Malaysia Airlines, operator of the missing flight MH370, has established a record as one of Asia-Pacific’s safest full-service carriers.<br /><br />At the 2013 World Travel Awards, the company won the title of “Asia’s Leading Airline”, an award it also won in 2011. <br /><br />To date, the airline has been involved in two fatal accidents. Both occurred in Malaysia. <br /><br />All 100 people onboard a flight in 1977 died when the Boeing 737-200 crashed in Tanjung Kupang. It is the deadliest accident to date involving a Malaysian aircraft.<br /><br />A 1995 crash on the approach to the eastern town of Tawau killed 34 of the people onboard.<br /><br />The plane that disappeared on Saturday between Kuala Lumpur and Beijing is a Boeing 777, and is thought to be around 11 years old. <br /><br />Although the 777 is listed among the world’s safest aircraft, Malaysia Airlines was set to start replacing some of its older models from 2016.
