Experts tout the safety record of the Airbus A320 after a deadly crash in the French Alps. Full Story: Airline industry officials are looking into the safety record of the Airbus A320 after 150 people died in Tuesday's crash in the French Alps. The cause of the crash of Germanwings flight 4U9525 is still unknown. Investigators are analysing information from one of the two cockpit voice and data recorders found amongst the debris. Experts say the plane itself has a solid history of safety. [Michael Barr, University of Southern California Aviation Safety Expert]: "All right so, in the last 15 years the airbus 320 has had 12 accidents. Now, two of them are under investigation now, the one that happened today and the one that happened in Indonesia in December of 2014. That leaves us 10. Of the 10 eight were human errors. Of the remaining two, one was Sully Sullenberger's accident in New York where he hit the Canadian birds you know so, that wasn't one. And the other one actually h... ( More) | 
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