On Aug. 2, 1985, Delta Flight 191 crashed at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport at 6:05 p.m. killing 137 people. Twenty-seven people survived the crash.
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Running since 1929, Hawaiian is among the oldest airlines in the world but, remarkably, it has never suffered a single fatal crash or hull loss.
Hawaiian Airlines is one of the safest airlines in the United States, which should come as no surprise given its sterling crash-free record. The airline has a fleet comprised entirely of Boeing aircraft and an average age of 12.8 years, the third-highest in North America.
It's the second consecutive year Delta was named No. 1 by WalletHub, which studied each airline's delays, baggage issues, safety and other factors. Spirit Airlines ranks No. 2 in this year's report.
Is Delta or American safer? Coming in at eighth overall, Alaska ranks as the safest U.S. airline in 2023. However, four other domestic carriers made the cut, including Hawaiian Airlines (12th), United Airlines (14th), American Airlines (19th) and Delta Air Lines (20th).
These jets, which used to operate for Lion Air, were picked up as part of a deal last year with aircraft lessors. The Indonesia low-cost carrier no longer needed the planes, so it returned them to lessors who then sold them to Delta — likely at a significant savings compared to buying factory-fresh jets.
The Constellation crashed on Miller Field in Staten Island and the DC-8 in Park Slope, Brooklyn, killing all 128 aboard the two aircraft and six people on the ground. The accident was the world's deadliest aviation disaster at the time, and remains the deadliest accident in the history of United Airlines.