The Learjet 60 was already 40x less safe than commercial airliners like Delta
A very tragic crash with a private jet once again
Before this crash the Learjet 60 was had fatal odds per trip of 1 in 1.1 million
To compare a good commercial airline like Delta has a 1 in 25 million odds, many airlines never crashed though so the real odds are even lower like 1 in 40 million trips maybe
So the Learjet 60 was already 40x less safe than commercial airliners
That's something I keep repeating about private jets, they're simply not as safe as flying commercial because:
- pilots require less flight hours
- private aviation is less regulated
- smaller airports with less or no instrument landing systems (ILS)
- smaller planes are more affected by weather (in this case icing)
The Learjet 60 now has fatal odds of 1 in 800,000 which is still about double as safe as the Cessna Citation (one of the most common private jets)
Most Gulfstreams still have flawless safety records though, G500/G600, G550, G650/G700/G800 never crashed, so if you are boarding a private jet anytime soon, I'd say go with them!
Source: my site Airline List which collects and presents safety data for airlines and airplanes! airlinelist.com/?filters=private_jet-x
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