Are Airbus planes as safe as Boeings?

Airbus are as safe as Boeing - Boeing are as safe as Airbus - Canadair are as safe as Embraer - Embraer are as safe as Canadair - Airbus is ½ German - do you doubt Mercedes, BMW and Audi's technologies...? Rather these, than Chevrolet and Chrysler... Pilots sit up front, they are first to die in a crash - Do you think that pilots want to die - I did not want my wife to be a merry widow - When "my" Boeing had a light that did not work, I said "fix-it, or I don't go...!" - Be more concerned about which airline (country) you fly - As an example, any airline from Democratic Republic of Congo - Regardless of type - Airbus, Boeing or Antonov - The last inspection of their airplanes might have been made in 1971 - And pilots paid $1,000 to the civil aviation secretary to get a licence - They crash (on schedule) 2 or 3 times monthly...! .

Every aircraft made has to meet ICAO standards and the airworthiness standards of the country it was made in and any country that operates it. I believe it was the IL-62 that could no longer land in Europe and the US because it didn't meet those standards, but it is a 40 year old Russian design. More of a factor is the weather and the training of the pilots. The Airbus vs Boeing thing is like any other fanboy war like Ford and Chevy or Apple and Android. Same with the 'made in the USA' vs 'made in Europe' fallacy; a Boeing 747 with four RB211 engines has less American content than an A330 with two GE engines on it.

Even the worst airline flying the least safe airplanes is hundreds of times safer than riding in an automobile. The best airlines flying the newest aircraft, like the Airbus 320, are thousands of times safer than riding in a car. Yes, airbus aircraft do seem to have more problems than Boeing aircraft, but that is more a matter of media coverage than anything. Statistically, the difference is insignificant. You could fly every day for 400 years before there would be a statistical probability of you being involved in any kind of aircraft accident, much less a fatal one. That's about one in 15 million. By comparison, your chances of being in a fatal car accident in your lifetime are about 1 in 83. True fact.

Yes they're both very safe. Safety is the number one concern in aviation. You can't even imagine how "bulletproof" (not literally..) they aircraft are designed. One thing I'm not sure I love about airbus though, is the fly by wire system... There is always a computer between the pilot and the controls. But th computer has never done anything in airbus's history to do anything but make the flight safer... Its there to catch the pilot's mistakes and make sure the plane stays inside its flight envelope. Boeing has a slightly similar system .I'm a big-time Boeing guy because I love America, but Europe is at the pinnacle of aviation technology. Their aircraft might actually be "safer" by a margin of 0.0000001% It's the pilots that matter. The jets don't matter as much as the pilots do. You won't even notice the difference between airbus and Boeing

If it wasn't safe, it wouldn't fly. How are you getting to the airport? Car? Are you scared of cars? No? The truth is, cars are more dangerous. And don't start fearing cars now lol.

They're both as safe as each other, it depends on the pilots flying.. Pilot errors... So don't worry, those aircraft are designed by the smartest engineers in the world and are only flown by the best. Don't sweat it. :)

In my opinion, Airbus aircraft are safer than Boeing. Airbus has fly by wire systems, a little kid could control the Airbus without much of a problem. They say that you can not crash an Airbus aircraft intentionally, only if there's a failure which is, as you saw in previous answers, very unlikely. People call it Scarebus because of turbulence mostly, but, to be serious, a plane NEVER crashed because of turbulence. NEVER.

Just as land transport the major concern is the nut behind the wheel. (There was a time that applied although the y(silent j)okes different now and AB are sticks) But my faith goes little beyond the front of the bus. Make a plane to fly on its own? I preferred Pilots flying, not computers, but it is a new world and we will adjust.