Aircraft/Embraer
Is the Embraer 190 safe?
The honest safety record for the Embraer 190, 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.
0.11
modelled fatal rate / million flights
9.5M
flights flown since 2005
1 / 5
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 Embraer 190 has had one fatal accident attributable to airframe or operational causes: Henan Airlines flight 8387, which struck terrain short of the runway at Yichun, China in August 2010 during a low-visibility approach in fog, killing 44 of the 96 people on board. Two further fatal losses are excluded from this type rate because investigators attributed them to causes outside the aircraft, one a deliberate act by a crew member and one a surface-to-air missile. Four other E190s were written off with no loss of life, in three runway overruns and one maintenance rigging error.
Who flies the Embraer 190, 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 Embraer 190 aircraft; otherwise we say so rather than estimate.
| Airline | In our registry | Average age |
|---|---|---|
| JetBlue Airways | 23 | 20 yrs |
| J-air | 14 | 9.4 yrs |
| Lufthansa | 3 | 16.5 yrs |
| Aeroméxico | 1 | not enough dated |
| Air France | 1 | not enough dated |
| KLM | 1 | not enough dated |
| Qantaslink | 1 | not enough dated |