CNN Anderson Cooper 360 December 30, 2014 04:39:00
Airasia flight 8501 is an airbus model a-320, and chances are you have flown in this very model jet probably more than once. cnn's miguel marquez has more. >> reporter: worldwide, more than 3,600 airbus a-320s are flown by more than 400 airlines charter companies, and private entities. eight american carriers combined have more than 450 a-320s in their fleet. among the biggest, jetblue, with 130, united has 97 delta and us airways 69 each. in the short to medium range world the a-320 is second only to boeing's 737, which has delivered nearly 8,000 of its ultra popular medium-sized planes. the ...
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