Embraer E-Jet safety record
The E-Jets have one of the lowest accident rates of any airliner. No one on board an E170, E175, E195 or E2 has died in an accident.
One of the lowest accident rates in the chart
Boeing's annual accident summary measures this as fatal hull losses per million departures — how many times in a million flights an aircraft of the type was destroyed in an accident that killed someone. Across the worldwide jet fleet Boeing tracks, since 1959, the figure is 0.52. The E-Jets stand at 0.03 — among the lowest of any airliner.
Three E190s have been lost in crashes with fatalities: in China in 2010, in Namibia in 2013 and in Kazakhstan in 2024. No one on board an E170, E175, E195 or new-generation E2 has died in an accident.
The E-Jet in numbers
The wings are meant to bend
The E-Jet's wings flex like every airliner's: in bumpy air the tips rise and fall, absorbing part of each gust before it reaches the cabin, and they are built to bend much further than any weather will ask of them.
A lighter aircraft moves more with the same gust than a heavy one, so a bump you'd barely notice on a widebody is more noticeable here. It's the same air, felt more directly — not a sign the aircraft is working harder to cope.
Four across, no middle seat
Every E-Jet economy cabin is two seats, an aisle and two seats. Everyone gets a window or an aisle, which is why people who fly them often prefer them to bigger jets.
The fuselage is shaped as two overlapping circles, a design called a double bubble, which gives more width at shoulder height than a single circle of the same size would. The trade-off is a smaller overhead bin, so large carry-ons often go under the aircraft at the door.
How big it really is
The E-Jets are the smallest jets on this page, sized for routes where a full single-aisle jet would fly half empty. The family comes in several lengths; the drawing is the E190.
Tap any other airliner to lay it over the E-Jet at exactly the same scale.
The E-Jet in white, the 777 outlined in gold. Same scale, same metre.
Embraer E-Jet questions
How safe is the E-Jet?
The E-Jets have one of the lowest accident rates of any airliner. No one on board an E170, E175, E195 or E2 has died in an accident. Every figure on this page is sourced — the list is at the bottom.
Is the Embraer 175 a safe plane?
Yes. It is certified to the same standards as larger airliners and operated under the same rules, by the same kind of airlines, with the same maintenance and pilot training requirements. Size doesn't change the safety standard an aircraft is built to.
Why do I have to check my bag at the door on an E-Jet?
On the original E-Jets the overhead bins are smaller than on bigger jets, so a full-size roller often doesn't fit; the newer E2 has larger bins. Many airlines tag those bags at the aircraft door and hand them back to you on the jet bridge when you land.
What's the difference between the E175 and the E190?
They're the same family in different lengths: the E190 and E195 are stretched versions with more rows. The cabin width, the four-across layout and the cockpit are shared across the family.
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Where these numbers come from
Every figure on this page is from the manufacturer, the certifying authority or the published accident record.
- Embraer Wingspan, Length, Cabin width, Typical seats
- Embraer Economy, Seat width, Range
- EASA type certificate data sheet Engines
- Embraer Delivered
- sec.gov Still being built
- skybrary.aero First flight, In service since
- Aviation Safety Network Accident record
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