0Airline Safety: From First to WorstWith summer travel season upon us—and crashes in India and Libya in the headlines—The Daily Beast crunches the numbers for our second-annual rankings of the best and worst airline safety records.Updated Jul. 14, 2017 2:08PM EDT / Published May 21, 2010 11:35AM EDT STEPHEN HILGER #1, SkyWest Airlines (operating as Delta Connection, United Express, AirTran)STEPHEN HILGER #2, US AirwaysJustin Sullivan / Getty Images #3, Atlantic Southeast Airlines (operating as Delta Connection, United Express)Chris Rank / Getty Images #4, JetBlueEmile Wamsteker / Getty Images #5, Southwest AirlinesPaul Sakuma / AP Photo #6, Alaska AirlinesTed S. Warren / AP Photo #7, American EagleDaniel Acker, Bloomberg / Getty Images #8, AirTranMichael Dwyer / AP Photo #9, American AirlinesJeff Topping / Getty Images #10, Northwest AirlinesKiichiro Sato / AP Photo #11, Delta Air LinesJean-Pierre Muller, AFP / Getty Images #12, United AirlinesGeorge Nikitin / AP Photo 13, Continental AirlinesDavid J. Phillip / AP Photo
#1, SkyWest Airlines (operating as Delta Connection, United Express, AirTran)STEPHEN HILGER #2, US AirwaysJustin Sullivan / Getty Images #3, Atlantic Southeast Airlines (operating as Delta Connection, United Express)Chris Rank / Getty Images #4, JetBlueEmile Wamsteker / Getty Images #5, Southwest AirlinesPaul Sakuma / AP Photo #6, Alaska AirlinesTed S. Warren / AP Photo #7, American EagleDaniel Acker, Bloomberg / Getty Images #8, AirTranMichael Dwyer / AP Photo #9, American AirlinesJeff Topping / Getty Images #10, Northwest AirlinesKiichiro Sato / AP Photo #11, Delta Air LinesJean-Pierre Muller, AFP / Getty Images #12, United AirlinesGeorge Nikitin / AP Photo 13, Continental AirlinesDavid J. Phillip / AP Photo