| Date |
Aircraft |
Location |
Deaths |
| 1937, May 6 |
German zeppelin Hindenburg |
Burned at mooring, Lakehurst, New Jersey, USA |
36 |
| 1944, Aug 23 |
US Air Force B-24 Liberator bomber |
Hit school, Freckleton, England |
61 |
| 1945, Jul 28 |
US Army B-25 |
Hit Empire State Building, New York City |
14 |
| 1952, Dec 20 |
US Air Force C-124 |
Fell, burned, Moses Lake, Washington, USA |
87 |
| 1953, Mar 3 |
Canadian Pacific Comet Jet |
Karachi, Pakistan |
11 |
| 1953, Jun 18 |
US Air Force C-124 |
Crashed, burned near Tokyo |
129 |
| 1955, Oct 6 |
United Airlines DC-4 |
Crashed in Medicine Bow Peak, Wyoming, USA |
66 |
| 1955, Nov 1 |
United Airlines DC-6B |
Exploded, crashed near Longmont, Colorado, USA |
44 |
| 1956, Jun 20 |
Venezuelan Super-Constellation |
Crashed in Atlantic off Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA |
74 |
| 1956, Jun 30 |
TWA Super-Const., United DC-7 |
Collided over Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA |
128 |
| 1960, Dec 16 |
United DC-8 jet, TWA Super-Const. |
Collided over New York City |
134 |
| 1962, Mar 16 |
Flying Tiger Super-Constellation |
Vanished in W Pacific |
107 |
| 1962, Jun 3 |
Air France Boeing 707 |
Crashed on takeoff from Paris |
130 |
| 1962, Jun 22 |
Air France Boeing 707 |
Crashed in storm, Guadeloupe, West Indies |
113 |
| 1963, Jun 3 |
Chartered Northwest Airlines DC-7 |
Crashed in Pacific off British Colombia, Canada |
101 |
| 1963, Nov 29 |
Trans-Canada Airlines DC-8F |
Crashed after takeoff from Montreal |
118 |
| 1965, May 20 |
Pakistani Boeing 720-B |
Crashed at Cairo, Egypt, airport |
121 |
| 1966, Jan 24 |
Air India Boeing 707 |
Crashed on Mont Blanc, France-Italy |
117 |
| 1966, Feb 4 |
All-Nippon Boeing 727 |
Plunged into Tokyo Bay |
133 |
| 1966, Mar 5 |
BOAC Boeing 707 |
Crashed on Mount Fuji, Japan |
124 |
| 1966, Dec 24 |
US military-chartered CL-44 |
Crashed into village in South Vietnam |
129 |
| 1967, Apr 20 |
Swiss Britannia turboprop |
Crashed at Nicosia, Cyprus |
126 |
| 1967, Jul 19 |
Piedmont Boeing 727, Cessna 310 |
Collided in air, Hendersonville, North Carolina, USA |
82 |
| 1968, Apr 20 |
S. African Airways Boeing 707 |
Crashed on takeoff, Windhoek, South-West Africa |
122 |
| 1968, May 3 |
Braniff International Electra |
Crashed in storm near Dawson, Texas, USA |
85 |
| 1969, Mar 16 |
Venezuelan DC-9 |
Crashed after takeoff from Maracaibo, Venezuela |
155 |
| 1969, Dec 8 |
Olympic Airways DC-6B |
Crashed near Athens in storm |
93 |
| 1970, Feb 15 |
Dominican DC-9 |
Crashed into sea on takeoff from Santo Domingo |
102 |
| 1970, Jul 3 |
British chartered jetliner |
Crashed near Barcelona, Spain |
112 |
| 1970, Jul 5 |
Air Canada DC-8 |
Crashed near Toronto International Airport |
108 |
| 1970, Aug 9 |
Peruvian turbojet |
Crashed after takeoff from Cuzco, Peru |
101 |
| 1970, Nov 14 |
Sourthern Airways DC-9 |
Crashed in mountains near Huntington, West Virginia, USA |
75 |
| 1971, Jul 30 |
All-Nippon Boeing 727, Japanese Air Force F-86 |
Collided over Morioka, Japan |
162 |
| 1971, Sep 4 |
Alaska Airlines Boeing 727 |
Crashed into mountain near Juneau, Alaska, USA |
111 |
| 1972, Aug 14 |
East German Ilyushin-62 |
Crashed on takeoff, East Berlin |
156 |
| 1972, Oct 13 |
Aeroflot Ilyushin-62 |
Crashed near Moscow |
176 |
| 1972, Dec 3 |
Chartered Spanish airliner |
Crashed on takeoff, Canary Islands |
155 |
| 1972, Dec 29 |
Eastern Airlines Lockheed Tristar |
Crashed on approach to Miami Intl. Airport |
101 |
| 1973, Jan 22 |
Chartered Boeing 707 |
Burst into flames during landing, Kano Airport, Nigeria |
176 |
| 1973, Feb 21 |
Libyan jetliner |
Shot down by Israeli fighter planes over Sinai |
108 |
| 1973, Apr 10 |
British Vanguard turboprop |
Crashed during snowstorm ar Basel Switzerland |
104 |
| 1973, Jun 3 |
Soviet supersonic TU-144 |
Crashed near Goussainville, France |
14 |
| 1973, Jul 11 |
Brazilian Boeing 707 |
Crashed on approach to Orly Airport, Paris |
122 |
| 1973, Jul 31 |
Delta Airlines jetliner |
Crashed, landing in fog at Logan Airport, Boston, USA |
89 |
| 1973, Dec 23 |
French Caravelle jet |
Crashed in Morocco |
106 |
| 1974, Mar 3 |
Turkish DC-10 |
Crashed at Ermenonville, near Paris |
346 |
| 1974, Apr 23 |
Pan American 707 |
Crashed in Bali, Indonesia |
107 |
| 1974, Dec 1 |
TWA-727 |
Crashed in storm, Upperville, Virginia, USA |
92 |
| 1974, Dec 4 |
Dutch-chartered DC-8 |
Crashed in storm near Colombo, Sri Lanka |
191 |
| 1975, Apr 4 |
US Air Force Galaxy C-5A |
Crashed near Saigon, S Vietnam, after takeoff |
172 |
| 1975, Jun 24 |
Eastern Airlines 727 |
Crashed in storm, JFK Airport, New York |
113 |
| 1975, Aug 3 |
Chartered 707 |
Hit moutainside, Agadir, Morocco |
188 |
| 1976, Sep 10 |
British Airways Trident, Yugoslav DC-9 |
Collided near Zagreb, Yugoslavia |
176 |
| 1976, Sep 19 |
Turkish 727 |
Hit mountain, S Turkey |
155 |
| 1976, Oct 13 |
Bolivian 707 cargo jet |
Crashed in Santa Cruz, Bolivia |
100 |
| 1977, Mar 27 |
KLM 747, Pan American 747 |
Collided on runway, Tenerife, Canary Islands |
582 |
| 1977, Nov 19 |
TAP Boeing 727 |
Crashed in Madeira |
130 |
| 1977, Dec 4 |
Malaysian Boeing 737 |
Hijacked, then exploded in mid-air over Straits of Johore |
100 |
| 1977, Dec 13 |
US DC-3 |
Crashed after takeoff at Evansville, Indiana, USA |
29 |
| 1978, Jan 1 |
Air India 747 |
Exploded, crashed into sea off Bombay |
213 |
| 1978, Sep 25 |
Boeing 727, Cessna 172 |
Collided in air, San Diego, California, USA |
150 |
| 1978, Nov 15 |
Chartered DC-8 |
Crashed near Colombo, Sri Lanka |
183 |
| 1979, May 25 |
American Airlines DC-10 |
Crashed after takeoff at O'Hare Intl. Airport, Chicago |
275 |
| 1979, Aug 17 |
Two Soviet Aeroflot jetliners |
Collided over Ukraine |
173 |
| 1979, Nov 26 |
Pakistani Boeing 707 |
Crashed near Jidda, Saudi Arabia |
156 |
| 1979, Nov 28 |
New Zealand DC-10 |
Crashed into mountain in Antarctica |
257 |
| 1980, Mar 14 |
Polish Ilyushin-62 |
Crashed making emergency landing, Warsaw |
87 |
| 1980, Aug 19 |
Saudi Arabian Tristar |
Burned after emergency landing, Riyadh |
301 |
| 1981, Dec 1 |
Yugoslavian DC-9 |
Crashed into mountain in Corsica |
178 |
| 1982, Jan 13 |
Air Florida Boeing 737 |
Crashed into Potomac River after takeoff |
78 |
| 1982, Jul 19 |
Pan Am Boeing 727 |
Crashed after takeoff in Kenner, Louisiana, USA |
153 |
| 1983, Sep 1 |
S Korean Boeing 747 |
Shot down after violating Soviet airspace |
269 |
| 1983, Nov 27 |
Colombian Boeing 747 |
Crashed near Barajas Airport, Madrid |
183 |
| 1985, Feb 19 |
Spanish Boeing 727 |
Crashed into Mount Olz, Spain |
148 |
| 1985, Jun 23 |
Air India Boeing 747 |
Crashed into Atlantic Ocean south of Ireland |
329 |
| 1985, Aug 2 |
Delta Airlines L-1011 |
Crashed at Dallas-Ft. Worth Intl. Airport, Texas, USA |
137 |
| 1985, Aug 12 |
Japan Air Lines Boeing 747 |
Crashed into Mount Ogura, Japan |
520 |
| 1985, Dec 12 |
Arrow Air DC-8 |
Crashed after takeoff in Gander, Newfoundland, Canada |
256 |
| 1986, Mar 31 |
Mexican Boeing 727 |
Crashed NW of Mexico City |
166 |
| 1986, Aug 31 |
Aeromexico DC-9 |
Collided with Piper PA-28 over Cerritos, California, USA |
82 |
| 1987, May 9 |
Polish Ilyushin-62M |
Crashed after takeoff in Warsaw, Poland |
183 |
| 1987, Aug 16 |
Northwest Airlines MD-82 |
Crashed after takeoff in Romulus, Michigan, USA |
156 |
| 1987, Nov 28 |
South African Boeign 747 |
Crashed into Indian Ocean near Mauritius |
159 |
| 1987, Nov 29 |
South Korean Boeing 707 |
Exploded over Thai-Burmese border |
155 |
| 1988, Mar 17 |
Colombian Boeing 707 |
Crashed into mountainside near Venezuela border |
137 |
| 1988, Jul 3 |
Iranian A300 Airbus |
Shot down by US Navy warship Vincennes over Persian Gulf |
290 |
| 1988, Dec 21 |
Pan Am Boeing 747 |
Exploded and crashed in Lockerbie, Scotland |
270 |
| 1989, Feb 8 |
US Boeing 707 |
Crashed into mountain in Azores Islands off Portugal |
144 |
| 1989, Jun 7 |
Suriname DC-8 |
Crashed near Paramaribo Airport, Suriname |
168 |
| 1989, Jul 19 |
United Airlines DC-10 |
Crashed while landing in Sioux City, Iowa, USA |
111 |
| 1989, Sep 19 |
French DC-10 |
Exploded in air over Niger |
171 |
| 1990, Oct 2 |
Chinese airline Boeing 737 |
Hijacked; crashed upon landing in Guangzhou, China |
132 |
| 1991, May 26 |
Lauda-Air Boeing 767-300 |
Exploded over rural Thailand |
223 |
| 1991, Jul 11 |
Nigerian DC-8 |
Crashed while landing at Jidda, Saudi Arabia |
261 |
| 1991, Oct 5 |
Indonesian military transport |
Crashed after takeoff from Jakarta |
137 |
| 1992, Jul 31 |
Thai Airbus A-300-310 |
Crashed into mountain south of Kathmandu, Nepal |
113 |
| 1992, Oct 4 |
El Al Boeing 747-200F |
Crashed into 2 apartment buildings, Amsterdam, Netherlands |
120 |
| 1994, Jan 3 |
Aeroflot TU-154 |
Crashed and exploded after takeoff in Irkhutzk, Russia |
125 |
| 1994, Apr 26 |
China Airlines Airbus A-300-600R |
Crashed at Nagoya Airport, Japan |
264 |
| 1994, Jun 16 |
China Northwest Airlines TU-154 |
Crashed 10 minutes after takeoff |
160 |
| 1994, Sep 8 |
USAir Boeing 737-300 |
Crashed in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, USA |
132 |
| 1994, Oct 31 |
American Eagle ATR-72-210 |
Crashed in field near Roselawn, Indiana, USA |
68 |
| 1995, Aug 11 |
Aviateca Boeing 737 |
Crashed into Chichontepec volcano, El Salvador |
65 |
| 1995, Dec 20 |
American Airlines Boeing 757 |
Crashed into mountain north of Cali, Colombia |
160 |
| 1996, Jan 8 |
Antonova 32 cargo jet |
Crashed into central market, Kinshasha, Zaire |
350+ |
| 1996, Feb 6 |
Turkish Boeing 757 |
Crashed into Atlantic Ocean, off Dominican Republic |
189 |
| 1996, Apr 25 |
T-43, military version of Boeing 737 |
Crashed into mountain near Dubrovnik, Croatia |
35 |
| 1996, May 11 |
ValuJet DC-9 |
Crashed into the Florida Everglades after takeoff |
110 |
| 1996, Jul 17 |
TWA Boeing 747 |
Exploded and crashed in Atlantic Ocean, off Long Island, New York, USA |
230 |
| 1996, Aug 29 |
Vnukovo TU-154 |
Crashed into mountain on Arctic island of Spitsbergen |
141 |
| 1996, Oct 2 |
Aeroperu Boeing 757 |
Crashed in Pacific after takeoff from Lima, Peru |
70 |
| 1996, Oct 31 |
Brazilian TAM Fokker-100 |
Crashed into houses in Sao Paulo, Brazil |
98 |
| 1996, Nov 7 |
Nigerian Boeing 727 |
Crashed into a lagoon SE of Lagos, Nigeria |
143 |
| 1996, Nov 12 |
Saudi Arabian Boeing 747, Kazakh Ilyushin-76 cargo plane |
Collided in mid-air near New Dehli, India |
349 |
| 1996, Nov 23 |
Ethiopian Boeing 767 |
Hijacked, then crashed in Indian Ocean off the Comoros |
127 |
| 1997, Jan 9 |
Comair Embraer 120 |
Crashed on approach into Detroit Metro Airport |
29 |
| 1997, Feb 4 |
2 Sikorsky CH-53 transport helicopters |
Collided in mid-air over northern Galilee, Israel |
73 |
| 1997, May 8 |
China Southern Airlines Boeing 737 |
Crashed on approach into Shenzhen's Huangtian Airport |
35 |
| 1997, Jul 11 |
Cubana de Aviacon Antonov-24 |
Crashed into the Caribbean off SE Cuba |
44 |
| 1997, Aug 6 |
Korean Air Boeing 747-300 |
Crashed into jungle on Guam on approach into airport |
228 |
| 1997, Sep 3 |
Vietnamese Tupolev TU-134 |
Crashed on approach into Phnom Penh airport |
64 |
| 1997, Sep 14 |
US C-141 cargo plane, German TU-154 |
Collided in id-air off SW Africa |
33 |
| 1997, Sep 26 |
Indonesian Airbus A-300 |
Crashed near Medan, Indonesia, airport |
234 |
| 1997, Oct 10 |
Austral Airlines DC-9-32 |
Crashed and exploded near Neuvo Berlin, Uruguay |
74 |
| 1997, Dec 6 |
Russian AN-124 transport cargo plane |
Crashed into apartment complex near Irkutsk, Siberia |
67 |
| 1997, Dec 15 |
Chartered TU-154 from Tajikistan |
Crashed in desert near Sharja, U.A.E., airport |
85 |
| 1997, Dec 17 |
Chartered Yakovlev-42 from Ukraine |
Crashed in mountains near Katerini, Greece |
70 |
| 1997, Dec 19 |
SilkAir Boeing 737-300 |
Crashed in Musi River, Sumatra, Indonesia |
104 |
| 1998, Jan 14 |
Afghan cargo plane |
Crashed into mountain, SW Pakistan |
50+ |
| 1998, Feb 2 |
Cebu Pacific Air DC-32 |
Crashed into mountain near Cagayan de Oro, Philippines |
104 |
| 1998, Feb 16 |
China Airlines Airbus 300-622R |
Crashed on approach to airport, Taipei, Taiwan |
203 |
| 1998, Apr 20 |
Air France Boeing 727-200 |
Crashed into mountain after takeoff from Bogota, Colombia |
53 |
| 1998, Sep 2 |
Swissair MD-11 |
Crashed into Atlantic Ocean off Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada |
229 |
| 1998, Sep 25 |
Pauknair BAE146 |
Crashed into hillside in Morocco |
38 |
| 1998, Oct 11 |
Congo Air Lines Boeing 727 |
Shot down by rebels in Kindu, Congo |
40 |
| 1998, Dec 11 |
Thai Airways Airbus A310-200 |
Crashed short of runway at Surat Thani airport, southern Thailand |
101 |
| 1999, Feb 3 |
Chartered Antonov plane |
Crashed in residential area of Luanda, Angola |
28 |
| 1999, Feb 24 |
China Southwest Airlines TU-154 |
Crashed on approach to Wenzhou airport, eastern China |
61 |
| 1999, Sep 1 |
LAPA Boeing 737-200 |
Crashed on takeoff from Jorge Newbery Airport, Buenos Aires |
74 |
| 1999, Oct 31 |
EgyptAir Boeing 767-300 |
Crashed off Nantucket, MA, USA |
217 |
| 1999, Dec 25 |
Cubana de Aviacion Yak-42 |
Crashed into mountain near Valencia, Venezuela |
22 |
| 2000, Jan 14 |
Chartered Shorts SD-360 |
Crashed into Mediterranean Sea of Tripoli, Libya |
22 |
| 2000, Jan 30 |
Kenya Airways Airbus A310 |
Crashed into Atlantic Ocean after takeoff from Abidjan, Cote D'Ivoire |
169 |
| 2000, Jan 31 |
Alaska Airlines MD-83 |
Crashed into Pacific Ocean NW of Malibu, CA, USA |
88 |
| 2000, Apr 8 |
Marine Corps V-22 Osprey |
Crashed landing at Marana, AZ, USA |
19 |
| 2000, Apr 19 |
Air Philippines Boeing 737-200 |
Crashed by Davao airport |
131 |
| 2000, May 21 |
Chartered Jetstream 31 |
Crashed near Wilkes-Barre, PA, USA |
19 |
| 2000, Jul 25 |
Air France Concorde |
Crashed into hotel after takeoff from Paris |
113 |
| 2000, Aug 9 |
Piper Navajo and Piper Seminole |
Collided over a housing development in Burlington, NJ, USA |
11 |
| 2000, Aug 23 |
Gulf Air Airbus A320 |
Crashed into Persian Gulf near Manama, Bahrain |
143 |
| 2000, Oct 31 |
Singapore Airlines 747-400 |
Crashed immediately after takeoff, Taipei, Taiwan |
81 |
| 2000, Oct 31 |
Chartered Antonov 26 |
Exploded after takeoff in northern Angola |
50 |
| 2000, Nov 15 |
Chartered Antonov 24 |
Crashed after takeoff from Luanda, Angola |
40+ |
| 2001, Jan 27 |
Chartered Beechcraft King Air 200 |
Crashed after takeoff from Boulder, Colorado, USA |
10 |
| 2001, Mar 3 |
C23 Sherpa military transport |
Crashed in storm, central Georgia, USA |
21 |
| 2001, Mar 29 |
Chartered Gulfstream III jet |
Crashed into hillside on approach to Apsen, Colorado, USA |
18 |
| 2001, Apr 7 |
M-17 helicopter |
Crashed into mountain south of Hanoi, Vietnam |
16 |
| 2001, Jul 3 |
Vladivostokavia Tu-154 |
Crashed on approach to landing at Irkutsk, Russia |
145 |
| 2001, Sept 11 |
2 Boeing 767s, 2 Boeing 757s |
See note below* |
265 |
| 2001, Oct 4 |
Sibir Airlines Tu-154 |
Crashed into Black Sea, struck by errant Ukrainian missile |
78 |
| 2001 Oct 8 |
Twin-engine Cessna, SAS jetliner |
Collided in heavy fog during takeoff from Milan, Italy |
118 |
| 2001, Nov 12 |
American Airlines Airbus A300 |
Crashed after taleoff from JFK Airport, New York, NY, USA |
265 |
| 2002, Jan 17 |
Petroproduccion Fairchild FH-227E |
Crashed into mountain in S Columbia |
26 |
| 2002, Jan 28 |
Ecuadoran airline Boeing 727-100 |
Crashed in Andes mountains in southern Columbia |
92 |
| 2002, Feb 12 |
Iran Air Tours Tu-154 |
Crashed before landing in Khorramabad, Iran |
119 |
| 2002, Apr 15 |
Air China Boeing 767-200 |
Crashed into hillside amid rain and fog near Pusan, South Korea |
122 |
| 2002, Apr 18 |
4-seat Rockwell Commander |
Crashed into Pirelli buidling, Milan's tallest skyscraper, Italy |
3 |
| 2002, May 4 |
EAS Airlines BAC 1-11-500 |
Crashed in suburb of Kano, Nigeria, shortly after takeoff |
148+ |
| 2002, May 7 |
China Northern MD-82 |
Plunged into Yellow Sea near Dalian, China, after cabin fire |
112 |
| 2002, May 25 |
China Airlines Boeing 747-200 |
Broke apart in midair and plunged into Taiwan Strait |
225 |
| 2002, Jul 1 |
Bashkirian Airline Tu-154 and DHL Boeing 757 |
Collided over south Germany |
71 |
| 2002, Jul 4 |
Prestige Airlines Cargo Boeing B-707 |
Crashed short of runway in Bangui, Central African Republic |
25 |
| 2002, Jul 27 |
Ukraine Air Force Sukhoi SU-27 |
Crashed into spectators at airshow in Lviv, Ukraine |
85 |
| 2002, Aug 19 |
Russian Mi-26 helicopter |
Troop-carrier hit by Chechen missile near Grozny |
118+ |
| 2002, Dec 23 |
Aeromist Kharkiv Antonov AN-140 |
Crashed into a mountain in fog approaching Isfahan, Iran |
46 |
| 2003. Jan 8 |
Air midwest, Beechcraft 1900D |
CRashed after takeoff at Charlotte, NC, USA |
21 |
| 2003, Jan 8 |
Turkish Airlines Avro RJ-100 |
Crashed on landing in Diyarbakir, Turkey |
75 |
| 2003, Jan 9 |
TANS Airlines Fokker 28 Fellowship |
Crashed into mountain near Chachopoyas, Peru |
46 |
| 2003, Feb 19 |
Iranian Guard Ilyushin IL-76 |
Troop-carrying plane crashed into mountain near Kerman, Iran |
289 |
| 2003, Mar 6 |
Air Algerie Boeing 737 |
Crashed on takeoff at Tamanrasset, Algeria |
102 |
| 2003, May 8 |
Congolese Army IL-76 |
Door opened and passengers sucked out on flight from Kinshasha |
60-170 |
| 2003, May 26 |
Ukraine-Mediterranean Airlines Yak. 42D |
Crashed into mountain in fog approaching Trabzon, Turkey |
75 |
| 2003, Jun 30 |
Algerian Air Force Lockheed C-130H Hercules |
Military plane crashed into houses in Blida, Algeria |
15 |
| 2003, Jul 8 |
Sudan Airways Boeing 737-2J8C |
Crashed into hillside after takeoff from Port Sudan Airport |
116 |
| 2003, Jul 19 |
Ryan Blake Air Charter, Swearington SA-226TC Metro II |
Crashed into Mount Kenya |
14 |
| 2003, Aug 24 |
Tropical Airways Let 410UVP-E |
Crashed after takeoff in Haiti |
21 |
| * Four planes were hijacked and crashed, with all on board killed. American Airlines
Flight 11 (Boeing 767-200, 81 passengers, 11 crew) crashed into Tower 1 of the World Trade Center,
NYC; United Airlines Flight 175 (Boeing 767-200, 56 passengers, 9 crew) crashed into Tower 2 of the
WTC; American Airlines Flight 77 (Boeing 757-200, 58 passengers, 6 crew) crashed into the Pentagon
outside Washington, DC; United Airlines Flight 93 (Boeing 757-200, 37 passengers, 7 crew) crashed
near Shanksville, PA. Additionally, nearly 3,000 people died on the ground in the 2 WTC towers and
the Pentagon. |