Aircraft/Boeing
Is the Boeing 757-300 safe?
In short: the Boeing 757-300 has no fatal accidents and no hull losses on record. Here is the full picture, with the underlying numbers.
Informational only. Not safety, operational, or travel advice. These are estimates from public records, provided as-is; see our terms & disclaimer.
0.11
modelled fatal rate / million flights
1.5M
flights flown since 1999
0 / 0
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 757-300 is the stretched version of the 757, built in small numbers between 1998 and 2004 and used mainly on high-density leisure and domestic routes. Across roughly 1.5 million departures in 27 years it has had no fatal accidents and no aircraft written off. Its reported occurrences are the ordinary kind for a twinjet of its age, such as in-flight engine shutdowns, rejected takeoffs and cabin fume events, none of which cost an aircraft.
Who flies the Boeing 757-300, 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 Boeing 757-300 aircraft; otherwise we say so rather than estimate.
The oldest Boeing 757-300 we can date in an airline fleet was built in 2001, about 25 years ago. The oldest airframes of a type reach every inspection milestone first. How planes are checked
| Airline | In our registry | Average age |
|---|---|---|
| United Airlines | 21 | 24.1 yrs |
| Delta Air Lines | 16 | 23.7 yrs |