Norwegian safety record
Norwegian has never had a fatal accident — not once in more than thirty years of flying. On airlines like Norwegian, the chance of being in a fatal accident is about 1 in 80 million per flight.
No fatal accident for anyone on board, ever in 33 years of flying
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Not a single fatal accident in more than thirty years
Norwegian has flown since 1993 and has never had a fatal accident. It began with turboprops on domestic routes in Norway, taking over routes from the bankrupt regional airline Busy Bee, switched to Boeing 737s in 2002 and today flies only 737s, across Europe and beyond.
That record includes the sister airlines that flew under the Norwegian name — Norwegian Air Sweden, Norwegian Air International, Norwegian Air UK, Norwegian Air Argentina and Norwegian Long Haul, which flew its Boeing 787s across the Atlantic until 2021. Norwegian bought the regional airline Widerøe in 2024; Widerøe flies under its own name and is not counted here.
Norwegian is not an IATA member. Its airlines are overseen by the Norwegian and Swedish civil aviation authorities under European (EASA) rules, with independent investigation of every serious incident.
Nothing to put on the line
Norwegian has had no fatal accident since it began flying.
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Norwegian safety questions
How safe is Norwegian?
Norwegian has never had a fatal accident — not once in more than thirty years of flying. On airlines like Norwegian, the chance of being in a fatal accident is about 1 in 80 million per flight. Every fact on this page is sourced — the list is at the bottom.
What is Norwegian's safety rating?
FlyBud doesn't invent a score. What matters is the record, which you can check: no Norwegian flight has ever had a fatal accident, in more than thirty years of flying. Norwegian is not an IATA member; its airlines are overseen by the Norwegian and Swedish civil aviation authorities under European (EASA) rules.
Has Norwegian ever crashed?
No. Norwegian has never had a fatal accident since it began flying in 1993, and neither have the sister airlines that flew under its name.
Where these facts come from
Every fact on this page is from official accident reports, the airline's own filings or the published accident record.
- Norwegian traffic release, December 2025 passengers and fleet
- Norwegian full-year 2025 results group figures incl. Widerøe
- Aviation Safety Network occurrence record, Boeing 737-800 (no fatal events for Norwegian)
- Aviation Safety Network occurrence record, Boeing 737 MAX 8 (no fatal events for Norwegian)
- Wikipedia founding, subsidiaries
- IATA membership (not a member, checked 4 Oct 2026)
- MIT News / Journal of Air Transport Management (Barnett, 2024) risk per flight 2018–2022
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