Search for Air France recorders likely to go on

people should more seriously question the safety of the Airbus A330 and A340.

Overall, the A330/340 has a pretty good safety record. Yet no plane is perfect. The Boeing 777, compairable in size to the A330, had two mishaps where ice build-up in the engine caused loss of thrust in-flight, one a British Airways that crashed at Heathrow yet amazingly had no casualties. If people had died, we would all be complaning about the 777 and it`s iceing problem. Nothing is 100% safe...just safer.

The problems to watch out for will be in the new lighter carbon and composite parts which are being used for more and more important roles in modern aircraft structure.

@Pump24; your input is duely noted, yet i would feel more comfortable flying in a Boeing 777 according to this person in this report done by the bbc. {Kieran Daly from Flight International magazine said the Boeing 777 had an almost impeccable safety record.

"The 777 is an extremely reliable aircraft," he said.

"There have been no 777 losses to date, which is a fairly impressive record considering how long it has been in service.}

compare that to the A330 which has already had some losses. in saying that they are both fine aircraft but the safer bet is with the Boeing 777.