 6.7 yrs |
| Asiana Airlines | 13 | 8.1 yrs |
| China Southern Airlines | 12 | 6.7 yrs |
| China Eastern Airlines | 11 | 7 yrs |
| Ethiopian Airlines | 10 | 7.6 yrs |