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DHC-6 Twin Otter Statistics
 

Hull-losses: 285
Hull-loss accidents: 266 with a total of 1522 fatalities
Criminal occurences (hull-losses, excl. hijackings): 3 with a total of 1 fatalities
Hijackings: 13 with a total of 5 fatalities
Survival rate: 27.2% of all occupants survived fatal accidents

Aircraft losses
Cumulative number of aircraft damaged beyond repair per year.
Accidents by flight operation type
Flight operation type breakdown for 244 hull-loss accidents.

160 Passenger flights
27 Military flights
23 Cargo flights
8 Special flights (Crop spraying, survey etc.)
9 Test/training flights
4 Business and private flights
1 Fire fighting flights
1 Ambulance flights
11 Rest (demo, ferry, illegal) flights

Worst accidents

date type registration operator fat. location   pic cat
17-DEC-1994DHC-6 Twin Otter 200 P2-MFS MAF PNG 28 near Olsobip   A1
08-SEP-1977DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 XY-AEH Burma Airways 25 Mt. Loi Hsam Hsao   A1

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