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JetBlue Airways Flight 292 making an emergency landing in September 2005 with its nose landing gear turned sideways.

This list of accidents and incidents involving airlines by airline summarizes airline accidents by airline company with flight number, location, date, aircraft type, and cause.

It is also available grouped:

This list is dynamic and by no means complete!

For alternative, more exhaustive lists, see:

While all of the incidents in this list are noteworthy, not all the incidents listed involved fatalities.

Contents: Top · 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A

Adam Air
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 574 Indonesia January 1, 2007 Boeing 737-400 Surabaya-Manado Pilot error
Flight 172 Indonesia February 21, 2007 Boeing 737-300 Jakarta-Surabaya Structural failure
ADC Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 53 Abuja October 29, 2006 Boeing 737-2B7 Abuja-Sokoto (disputed)
Aer Lingus
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 712 Wexford March 24, 1968 Vickers Viscount 803 Cork-London Structural failure
Flight 132 Logan International Airport June 9, 2005 Airbus A330 Boston-Shannon ATC error
AerianTur-M
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight ER-26068 Balad, Iraq January 9, 2007 Antonov An-26 Adana, Turkey-Balad, Iraq Undetermined
Aeroflot Russian Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
SSSR-42370 Voznesenka 30 June 1962 Tupolev Tu-104A Shot down by surface-to-air missile
Unknown Moscow, Soviet Union November 4, 1967 Ilyushin Il-18 Undetermined
SSSR-75538 Sverdlovsk, Soviet Union November 16, 1976 Ilyushin Il-18 Undetermined
Flight 909 Voronezh March 6, 1976 Ilyushin Il-18  ?
SSSR-86614 Cuba May 27, 1977 Ilyushin 62M Undetermined
SSSR-65735 Dniprodzerzhynsk, Ukraine August 11, 1979 Tupolev TU-134 ATC error
SSSR-85355 Almaty July 7, 1980 Tupolev TU-154  ?
Flight 411 Moscow July 6, 1982 Ilyushin Il-62 Engine warning system error
Flight 8641 Mazyr June 28, 1982 Yakovlev Yak-42  ?
Flight 3352 Omsk October 11, 1984 Tupolev TU-154  ?
SSSR-65910 Belarus February 1, 1985 Tupolev TU-134  ?
SSSR-65856 Zolochev May 3, 1985 Tupolev TU-134  ?
Flight 7425 Uchkuduk July 10, 1985 Tupolev TU-154 Pilot error
SSSR-65795 Berlin December 12, 1985 Tupolev TU-134  ?
SSSR-65951 Pervouralsk January 13, 1990 Tupolev TU-134  ?
SSSR-87453 Pavlodar August 1, 1990 Yakovlev Yak-40  ?
SSSR-42351 Sverdlovsk September 14, 1990 Yakovlev Yak-42  ?
SSSR-46472 Navoi March 23, 1991 Antonov AN-24  ?
SSSR-85097 Saint Petersburg May 23, 1991 Tupolev TU-154  ?
SSSR-65058 Ivanovo August 27, 1992 Tupolev TU-134  ?
Flight 593 Novokuznetsk March 23, 1994 Airbus A310-304 Pilot error (child in control)
Flight 3949 Khabarovsk December 7, 1995 Tupolev TU-154  ?
Flight 821 Perm September 14, 2008 Boeing 737-500 Pilot error
Aerolíneas Argentinas
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 386 Lima, Peru/Los Angeles, California February 20, 1992 Boeing 747 Food poisoning

(cholera) [1] [2] [3]
Aerolinee Itavia
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 870 Ustica June 27, 1980 McDonnell Douglas DC-9-15 In-flight explosion (Origin unknown)
Aeroméxico
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 498 Cerritos, California August 31, 1986 McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 Mid-air collision
AeroPerú
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 772 Juliaca October 25, 1988 Fokker F28 1000
Flight 603 Perú October 2, 1996 Boeing 757-23A Instrumentation failure
Aerosvit - Ukrainian Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 241 Thessaloniki December 17, 1997 Yakovlev 42 Pilot error
Air Algérie
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 6289 Tamanghasset March 6, 2003 Boeing 737-200 Engine explosion
Air Asia
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 104 Malaysia November 7, 2004 Boeing 737 Runway overrun
Air Canada incl. TCA
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
TCA Flight 831 Ste-Therese Québec November 29, 1963 Douglas DC-8-54F Unknown. Possibly: pitot ice, VG fail or runaway trim
Flight 621 Toronto July 5, 1970 Douglas DC-8-63 Pilot error
Flight 189 Toronto June 26, 1978 McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 Mechanical failure
Flight 797 Cincinnati June 2, 1983 McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 In-flight fire
Flight 143 Gimli, Manitoba July 23, 1983 Boeing 767-233 Insufficient amount of fuel loaded for the flight
Air China
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 129 Busan April 15, 2002 Boeing 767-200ER CFIT
Air Florida
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 90 Washington DC January 13, 1982 Boeing 737-222 Pilot error, wing icing
Air France
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
AF 2005 near Rabat September 12, 1961 Sud Aviation Caravelle Paris - Rabat- Casablanca pilot error
Flight F-BHSM Orly Airport June 3, 1962 Boeing 707 Pilot error, rejected takeoff
Flight 1611 Mediterranean Sea September 11, 1968 Sud Aviation Caravelle III SE 210 In-flight fire
Flight 296 Mulhouse June 26, 1988 Airbus A320 Pilot error (disputed)
Flight 8969 Algiers December 24, 1994 Airbus A300B2-1C Hijacking
Flight 4590 Gonesse July 25, 2000 Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde Foreign object damage, engine fire
Flight 358 Mississauga August 2, 2005 Airbus A340-313X Runway overrun, pilot error
Flight 447 Atlantic June 1, 2009 Airbus A330-200 Unknown (under investigation)
Air India
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 245 Mont Blanc November 3, 1950 Lockheed L-749A Constellation Not known
Flight VT-DEP Natuna Islands April 11, 1955 Lockheed L-749A Constellation Airliner bombing
Flight 101 Mont Blanc January 24, 1966 Boeing 707-420 Pilot error
Flight 855 Mumbai January 1, 1978 Boeing 747-237B Instrument malfunction
Flight 403 Mumbai June 21, 1982 Boeing 747-420 Bad weather
Flight 182 Atlantic Ocean June 23, 1985 Boeing 747-237B Terrorist bombing
Air Inter
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 148 Strasbourg January 20, 1992 Airbus A320 Pilot error
Air Kazakhstan
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 1907 Delhi November 12, 1996 Ilyushin Il-76 Mid-air collision
Airlink
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Unknown Between Gasmata & Kandrian,
West New Britain,
Papua New Guinea		 March 30, 2007 Unknown at present Undetermined
Air Midwest
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 5481 Charlotte January 9, 2003 Beechcraft 1900D Maintenance error
Air New Zealand
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 901 Mount Erebus, Antarctica November 28, 1979 McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 CFIT
Flight 2279 New Zealand February 8, 2008 Jetstream J32 Hijacking
Air Ontario
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 1363 Dryden March 10, 1989 Fokker F28-1000
Air Philippines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 541 Davao April 19, 2000 Boeing 737-200
Air Rhodesia
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 825 Kariba, Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) September 3, 1978 Vickers Viscount SA-7 missile fired by ZIPRA guerillas
Flight 827 Kariba, Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) February 12, 1979 Vickers Viscount SA-7 missile fired by ZIPRA guerillas
Air Saint Martin
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Unknown Haiti December 7, 1995 Beechcraft 1900D CFIT
Air Tahoma
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 185 Covington, Kentucky August 13, 2004 Convair 580 Fuel exhaustion
Air Transat
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 236 Azores August 24, 2001 Airbus A330-243 Fuel exhaustion
Air Vietnam
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 706 Ninh Thuan September 15, 1974 Boeing 727-121C Hijacking
Air West
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 162 N'Djamena, Chad January 24, 2007 Boeing 737-200 Hijacking
Airwork
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 23 Stratford, New Zealand May 3, 2005 Fairchild SA227-AC Metro III Pilot error
Alas Chiricanas
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 00901 Santa Rita Mountains July 19, 1994 Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante
Alaska Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 261 Pacific Ocean
off the coast of Anacapa Island		 January 31, 2000 McDonnell Douglas MD-83 Mechanical failure
Flight 536 Seattle December 26, 2005
Alitalia
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 771 Junnar, India July 7, 1962 McDonnell Douglas DC-8-43 CFIT
Flight 112 Mount Longa, Italy May 5, 1972 McDonnell Douglas DC-8-43 Pilot error, CFIT
Flight 4128 Tyrrhenian Sea, off Palermo, Italy Dec 23, 1978 McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 Pilot error [4]
Flight 404 Stadlerberg, off Zurich, Switzerland Nov 14, 1990 McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 CFIT
All Nippon Airways
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 60 Tokyo Bay February 4, 1966 Boeing 727-100 Pilot error
Flight 533 Matsuyama Airport, Shikoku November 13, 1966 NAMC YS-11 Runway overrun
Flight 58 outskirt of Morioka July 30, 1971 Boeing 727-200 Collided with Japanese Air Defense Force F-86
Flight 61 Boso Peninsula July 24, 1999 Boeing 747-400 Hijacking
Allegheny Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 853 Fairland, Indiana September 9, 1969 McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31 Mid-air collision
Allegiant Air
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 435 McAllen, Texas August 10, 2006
ALM
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 980 Caribbean Sea May 2, 1970 McDonnell Douglas DC-9 Fuel exhaustion
Aloha Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 243 Kahului April 28, 1988 Boeing 737-200 Explosive decompression
American Airlines
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American Eagle
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 4184 Roselawn October 31, 1994 Aérospatiale ATR-72-212 Wing icing
Flight 5401 San Juan May 9, 2004 Aérospatiale ATR-72-212 Pilot error
Ansett Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 232 Alice Springs November 15, 1972 Fokker F27
Ansett New Zealand
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 703 Tararua Range June 5, 1995 de Havilland Canada Dash 8-102 CFIT
Aquila Airways
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
G-AKNU Isle of Wight 15 November 1957 Short Solent Engine problems
Armavia
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 967 Black Sea May 3, 2006
Arrow Air
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 1285 Gander December 12, 1985 Douglas DC-8 Icing
Asiana Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Asiana Air Flight 733 Mokpo, South Korea July 26, 1993 Boeing 737-5L9 CFIT, weather conditions
ATI - Aero Transporti Italiani
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Köln, Germany Conca di Crezzo Italy Oct 15, 1987 Aérospatiale ATR-42-312 Ice on the wings
Atlantic Southeast Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 2311 Brunswick, Georgia April 5, 1991 Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia Mechanical failure
Flight 529 Carrollton, Georgia August 21, 1995 Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia Mechanical failure
Austral Líneas Aereas
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 2553 Uruguay October 10, 1997 Douglas DC-9 Mechanical failure
Austrian Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 901 Moscow September 26, 1960 Vickers Viscount 837
Aviaco
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 118 Montrove, Spain August 13, 1973 Sud Aviation Caravelle Madrid-A Coruña CFIT
Avianca
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 011 Madrid November 27, 1983 Boeing 747-283B CFIT
Flight 410 Cúcuta March 17, 1988 Boeing 727-21 CFIT
Flight 203 soacha November 27, 1989 Boeing 727 Terrorism, bombing
Flight 52 Cove Neck January 25, 1990 Boeing 707-321 Fuel exhaustion and pilot error
Aviateca
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Unknown Guatemala City April 28, 1977
Flight 901 San Salvador August 9, 1995 Boeing 737 Pilot error

B

Balkan Bulgarian Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
LZ-TUB Gabare, Bulgaria 16 March 1978 Tupolev Tu-134 Unknown
LZ-TUR Sofia Airport, Bulgaria 10 January 1984 Tupolev Tu-134 Crew error in bad weather
Bangkok Airways
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 125 Koh Samui, Surat Thani, Thailand November 21, 1990 de Havilland Canada Dash 8 Bad weather
BAL Bashkirian Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 2937 Überlingen, Germany July 1, 2002 Tupolev 154-M Mid-air collision
Belavia
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 1834 Yerevan, Armenia February 14, 2008 Bombardier Canadair Regional Jet CRJ-100ER Under investigation
Birgenair
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 301 Caribbean Sea, near Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic February 6, 1996 Boeing 757-225 Instrumentation failure, pilot error
Blue Wing Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Unknown Benzdorp, Suriname April 3, 2008 Antonov An-28 Under investigation
Bonanza Air Lines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 114 Las Vegas, Nevada November 15, 1964 Fairchild F27 CFIT
Braathens
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 239 Asker December 23, 1972 Fokker F-28 Fellowship Weather, pilot error
Braniff International Airways
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 250 Falls City, Nebraska August 6, 1966 BAC 1-11-203AE Structural failure
Flight 352 Dawson, Texas May 3, 1968 Lockheed L-188A Electra Weather, pilot error
Bristow Helicopters
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 56C Near the Brae Alpha oil rig, North Sea January 19, 1995 Eurocopter Super Puma Lightning strike, tail rotor failure
Britannia Airways
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight G-ANBB Ljubljana September 1, 1966 Bristol Britannia  ?
Flight 226A Girona-Costa Brava Airport September 14, 1999 Boeing 757-200 Weather, pilot, ATC errors
British Airtours
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 28M Manchester August 22, 1985 Boeing 737-236 Ground fire
British Airways
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 476 Zagreb September 10, 1976 Hawker Siddeley Trident 3B Mid-air collision
Flight 9 Jakarta June 24, 1982 Boeing 747-200 Volcanic ash ingestion, engine flameout
Flight 5390 Southern England June 10, 1990 BAC 1-11-528FL Windshield failure, explosive decompression
Flight 149 Kuwait City August 1, 1990 Boeing 747-136 Military or terrorist bombing
Flight 38 Heathrow Airport, London January 17, 2008 Boeing 777-236ER Provisionally a power disruption
British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines (BCPA)
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 304 San Francisco October 29, 1953 Douglas DC-6 Weather, crew error
British European Airways (BEA)
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 609 Munich February 6, 1958 Airspeed Ambassador Weather
Flight 142 Anzio 22 October 1958 Vickers Viscount Mid-air collision with an F-86
Flight 548 Staines June 18, 1972 Hawker Siddeley Trident 1C Crew error
British Midland
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
G-ALHG Stockport June 4, 1967 Canadair C-4 Argonaut Fuel starvation
Flight 092 The M1 motorway between East Midlands Airport and Kegworth, England January 8, 1989 Boeing 737-400 Engine failure, pilot error
British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC)
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 777 Bay of Biscay June 1, 1943 Douglas DC-3-194 Military shoot-down
Flight 781 Mediterranean Sea January 10, 1954 de Havilland Comet 1 Metal fatigue, structural failure
Flight 911 Mount Fuji, Japan March 5, 1966 Boeing 707 Clear-air turbulence
Flight 712 Heathrow Airport April 8, 1968 Boeing 707 Engine failure
Unknown, G-AOVD Winkton, England December 24, 1958 Bristol Britannia 312 CFIT, Pilot Error

C

Caledonian Airways
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 153 Douala, Cameroon March 4, 1962 Douglas DC-7 Undetermined
Cathay Pacific
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight VR-HDT Pearl River Delta June 16, 1948 PBY Catalina Seaplane Hijacking
Flight 700Z Pleiku, Vietnam June 15, 1972 Convair 880 Bombing
Canadian Pacific
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 21 British Columbia July 8, 1965 Douglas DC-6 Explosion of a device, all 52 aboard died
Flight 108 Quebec September 9, 1949 Douglas DC-3 Bomb placed by Albert Guay killed all aboard including his wife.
Cebu Pacific
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 387 Misamis Oriental February 2, 1998 McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 Pilot error
China Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 006 San Francisco February 19, 1985 Boeing 747SP Engine failure, crew error
Flight 204 Hualien October 26, 1989 Boeing 737-200  ?
Flight 358 Taipei December 29, 1991 Boeing 747-2R7F Metal fatigue in the fuse pin, engine collision
Flight 605 Hong Kong November 4, 1993 Boeing 747-400 Crew error, airplane skids off runway in rain and wind into the water. 3 injured, 0 dead.
Flight 140 Nagoya April 26, 1994 Airbus A300B4 Pilot error. 264 killed.
Flight 676 Taipei February 16, 1998 Airbus A300B4-622R In poor weather, airplane crashed near airport. 202 dead.
Flight 642 Hong Kong August 22, 1999 McDonnell Douglas MD-11 Crew error, weather. Airplane rolled over during landing. 50 injured, 3 dead.
Flight 611 Pescadores Islands May 25, 2002 Boeing 747-209B Metal fatigue, structural failure. Airplane fell apart mid-flight. 225 dead.
Flight 120 Okinawa, Japan August 20, 2007 Boeing 737-800 Engine fire after landing, plane gutted by fire. 4 injured , 0 dead.
China Eastern Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 583 Shemya April 6, 1993 McDonnell Douglas MD-11  ?
Flight 5398 Fuzhou October 26, 1993 McDonnell Douglas MD-82 Pilot error
Flight 586 Shanghai September 11, 1998 McDonnell Douglas MD-11  ?
Flight 5210 Baotou November 21, 2004 Bombardier Canadair Regional Jet CRJ-200LR Icing and Crew error
China Northern Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 6901 Ürümqi November 13, 1993 McDonnell Douglas MD-82 Pilot error
Flight 6136 Dalian May 7, 2002 McDonnell Douglas MD-82 In-flight fire
China Northwest Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 2119 Yinchuan, China July 23, 1993 BAe 146-300 Mechanical failure
Flight 2303 Near Xian, China June 6, 1994 Tupolev Tu-154M Auto-pilot malfunction
China Southern Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight number not stated Guangzhou, People's Republic of China October 2, 1990 Boeing 757 Collision with another airliner
Comair
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 3272 Monroe January 9, 1997 Embraer 120 RT Brasilia Weather, crew error
Flight 5191 Lexington, Kentucky August 27, 2006 Bombardier Canadair Regional Jet CRJ-100ER ATC, pilot errors
Continental Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 11 Unionville May 22, 1962 Boeing 707 Bombing
Flight 1713 Denver November 15, 1987 McDonnell Douglas DC-9-14 Pilot error, weather
Continental Express/Continental Connection
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 2574 Eagle Lake, Texas September 11, 1991 Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia Maintenance error
Flight 3407 Clarence Center, New York February 12, 2009 Bombardier Dash-8 Q400 To be determined
Cubana de Aviación
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 455 Bridgetown October 6, 1976 Douglas DC-8 Terrorism, bombing
ČSA
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight OK-NAB Bratislava July 28, 1976 Ilyushin Il-18 probably engine failure and pilot error
Curtiss Reid Flying Services
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Unknown Grenoble, France November 13, 1950 Douglas C-54B-1-DC Unknown

D

Dan Air
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
G-AMUV Gurgaon, Haryana, India August 25, 1958 Avro York  ?
G-ATFZ Godalming, Surrey, England September 1, 1966 Piper PA-23 Apache 160  ?
G-APDN Catalonia July 3, 1970 De Havilland Comet  ?
G-BEBP Lusaka, Zambia May 14, 1977 Boeing 707-321C  ?
Flight 0034 Shetland Islands July 31, 1979 Hawker Siddeley HS 748 Accidental engagement of gust lock.
Flight 1008 Los Rodeos, Tenerife April 25, 1980 Boeing 727-100 CFIT
Flight 240 Nailstone, Leicestershire, England June 26, 1981 Hawker Siddeley HS 748 Rapid decompression caused by failure of baggage door
Delta Air Lines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 723 Boston July 14, 1973 McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31 Weather, ATC and pilot errors
Flight 191 Dallas/Fort Worth August 2, 1985 Lockheed L-1011-385-1 TriStar Weather, microburst, pilot error
Flight 1141 Dallas/Fort Worth August 31, 1988 Boeing 727-200 Advanced Mechanical failure, pilot error
Flight 2315 New York City - New Jersey area September 11, 2001 Boeing 737 Near mid-air collision with terrorist hijacked United Airlines Flight 175
DHL Aviation
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 611 Überlingen, Germany July 1, 2002 Boeing 757-200 Mid-air collision with Bashkirian Airlines Flight 2937
Flight OO-DLL Baghdad, Iraq November 23, 2003 Airbus 300B4-203F Missile attack, loss of controls
Dominicana de Aviación
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
HI-177 Santo Domingo February 15, 1970 McDonnell Douglas DC-9 Mechanical failure
Downeast Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 46 Rockland, Maine May 30, 1979 de Havilland DHC-6-200 Twin Otter Pilot error (Improper IFR Operation)

E

EAS Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 4226 Kano May 4, 2002 BAC One-Eleven Pilot Error
Eastern Air Lines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 512 Queens November 30, 1962 Douglas DC-7B Weather, pilot error
Flight 663 Jones Beach February 8, 1965 Douglas DC-7B Pilot error
Flight 401 Everglades December 29, 1972 Lockheed L-1011 TriStar 1 CFIT
Flight 66 Queens June 24, 1975 Boeing 727-225 Weather, microburst
EgyptAir
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 648 Luqa November 23, 1985 Boeing 737-200 Hijacking
Flight 990 Nantucket October 31, 1999 Boeing 767-366ER (disputed)
Eirjet
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Unknown Ballykelly March 29, 2006 Airbus A320 Pilot Error
El Al
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 219 Amsterdam September 6, 1970 Boeing 707 Hijacking
Flight 1862 Bijlmer October 4, 1992 Boeing 747-258F Metal fatigue in the fuse pin, engine collision
Ethiopian Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 961 The Comoros November 23, 1996 Boeing 767-260ER Hijacking, fuel depletion

F

Far Eastern Air Transport
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 103 Miao-Li, Taiwan August 22, 1981 Boeing 737-222 Explosive decompression
FedEx Express
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 705 Memphis April 7, 1994 McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30F Attempted hijacking
Flight 647 Memphis December 18, 2003 McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10F Pilot error
Flash Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 604 Sharm el-Sheikh January 3, 2004 Boeing 737-3Q8 Loss of control (due to spatial disorientation)
Flying Tiger Line
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 739 Pacific Ocean March 15, 1962 Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation Undetermined

G

Garuda Indonesia
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Domestic Flight Mount Sibayak July 11, 1979 Fokker F28 Controlled Flight into Terrain
Domestic Flight Tanjung Karang-Branti Airport March 20, 1982 Fokker F28 Runway overrun in bad weather
Flight 152 Deli Serdang, North Sumatra September 26, 1997 Airbus A300-B4 Bad weather and ATC error
Flight 200 Yogyakarta (city) March 7, 2007 Boeing 737-400 Pilot negligent and error
Globe Air
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
HB-ITD near Nicosia Airport, Cyprus 21 April 1967 Bristol Britannia CFIT in bad weather
Gulf Air
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 771 Jebel Ali September 23, 1983 Boeing 737-200 Terrorism, bombing
Flight 072 Al Muharraq August 23, 2000 Airbus A320-212 Pilot error
Gol Transportes Aéreos
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 1907 Mato Grosso, Brazil September 29, 2006 Boeing 737-800 SFP Mid-air collision
Golden West Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 261 Whittier, California, USA January 9, 1975 De Havilland Twin Otter Mid-air collision

H

Hapag-Lloyd Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 3378 Vienna July 12, 2000 Airbus A310-304 Mechanical failure, fuel depletion
Hawthorne Nevada Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 708 Lone Pine February 18, 1969 Douglas DC-3 Weather, CFIT
Helios Airways
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 522 Marathon, Greece August 14, 2005 Boeing 737-31S Pressurisation failure

I

IAS Cargo Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Unknown Lusaka Airport, Zambia May 14, 1977 Boeing 707-321C Structural failure
Iberia Airlines
Iberia Airlines Flight 062 Black Down Hill Sussex, United Kingdom November 4, 1967 Sud Caravelle CFIT
Icelandic Airlines (Loftleiðir)
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Icelandic Airlines Flight LL 001 Sri Lanka November 15, 1978 Douglas DC-8-63CF Disputed
Independent Air
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 1851 Santa Maria, Azores February 8, 1989 Boeing 707 Controlled flight into terrain
Indian Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 113 Ahmedabad, India October 19, 1988 Boeing 737-2A8 Pilot error, weather, lack of navigational aids
Flight 814 Kathmandu December 24, 1999 Airbus A300B2 Hijacking
Flight 605 Bangalore October 12, 1992 Airbus A320B3 Thunderstorm, weather
Inex-Adria Aviopromet (now Adria Airways)
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 550 Zagreb September 10, 1976 McDonnell Douglas DC-9 Mid-air collision
Flight 1308 Mont San-Pietro, Corsica December 1, 1981 McDonnell Douglas MD-81 Controlled flight into terrain
Iran Air
Unknown Alborz Mountains, Iran January 21, 1980 Boeing 727-86 Inoperable ILS and ground radar
Flight 655 Strait of Hormuz July 3, 1988 Airbus A300B2-203 US Military Missile Shoot-Down
Iran Air Tours
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 945 Mashad September 1, 2006 Tupolev TU-154M  ?
Iraqi Airways
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 163 Arar December 25, 1986 Boeing 737-270C Hijacking
Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Unknown Shahdād, Iran February 19, 2003 Ilyushin IL-76-M Unknown

J

Japan Airlines (JAL)
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 404 Benghazi July 23, 1973 Boeing 747 Hijacking
Flight 472 Mumbai September 28, 1977 Douglas DC-8 Hijacking
Flight 350 Tokyo, Japan February 9, 1982 Douglas DC-8-61 Suicide attempt
Flight 123 Mt. Osutaka, Japan August 12, 1985 Boeing 747-100SR-46 Faulty maintenance, explosive decompression in rear bulkhead, loss of control
Flight 907 and Flight 958 Yaizu, Japan January 31, 2001 Boeing 747-446D and Douglas DC-10-40D ATC error, avoidance maneuvers
JAT Yugoslav Airlines (now Jat Airways)
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 367 Srbská Kamenice January 26, 1972 McDonnell Douglas DC-9 Terrorism, bombing
JAT -Unknown Titograd, Maganik, Montenegro September 11, 1973 Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle 6-N ATC error
JAT Prague-Suchdol October 30, 1975 Douglas DC-9 officially still unknown; probably ATC and pilot errors while landing in fog
JetBlue Airways
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 292 Los Angeles September 21, 2005 Airbus A320-232 Mechanical failure

K

Kam Air
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 904 Afghanistan February 3, 2005 Boeing 737-200 Undetermined
Kenya Airways
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 431 Abidjan January 30, 2000 Airbus A310-304 Pilot error
Flight 507 Cameroon May 5, 2007 Boeing 737-800 Undetermined
KLM
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
BOAC Flight 777 (By KLM) Bay of Biscay June 1, 1943 Douglas DC-3-194 Military shoot-down
PH-TEN Prestwick October 20, 1948 Lockheed Constellation Communication, navigation, pilot errors
Flight 633 Shannon September 5, 1954 Locked L-1049 Super Constellation Mechanical failure
Flight 4805 Tenerife March 27, 1977 Boeing 747-206B Pilot error, ground collision
Korean Air
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 902 Barents Sea April 20, 1978 Boeing 707 Military shoot-down
Flight 015 Seoul November 19, 1980 Boeing 747-200B  ?
Flight 007 Sakhalin September 1, 1983 Boeing 747-230B Military shoot-down
Flight 84 Anchorage December 23, 1983  ?  ?
Flight 858 Andaman Sea November 29, 1987 Boeing 707-3B5C Terrorism, bombing
Flight 803 Tripoli July 27, 1989 McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 Fuel miscalculation, fuel depletion
Flight 2033 Jeju-Do August 10, 1994 Airbus A300 Pilot error
Flight 916F Zurich, Switzerland September 22, 1994  ?  ?
Flight 801 Guam August 6, 1997 Boeing 747-3B5 CFIT, weather
Flight 8702 Seoul August 5, 1998 Boeing 747-400  ?
Flight 1533 Seoul March 15, 1999 McDonnell Douglas MD-83 Weather, pilot error
Flight 6316 Shanghai April 15, 1999 McDonnell Douglas MD-11 Pilot error
Flight 8509 London December 22, 1999 Boeing 747-2B5F Pilot error
Flight 85 Anchorage September 11, 2001 Boeing 747 Hijacking concerns

L

LANSA
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 502 Cuzco, Peru August 9, 1970 Lockheed L-188-A Electra Pilot error
Flight 508 Puerto Inca, Amazon Rainforest, Peru December 24, 1971 Lockheed L-188-A Electra Pilot error, lightning strike
LAPA
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
LAPA flight 3142 Buenos Aires, Argentina August 31, 1999 Boeing 737-204C Pilot error, operational error, negligence
Lauda Air
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 004 Uthai Thani May 26, 1991 Boeing 767-3Z9ER Mechanical failure
Lion Air
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 538 Surakarta, Indonesia November 30, 2004 McDonnell Douglas MD 82 Pilot error
Los Angeles Airways
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 417 Anaheim, California August 14, 1968 Sikorsky S-61L Mechanical failure
LOT Polish Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 165 Zawoja April 2, 1969 Antonov An-24 Undetermined
Flight 007 Warsaw March 14, 1980 Ilyushin Il-62 Engine failure
Flight 5055 Warsaw May 9, 1987 Ilyushin Il-62M Engine failure
Lufthansa
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 540 Nairobi November 20, 1974 Boeing 747-130 Mechanical failure, pilot error
Flight 181 Mogadishu October 17, 1977 Boeing 737 Hijacking
Flight 2904 Warsaw September 14, 1993 Airbus A320-200 Pilot error
Luxair
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 9642 Niederanven November 6, 2002 Fokker F50 Pilot error

M

Malaysia Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 653 Johor December 4, 1977 Boeing 737-2H6 Hijacking
Flight 684 Subang, Petaling December 18, 1983 Airbus A300B2-100 Bad Weather
Flight 2133 Tawau September 15, 1995 Fokker 50 Pilot Error
Malév Hungarian Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 240 Lebanon September 30, 1975 Tupolev Tu-154 Unknown
Mandala Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 091 Medan September 5, 2005 Boeing 737-200 Possibly surpassed maximum take off weight
Mandarin Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 642 Hong Kong SAR August 22, 1999 McDonnell Douglas MD-11 Pilot error
Martinair
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 495 Faro Airport (Portugal) December 21, 1992 McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30CF Windshear, Thunderstorm, Rain
Mexicana de Aviación
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 940 Las Mesas, Mexico March 31, 1986 Boeing 727-264 Chemical explosion and fire
Middle East Airlines (MEA)
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 438 Al Qaysumah, Saudi Arabia January 1, 1976 Boeing 720B Terrorism, bombing
Mohawk Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 121 Rochester, New York July 2, 1963 Martin 404 Weather, pilot error
Flight 40 Blossburg, Pennsylvania June 23 , 1967 BAC 1-11 204AF Mechanical failure
Flight 411 Pilot Knob Mountain, New York November 19, 1969 Fairchild FH-227B Pilot error
Flight 405 Albany, New York March 3, 1972 Fairchild FH-227B Mechanical failure, pilot error

N

National Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 967 Gulf of Mexico November 16, 1959 Douglas DC-7B Possible bombing
Flight 2511 Bolivia, North Carolina January 6, 1960 Douglas DC-6B Bombing, murder and suicide
Flight 193 Escambia Bay, Florida May 8, 1979 Boeing 727-235 CFIT
Nationair
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 2120 King Abdulaziz International Airport July 11, 1991 McDonnell Douglas DC-8-61 Fire, loss of flight controls
NLM Cityhopper (now KLM Cityhopper)
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 431 Moerdijk October 6, 1981 Fokker F28 Fellowship 4000 Weather, extreme turbulence
Nok Air
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight DD7506 Don Mueang International Airport February 5, 2006 Boeing 737-400 Right engine was malfunction
Unknown Phuket International Airport May 6, 2006 Boeing 737-400 Problem with one of its engine
Northeast Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 823 Rikers Island, New York February 1, 1957 Douglas DC-6A CFIT
Northwest Airlines
Flight designation(s) Location(s) Date Aircraft type(s) Cause
Flight 2501 Lake Michigan June 23, 1950 Douglas DC-4 Undetermined
Flight 255 Romulus, Michigan August 16, 1987 McDonnell Douglas MD-82 Pilot error
Flight 957 and Flight 7 Seattle, Washington and Memphis, Tennessee October 28, 1998 Both Airbus A320s Hazardous material leakage

O

One-Two-GO Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 269 Phuket September 16, 2007 McDonnell Douglas MD-82 Under investigation (failed go-around, bad weather)
Olympic Airways
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 417 After takeoff from Athens, Greece January 4, 1998 Boeing 747 Second-hand smoke and failure to re-seat a sensitive passenger killed the victim [5] [6] [7]

P

Pacific Air Lines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 773 San Ramon, California May 7, 1964 Fairchild F-27A Murder and suicide
Pacific Southwest Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 182 San Diego, California September 25, 1978 Boeing 727-214 Mid-air collision
Flight 1771 San Luis Obispo County December 7, 1987 British Aerospace 146-200 Murder and suicide
Pacific Western Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 314 Cranbrook February 11, 1978 Boeing 737-200 Human Error[citation needed]
Flight 501 Calgary March 22, 1984 Boeing 737-200 In-flight fire
Flight 117 Kelowna July 14, 1986 Boeing 737-275 Pilot Error
Pakistan International Airlines (PIA)
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 705 Cairo, Egypt May 20, 1965 Boeing 720-040B CFIT
Flight 268 Kathmandu, Nepal September 28, 1992 Airbus A300B4 CFIT
Pan American World Airways (Pan Am)
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 151 Liberia June 22, 1951 Lockheed L-049 Constellation CFIT
Flight 202 Brazil April 28, 1952 Boeing 377 Stratocruiser Mechanical failure
Flight 845/26 Pacific Ocean March 26, 1955 Boeing 377 Stratocruiser Mechanical failure
Flight 6 Pacific Ocean October 16, 1956 Boeing 377 Stratocruiser Mechanical failure
Flight 214 Elkton, Maryland December 8, 1963 Boeing 707-121 Weather, lightning strike
Flight 843 San Francisco, California June 28, 1963 Boeing 707-321B Mechanical Failure
Flight 708 Berlin, Germany November 15, 1966 Boeing 727-200 Undetermined
Flight 281 New York November 24, 1968  ??? Hijacking
Flight 93 Egypt September 6, 1970 Boeing 747-121 Hijacking
Flight 845 San Francisco, California July 30, 1971 Boeing 747-121 Crew error, ground collision
Flight 816 Tahiti, French Polynesia July 13, 1973 Boeing 707 Throttle Failure, Sea Crash
Flight 110 Italy December 17, 1973 Boeing 707-321C Terrorism, bombing
Flight 806 American Samoa January 30, 1974 Boeing 707-321B CFIT
Flight 812 Bali, Indonesia April 22, 1974 Boeing 707-321B Instrument failure, pilot error
Flight 1736 Canary Islands March 27, 1977 Boeing 747-121 Ground collision
Flight 759 Kenner, Louisiana July 9, 1982 Boeing 727-235 Weather, microburst
Flight 830 Pacific Ocean August 11, 1982 Boeing 747-121 Terrorism, bombing
Flight 73 Pakistan September 5, 1986 Boeing 747-121 Hijacking
Flight 125 England March 10, 1987 Boeing 747-121 Mechanical failure
Flight 103 Scotland December 21, 1988 Boeing 747-121 Terrorism, bombing
Pakistan International Airlines (PIA)
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 740 Jeddah November 26, 1979 Boeing 707-340C In-flight fire
Unknown Bunji (Pakistan) August 25, 1989 Fokker F-27 Friendship 200?  ?
Flight 268 Kathmandu September 28, 1992 Airbus A300B4-203 CFIT
Flight 688 Multan, Pakistan July 10, 2006 Fokker F27 In-flight fire
Partnair
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 394 Hirtshals September 8, 1989 Convair 580 Structural failure
Philippine Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 434 Daito Islands December 11, 1994 Boeing 747-283B Terrorism, bombing
Flight 137 Bacolod City March 22, 1998 Airbus A320-214 Mechanical failure
Puerto Rico International Airlines (Prinair)
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 191 Ponce, Puerto Rico June 24, 1972 De Havilland DH-114 Heron Pilot error
Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 612 Sukha Balka, Ukraine August 22, 2006 Tupolev Tu-154M Pilot error

Q

Qantas
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
G-AUED Tambo, Queensland March 24, 1927 de Havilland DH-9C  ?
G-AUHI Adelaide Hills, South Australia September 4, 1928 de Havilland DH.50J  ?
VH-UHE Winton, Queensland October 3, 1934 de Havilland DH.50A  ?
VH-USG Longreach, Queensland November 15, 1934 de Havilland DH-86  ?
G-AUEH Timor Sea off Kupang January 30, 1942 Short S.23 Empire Flying Boat Shot down by Japanese aircraft
VH-USE Brisbane February 20, 1942 de Havilland DH-86  ?
VH-ADU Port Moresby April 22, 1943 Short S-23 Empire Flying Boat  ?
VH-CAB Port Moresby November 26, 1943 Lockheed L-18-56 Lodestar  ?
VH-ABB Sydney October 11, 1944 Short S-23 Empire Flying Boat  ?
G-AGLX Indian Ocean March 23, 1946 Avro Lancastrian  ?
VH-EBQ Lae July 16, 1951 de Havilland Drover II Centre propeller failure
Flight 1 Bangkok, Thailand September 23, 1999 Boeing 747-438 Weather, crew error
Flight 30 South China Sea July 25, 2008 Boeing 747-438 Mid-air decompression, Exploding Oxygen Cylinder
Flight 72 Near Exmouth, Western Australia October 7, 2008 Airbus A330-303 Not yet known

R

Romavia
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
YR-AMR Verona December 13, 1995 Antonov AN-24 Surpassed maximum take off weight
Ryanair
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 296 Stansted February 27, 2002 Boeing 737-800 Ground fire
Flight 9336 Barcelona-Girona August 25, 2008 Boeing 737-800 Brutal loss of cabin pressurization
Flight 4102 Rome November 10, 2008 Boeing 737-800 Multiple birdstrikes

S

S7 Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 778 Irkutsk July 8, 2006 Airbus A310-324 Mechanical failure
Sabena
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
OO-AUB Ostend November 16, 1937 Junkers Ju 52/3m Weather, pilot error
Flight 548 Brussels February 15, 1961 Boeing 707 Mechanical failure
Saudi Arabian Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 163 Riyadh August 19, 1980 Lockheed L-1011-200 TriStar In-flight fire
Flight 763 Delhi November 12, 1996 Boeing 747-168B Mid-air collision
Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS)
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 933 Los Angeles January 13, 1969 McDonnell Douglas DC-8-62 Pilot error
Flight 751 Gottröra December 27, 1991 McDonnell Douglas MD-81 Inadequate de-icing
Flight 686 Linate October 8, 2001 McDonnell Douglas MD-87 Ground collision
Flight 1209 Aalborg September 9, 2007 Dash 8-400 (Q400) Landing gear failure
Flight 2748 Vilnius Airport September 12, 2007 Dash 8-400 (Q400) Landing gear failure
Flight 2867 Copenhagen Airport October 27, 2007 Dash 8-400 (Q400) Landing gear failure
Siberia Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 1812 Black Sea October 4, 2001 Tupolev TU-154M Stray surface to air missile
Flight 1047 Rostov Oblast August 24, 2004 Tupolev TU-154 Terrorism, bombing
SilkAir
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 185 Palembang December 19, 1997 Boeing 737-300  ?
Singapore Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 117 Singapore March 26, 1991 Airbus A310-300 Hijacking
Flight 006 Taipei October 31, 2000 Boeing 747-400, 9V-SPK Ground collision
South African Airways
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 201 Mediterranean Sea April 8, 1954 de Havilland Comet 1 Structural failure, metal fatigue
Flight 406 East London, South Africa March 13, 1967 Vickers 818 Viscount (Unknown)
Flight 228 Windhoek April 20, 1968 Boeing 707-344C Incorrect flaps setting
Flight 295 Indian Ocean, near Mauritius November 28, 1987 Boeing 747-244B Combi In-flight fire
Southern Airways
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 932 Huntington, West Virginia November 14, 1970 McDonnell Douglas DC-9 CFIT
Flight 242 New Hope, Paulding County, Georgia April 4, 1977 McDonnell Douglas DC-9 Multiple engine failure
Southwest Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 1455 Burbank, California March 5, 2000 Boeing 737-3T5 Pilot error
Flight 1248 Chicago, Illinois December 8, 2005 Boeing 737-7H4 Weather
Flight 438 Dallas, Texas November 17, 2007 Boeing 737-3H4 Uncontained engine failure
Spanair
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 5022 Madrid, Spain August 20, 2008 McDonnell Douglas MD-80 Flaps did not deploy
Spantax
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 995 Malaga Airport, Spain September 13, 1982 Douglas DC-10-30 Aborted take-off
Skyline Sweden
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Unknown Kälvesta, Sweden January 15, 1977 Vickers 838 Viscount  ?
Surinam Airways
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight PY764 Paramaribo, Suriname June 7, 1989 Douglas DC-8 Pilot error
Swissair
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 306 Zurich, Switzerland September 4, 1963 Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle III In-flight fire
Flight 330 Lucerne, Switzerland February 21, 1970 Convair 990 Terrorism, bombing
Flight 100 Zerqa, Jordan September 6, 1970 Douglas DC-8 Hijacking
Flight 111 St Margarets Bay September 2, 1998 McDonnell Douglas MD-11 In-flight fire

T

TWA Flight 800, July 17, 1996
TACA
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 110 New Orleans, Louisiana May 24, 1988 Boeing 737-3T0 Weather, design failure
Flight 510 Guatemala City April 6, 1993 Boeing 767-2S1ER Pilot error
Flight 390 Tegucigalpa May 30, 2008 Airbus A320 Runway overrun in bad weather
TAESA
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 725 Uruapan November 9, 1999 McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31  ?
TAM Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Unknown Agudos February 8, 1979 Embraer EMB-110 Banderante Unknown
Unknown Macaé July 4, 1984 Embraer EMB-110 Banderante Unknown
Unknown Bauru February 12, 1990 Fokker F-27 Unknown
Flight 402 Congonhas October 31, 1996 Fokker F-100 Mechanical failure
Unknown Suzano July 9, 1997 Fokker F-100 In-flight bomb
Unknown Belo Horizonte September 18, 2001 Fokker F-100 Right engine disintegration, explosive decompression
Flight 3084 Araçatuba August 30, 2002 Fokker F-100 Fuel starvation, emergency gear-up landing in a field
Unknown Viracopos-Campinas International Airport August 30, 2002 Fokker F-100 Fuel starvation, emergency gear-up landing
Unknown São Paulo August 8, 2006 Fokker F-100 Forward airstair collapse in mid-flight
Flight 3054 Congonhas July 17, 2007 Airbus A320 Pilot error, improper training, bad weather and short runway
TAP Portugal
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 425 Madeira November 19, 1977 Boeing 727-282 Overran runway due to poor weather and short runway
TAROM
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 371 Baloteşti March 31, 1995 Airbus A310-324 Mechanical failure followed by pilot error
Flight 3107 Otopeni December 30, 2007 Boeing 737-300 Ground collision with maintenance car involving weather conditions
Thai Airways
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 231 Bangkok, Thailand April 27, 1980 Hawker Siddeley HS 748 Lost altitude during a thunderstorm
Unknown Phang Nga, Thailand April 15, 1985 Boeing 737-200 Engines failure
Flight 365 Andaman Sea August 31, 1987 Boeing 737-2P5 Pilot error
Thai Airways International
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 311 Langtang National Park, Nepal July 31, 1992 Airbus A310-304 Controlled flight into terrain
Flight 261 Surat Thani, Thailand December 11, 1998 Airbus A310-300 Disputed
Flight 114 Don Mueang International Airport March 3, 2001 Boeing 737-400 Explosion cause of fuel/air mixture
Transair Georgia
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
SSSR-65893 Sukhumi September 21, 1993 Tupolev TU-134 Shot down by the Abkhaz forces in the course of war
SSSR-85163 Sukhumi September 22, 1993 Tupolev TU-154 Shot down by the Abkhaz forces in the course of war
SSSR-65001 Sukhumi September 23, 1993 Tupolev TU-154 Shot down by the Abkhaz forces in the course of war
TransAVIAexport Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
unknown Mogadishu March 23, 2007 Ilyushin Il-76 Terrorism
Trans Maldivian Airways
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight N/O Maldives May 17, 2004 de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter Mechanical failure
Trans Service Airlift
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight MSN-1080 Angola December 18, 1995 Lockheed L-188C Electra Surpassed maximum take-off weight
Trans World Airlines (TWA)
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 599 Cottonwood Falls, Kansas March 31, 1931 Fokker F-10 Trimotor Structural failure
Flight 3 Las Vegas, Nevada January 16, 1942 Douglas DC-3 Controlled Flight Into Terrain
Flight 513 Reading, Pennsylvania July 11, 1946 Lockheed L-049 Super Constellation In-flight fire
Flight 6863 Shannon Airport, Ireland December 27, 1946 Lockheed L-049 Super Constellation Standby altimeter wrongly connected causing Controlled Flight Into Terrain
Flight 903 Near Cairo, Egypt August 31, 1950 Lockheed L-749A Constellation Mechanical Failure
Flight 12 Boone County, Kentucky January 12, 1955 Martin 202 Mid-air collision
Flight 260 Albuquerque, New Mexico February 19, 1955 Martin 404 Pilot error
Flight 2 Grand Canyon June 30, 1956 Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation Mid-air collision
Flight 891 Near Milan, Italy June 26, 1959 Lockheed L-1649A Starliner Structural failure after in flight fuel tank explosion
Flight 266 Staten Island December 16, 1960 Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation Mid-air collision
Flight 529 Near Hinsdale, Illinois September 1, 1961 Lockheed L-049 Super Constellation Mechanical failure
Flight 800 Rome, Italy November 23, 1964 Boeing 707-331 Mechanical failure
Flight 553 Urbana, Ohio March 9, 1967 McDonnell Douglas DC-9-15 Mid-air collision
Flight 159 Erlanger, Kentucky November 6, 1967 Boeing 707 Near collision, pilot error
Flight 128 Constance, Kentucky November 20, 1967 Convair 880 CFIT
Flight 840 Damascus August 29, 1969 Boeing 707 Hijacking, bombing
Flight 741 Zerqa, Jordan September 6, 1970 Boeing 707 Hijacking
Flight 841 Ionian Sea September 8, 1974 Boeing 707-331B Terrorism, bombing
Flight 514 Mount Weather December 1, 1974 Boeing 727-231 CFIT
Flight 355 New York September 10, 1976 Boeing 727-231 Hijacking
Flight 841 Detroit, Michigan April 4, 1979 Boeing 727-231 Crew error
Flight 847 Beirut June 14, 1985 Boeing 727 Hijacking
Flight 840 Corfu April 2, 1986 Boeing 727-231 Terrorism, bombing
Flight 800 Long Island July 17, 1996 Boeing 747-131 Mid-air explosion (cause publicly disputed)
Turkish Airlines (Türk Hava Yollari)
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
1959 Charter Flight Gatwick, London February 17, 1959 Vickers Viscount 793 Unknown - cause undetermined
Unknown Etimesgut, Ankara September 23, 1961 Fokker F27 Friendship 100 Pilot error
Unknown Mt. Medetsiz March 8, 1962 Fairchild F-27 Unknown
Unknown Ankara February 3, 1964 Douglas C-47A-5-DK Unknown - Possible pilot error
Unknown Adana January 21, 1972 McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 Downwind during emergency landing
Unknown Cumaovası, Izmir January 26, 1974 Fokker F28-1000 Icing
Flight 981 Ermenonville March 3, 1974 McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 Design error, mechanical failure (faulty cargo door)
Flight 345 Marmara Sea January 30, 1975 Fokker F28-1000 Possible downwind during landing
Flight 452 Isparta September 19, 1976 Boeing 727-2F2 Pilot error
Unknown Çubuk, Ankara December 23, 1979 Fokker F28-1000 Turbulence
Flight 890 Diyarbakır October 13, 1980 Boeing 727-200 Hijacking
Flight 158 Ankara Esenboğa Airport January 16, 1983 Boeing 727-2F2 Poor visibility
Flight 278 Van December 29, 1994 Boeing 737-4Y0 Poor visibility
Flight 5904 Ceyhan April 7, 1999 Boeing 737-4Q8 Poor weather conditions, pilot error
Flight 634 Diyarbakır January 8, 2003 Avro RJ100 Pilot error, bad weather conditions
Flight 1951 near Schiphol, Amsterdam February 25, 2009 Boeing 737-800 Instrument failure, (Under investigation)

U

United Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
NC13304 Chesterton, Indiana October 10, 1933 Boeing 247 Bombing
Flight 608 Bryce Canyon, Utah October 24, 1947 Douglas DC-6 In-flight fire
Flight 521 LaGuardia Airport, New York City May 29, 1947 Douglas DC-4 Pilot error
Flight 624 Aristes, Pennsylvania June 17, 1948 Douglas DC-6 False warning of in-flight fire, crew error operating extinguishers
Flight 409 Medicine Bow Mountains, Colorado October 6, 1955 Douglas DC-4 CFIT
Flight 629 Longmont, Colorado November 1, 1955 Douglas DC-6B Bombing
Flight 718 Grand Canyon, Arizona June 30, 1956 Douglas DC-7 Mid-air collision with TWA Constellation
Flight 736 Arden, Nevada April 21 1958 Douglas DC-7 Mid-air collision with USAF F-100 fighter
Flight 826 Over Staten Island, NY December 16, 1960 Douglas DC-8 Mid-air collision with TWA Constellation
Flight 297 Ellicott City, Maryland November 23, 1962 Vickers Viscount 745D Bird strike
Flight 389 Lake Michigan, Chicago August 16, 1965 Boeing 727-22 CFIT Pilots misread altimeters
Flight 266 Pacific Ocean, Los Angeles January 18, 1969 Boeing 727-22C Spatial disorientation Total Electrical Failure
Flight 553 Chicago December 8, 1972 Boeing 737-222 Approach landing stall, pilot error
Flight 173 Portland, Oregon December 28, 1978 Douglas DC-8-61 Fuel exhaustion, pilot error
Flight 811 Honolulu, Hawaii February 24, 1989 Boeing 747-122 Cargo door opened—explosive decompression
Flight 232 Sioux City, Iowa July 19, 1989 McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 Manufacturing error, engine failure
Flight 585 Colorado Springs, Colorado March 3, 1991 Boeing 737-291 Mechanical failure, rudder reversion
Flight 175 World Trade Center, New York City September 11, 2001 Boeing 767-222 Terrorism, hijacking
Flight 93 Stonycreek Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania September 11, 2001 Boeing 757-222 Terrorism, hijacking
United States Air Force
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
IFO-21 Dubrovnik, Croatia April 3, 1996 Boeing 737-200 Pilot error, badly approach, weather
Uruguayan Air Force
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 571 Border between Chile and Argentina October 13, 1972 Fairchild FH-227 Crash into mountain
US Airways (Formerly USAir)
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 5050 Flushing, Queens September 20, 1989 Boeing 737-401 Crew error
Flight 1493 Los Angeles, California February 1, 1991 Boeing 737-300 Ground collision
Flight 405 Flushing, Queens March 22, 1992 Fokker F-28 Weather, pilot error
Flight 427 Aliquippa, Pennsylvania September 8, 1994 Boeing 737-300 Mechanical failure
Flight 1016 Charlotte, North Carolina July 2, 1994 McDonnell Douglas DC-9 Wind shear, crew error
Flight 1170 Logan International Airport June 9, 2005 Boeing 737-3B7 Near collision
Flight 1549 Hudson River, New York January 15, 2009 Airbus A320 Birdstrike, loss of power to both engines
Union des Transports Aériens (UTA)
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 772 Sahara Desert September 19, 1989 McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 Terrorism
Union des Transports Aériens de Guinée (UTA, UTAGE)
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 141 Bight of Benin December 25, 2003 Boeing 727-223 Surpassed maximum take off weight

V

ValuJet Airlines (Now AirTran Airways)
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 592 Everglades May 11, 1996 McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 In-flight fire
Varig
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 820 Orly International Airport July 11, 1973 Boeing 707 In-flight fire
Flight 797 Abidjan January 3, 1987 Boeing 707-379C Engine failure
Flight 254 Mato Grosso September 3, 1989 Boeing 737-241 Fuel exhaustion and pilot error
VASP
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 376 Brasilia May 25, 1982 Boeing 737-2A1 Weather condition
Flight 168 Fortaleza June 8, 1982 Boeing 727-212 Advanced CFIT
Vietnam Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 831 4 miles from Don Mueang International Airport, Bangkok, Thailand September 9, 1988 Tupolev TU-134A Weather condition
Vladivostokavia
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 352 Budarovka, Russia July 4, 2001 Tupolev Tu-154M Pilot error
Vnukovo Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 2801 Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway August 29, 1996 Tupolev Tu-154M CFIT
Air Volga (formerly known as Volga-Aviaexpress)
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 1303 Tula Oblast August 24, 2004 Tupolev Tu-154 Terrorism

W

West Caribbean Airways
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 708 Near Machiques, Venezuela August 16, 2005 McDonnell Douglas MD-82 Ice accumulation
West Coast Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 956 Wemme, Oregon October 1, 1966 McDonnell Douglas DC-9 Unknown
World Airways
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 30 Boston, Massachusetts January 23, 1982 McDonnell Douglas DC-10 Weather

X

Xiamen Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Flight 8301 Guangzhou, People's Republic of China October 2, 1990 Boeing 737 Hijacking, collision on runway

Y

Yemenia
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Cause
Yemenia Flight 626 Moroni, Comoros Islands June 30, 2009 Airbus A310 Under Investigation


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