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This list of accidents and incidents involving airliners by airline summarizes airline accidents and all kinds of incidents, major or minor, by airline company with flight number, location, date, aircraft type, and cause.
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This list is dynamic and by no means complete!
While all of the incidents in this list are noteworthy, not all the incidents listed involved fatalities.
Pacific Air Lines | |||||
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Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 308[1] | Santa Maria Airport | 26 October 1959 | Douglas DC-3 | Santa Maria–Paso Robles | Engine failure |
Flight 773[2] | San Ramon, California | 7 May 1964 | Fairchild F-27A | Reno–Stockton–San Francisco | Mass murder/suicide |
Pacific Air Transport | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
NC5340 | Techachapi Mountains | 18 November 1930 | Boeing 40B-4A | Burbank–Oakland | CFIT |
NC5390 | La Tuna Canyon near Burbank | 5 May 1931 | Boeing 40B-4 | San Diego–Los Angeles | Low visibility |
NC10347 | San Francisco Bay | 16 September 1931 | Boeing 40B-4 | Oakland–Seattle | CFIT |
NC5389 | Burbank | 16 May 1932 | Boeing 40B-4 | San Diego–Burbank–Oakland | Low visibility |
NC431H Dawson | Eugene | 24 January 1933 | Ford 5-AT-D Trimotor | Portland–Eugene–Medford | Engine failure, crash on takeoff |
NC13345 | Portland | 9 November 1933 | Boeing 247D | Portland–The Dalles | Poor visibility, navigation error, CFIT |
Pacific Overseas Airlines | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
HS-PC103 | off Sumatra Island | 25 October 1948 | Douglas C-47 | Possibly shot down | |
HS-POS City of Ayudhya | Hong Kong Island | 11 March 1951 | Douglas R5D-1 | Hong Kong–Bangkok | Poor visibility, CFIT |
Pacific Southwest Airlines | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 710 | San Francisco International Airport | 5 July 1972 | Boeing 737-200 | Sacramento–San Francisco | Hijacking |
Flight 182 | San Diego | 25 September 1978 | Boeing 727-214 | Sacramento–Los Angeles–San Diego | Mid-air collision with a Cessna 172 |
Flight 1771 The Smile of Stockton | near Paso Robles | 7 December 1987 | BAe 146–200 | Los Angeles–San Diego | Mass murder/suicide |
Pacific Western Airlines | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 314 | Cranbrook | 11 February 1978 | Boeing 737-200 | Edmonton–Calgary–Cranbrook–Castlegar | Runway incursion, thrust reverser deployed during go-around, loss of control |
Flight 501 | Calgary | 22 March 1984 | Boeing 737-200 | Calgary–Edmonton–Alberta | Uncontained engine failure, in-flight fire |
Flight 117 | Kelowna | 14 July 1986 | Boeing 737-275 | Calgary–Kelowna–Vancouver | Pilot error, runway overrun |
Pakistan International Airlines | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
AP-ACZ | Lash Golath Mountain | 25 February 1956 | Douglas C-47B | Gilgit–Islamabad | Pilot error, CFIT |
AP-AJS | off Charlakhi Island | 1 July 1957 | Douglas C-47A | Chittagong–Dhaka | Weather, loss of control |
Flight 205 | Delhi-Palam Airport | 15 May 1958 | Convair CV-240-7 | Karachi–Delhi–Karachi | Pilot error, CFIT |
AP-AAH | near Lowery Pass | 26 March 1965 | Douglas C-47A | Peshawar–Chitral | Weather, CFIT |
Flight 705 | near Cairo | 20 May 1965 | Boeing 720-040B | Karachi–Dhahran–Cairo–Geneva–London | Excessive descent for reasons unknown |
AP-ATT | near Patian | 8 October 1965 | Fokker F27-200 | Rawalpindi–Skardu | Undetermined |
AP-ALM | Islamabad | 6 August 1970 | Fokker F27-200 | Rawalpindi–Lahore | Weather[3] |
AP-AUV | near Shamshernagar Airport | 31 December 1970 | Fokker F27-200 | Pilot error, loss of control | |
Flight 631 | near Jalcot | 8 December 1972 | Fokker F27-600 | Gilgit–Rawalpindi | Weather, CFIT[3] |
Flight 740 | 30 mi N of Ta'if | 26 November 1979 | Boeing 707-340C | Kano–Jeddah–Karachi | In-flight fire for reasons unknown |
Flight 326 | Kabul | 2 March 1981 | Boeing 720-030B | Karachi–Peshawar | Hijacking |
AP-AUX | near Peshawar | 23 October 1986 | Fokker F27-600 | Lahore–Peshawar | Poor CRM, crashed short of runway[3] |
Flight 404 | Himalaya Mountains (presumed) | 25 August 1989 | Fokker F27-200 | Gilgit–Islamabad | Unexplained disappearance[3] |
Flight 268 | Kathmandu | 28 September 1992 | Airbus A300B4-203 | Karachi–Kathmandu | CFIT |
Flight 544 | Hyderabad Airport | 25 May 1998 | Fokker F27 | Gwadar–Turbat–Hyderabad | Hijacking |
Flight 688 | near Multan International Airport | 10 July 2006 | Fokker F27-200 | Multan–Lahore | Improper maintenance, engine failure, crew errors |
Flight 756 | near Peshawar | 24 June 2014 | Airbus A310-324ET | Riyadh–Peshawar | Struck by ground fire |
Flight 661 | near Havelian | 7 December 2016 | ATR 42-500 | Chitral–Islamabad | Improper maintenance, propeller failure, loss of control |
Flight 8303 | near Karachi | 22 May 2020 | Airbus A320-214 | Lahore–Karachi | Under investigation |
Palair Macedonian Airlines | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 301 | near Skopje | 5 March 1993 | Fokker 100 | Skopje–Zurich | Wing icing, loss of control |
Panair do Brasil | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
PP-PBD | Serra de Cantareira | 18 August 1941 | Lockheed 18-10 Lodestar | Porto Alegre–São Paulo | CFIT |
PP-PBH | Rio Doce, Brazil | 21 September 1944 | Lockheed 18-10 Lodestar | Rio de Janeiro–Belem | Engine failure |
PP-PBN | São Paulo de Olivenca | 3 January 1947 | Sikorsky S-43B | Iquitos–Manaus | CFIT |
Flight 99 | near Gravatai Air Base | 28 July 1950 | Lockheed L-049 Constellation | Rio de Janeiro–Porto Alegre | Weather, CFIT |
Flight 389 | Uberlandia, Brazil | 28 February 1952 | Douglas DC-3A-393 | Goiania–Uberlandia–Rio de Janeiro | Pilot error, CFIT |
Flight 263 | near Congonhas Airport | 17 June 1953 | Lockheed L-049 Constellation | Rio de Janeiro–São Paulo | Bad visibility, crew error |
Flight 263 | near Silvio Pettirossi Int'l Airport | 16 June 1955 | Lockheed L-149 Constellation | London–Paris–Lisbon–Dakar–Recife–Rio de Janeiro–São Paulo–Ascunción–Buenos Aires | Pilot error, CFIT |
PP-PDO | near Guararapes Int'l Airport | 1 November 1961 | Douglas DC-7C | Lisbon–Ilha do Sal–Recife | Pilot error, CFIT |
Flight 026 | Galeao Int'l Airport | 20 August 1962 | Douglas DC-8-33 | Buenos Aires–Rio de Janeiro | Aborted takeoff, ran off runway |
PP-PDE Estevao Ribeiro Baiao Parente | near Parana da Eva | 14 December 1962 | Lockheed L-049 Constellation | Belem–Manaus | CFIT for reasons unknown |
Pan American-Grace Airways (Panagra) | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Unknown | Arequipa Airport | 21 February 1931 | Ford Trimotor | Hijacking | |
NC403H San José | near Vitacura | 16 July 1932 | Ford 5-AT-C Trimotor | Santiago–Mendoza | Weather, CFIT |
NC407H | Lima Airport | 22 March 1934 | Ford 5-AT-C Trimotor | Engine failure, crashed on takeoff | |
NC8417 San Pedro | Mar Chiquita Lake | 11 June 1934 | Ford 5-AT-C Trimotor | Buenos Aires–Santiago | Weather, CFIT |
NC433H San Felipe | Lima, Peru | 24 December 1935 | Ford 5-AT-D Trimotor | None | CFIT |
NC14273 | near San José Pinula | 10 October 1936 | Douglas DC-2-118B | San Salvador–Guatemala City | CFIT |
NC15065 | off Cristobal | 2 August 1937 | Sikorsky S-43B | Guayaquil–Tumaco–Cali–Cristobal | Engine failure or weather |
NC14272 Santa Lucia | Mount Mercedario | 19 July 1938 | Douglas DC-2-118A | CFIT | |
Flight 9 | northeast of Chaparra, Peru | 22 January 1943 | Douglas DC-3A-399 | Santiago–Arequipa–Lima | Pilot error, CFIT |
NC19470 | off Chorrillos | 4 January 1945 | Douglas DC-3A | Aircraft stolen, CFIT | |
Pan American World Airways (Pan Am) | |||||
Paninternational | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 112 | A7/E45 near Hamburg Airport | 6 September 1971 | BAC 1-11-515FB | Hanover–Hamburg–Málaga | Maintenance error, double engine failure |
Partnair | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 394 | Hirtshals, Denmark | 8 September 1989 | Convair 580 | Oslo–Hamburg | Structural failure, counterfeit parts |
Pegasus Airlines | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 2193 Açelya | Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport | 5 February 2020 | Boeing 737-86J | Izmir–Istanbul | Under investigation (runway overrun on landing) |
Pennsylvania Central Airlines (PCA) | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Trip 19 | Lovettsville, Virginia | 31 August 1940 | Douglas DC-3-313 | Washington, DC–Pittsburgh–Detroit | Lightning strike (probable), loss of control |
NC21788 (operating for USAAF) | Atlantic Ocean, off Lake Worth, Florida | 5 May 1944 | Douglas C-49H | Miami–Savannah | Mid-air collision with a USAAF B-24 |
Flight 142 | Cheat Mountain, near Morgantown, West Virginia | 14 April 1945 | Douglas DC-3-313A | Pittsburgh–Morgantown | Pilot error, CFIT |
Flight 105 | Birmingham Airport | 6 January 1946 | Douglas DC-3-392 | New York City–Pittsburgh–Knoxville–Birmingham | Pilot error, runway excursion on landing |
Flight 410 | Lookout Rock, Blue Ridge Mountains | 13 June 1947 | Douglas C-54 | Chicago–Cleveland–Pittsburgh–Washington, DC–Norfolk | Pilot error, CFIT |
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Air Enterprise | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
RA-87481 | Tigil, Russia | 23 September 2001 | Yakovlev Yak-40 | Under investigation (heavy landing, nosegear failure) | |
Flight 123 | Ust-Kamchatsk Airport | 16 April 2011 | Yakovlev Yak-40K | Ust Kamchatsk–Petropavlovsk Kamchatsky | Under investigation (runway excursion) |
Flight 251 | near Palana | 12 September 2012 | Antonov An-28 | Petropavlovsk Kamchatsky–Palana | Pilot intoxication, pilot error, CFIT |
Flight 251 | near Palana | 6 July 2021 | Antonov An-26 | Petropavlovsk Kamchatsky–Palana | Under investigation (CFIT) |
Philippine Airlines | |||||
Piedmont Airlines | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 349 Buckeye Pacemaker | Bucks Elbow Mountain, near Crozet, Virginia | 30 October 1959 | Douglas DC-3 | Washington, DC–Charlottesville | Pilot error, CFIT |
Flight 22 Manhattan Pacemaker | over Hendersonville, North Carolina | 19 July 1967 | Boeing 727-22 | Asheville–Roanoke | Mid-air collision with a Cessna 310 |
PMTair | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
XU-072 (operated by Royal Phnom Penh Airways) | Ratanakiri Airport | 21 November 2005 | Xian Y-7-100C | Phnom Penh–Ratanakiri | Crashed on landing |
Flight 241 | Kampot Province | 25 June 2007 | Antonov An-24B | Siem Reap–Sihanoukville | CFIT for reasons unknown |
Polar Airlines | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
RA-05881 | near Sangar | 16 May 2003 | Antonov An-3T | Under investigation (engine failure, forced landing) | |
RA-02252 | Sangar | 18 November 2005 | Antonov An-2TP | Sangar–Sebyan–Kyuel | Weather, loss of control |
RA-26061 | Deputatskiy Airport | 21 November 2012 | Antonov An-26B-100 | Yakutsk–Deputatskiy | Under investigation (runway excursion) |
Flight 9977 | Vilyuisk Airport | 16 August 2013 | Antonov An-2TP | Vilyuisk–Ugulet | Engine problems for reasons unknown, forced landing |
Polyarnya Aviatsiya | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Unknown | Dudinka | 25 December 1945 | Douglas C-47 | In-flight fire, crash on takeoff | |
CCCP-N400 | Kara Sea | 13 December 1946 | Focke-Wulf Fw 200C-3 | Igarka–Arkangelsk | Double engine failure, forced landing |
CCCP-N444 | 89 mi N of Kharp, Russia | 7 March 1948 | Lisunov Li-2 | Dudinka–Anderma | CFIT |
CCCP-N464 | off Cape Medynski Zavorot | 16 September 1948 | Lisunov Li-2T | None | Weather, spatial disorientation, fuel exhaustion, water ditching |
CCCP-N494 | 10 mi east of Mys Kosistyy | 1 November 1948 | Lisunov Li-2 | Kresty Kolymskiye–Ust-Yansk–Mys Kosistyy | Engine failure, icing, stall, loss of control |
CCCP-N500 | Yakutsk Airport | 23 April 1950 | Focke-Wulf MK-200 | Runway overrun | |
CCCP-N488 | Khimki Reservoir | 26 June 1950 | Consolidated KM-2 | Pilot error | |
CCCP-N568 | Lena River near Yakutsk | 20 August 1951 | Antonov An-2 | Maintenance error, crash on takeoff | |
CCCP-N591 | Ust-Tareya | 28 September 1952 | Antonov An-2 | Pilot error, stall, loss of control | |
CCCP-N479 | near Kępino | 4 March 1955 | Ilyushin Il-12 | Mys-Kamennyy–Amderma–Arkhangelsk–Moscow | Engine fire, forced landing |
Flight 3 | 41 mi from Katanga | 30 December 1958 | Ilyushin Il-14M | Pevek–Mys Kosistyy–Khatanga–Moscow | Deviation from course, premature descent, CFIT |
Precision Air | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 494 Bukoba | Lake Victoria near Bukoba | 6 November 2022 | ATR 42-500 | Dar es Salaam–Mwanza–Bukoba | Under investigation |
President Airlines | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
N90773 Theodore Roosevelt | River Shannon | 10 September 1961 | Douglas DC-6 | Düsseldorf–Shannon–Gander–Chicago | Instrument failure, weather, possible pilot error, loss of control |
Puerto Rico International Airlines (Prinair) | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 277 | Luquillo, Puerto Rico | 5 March 1969 | de Havilland Heron 2D | Charlotte Amalie-San Juan | ATC error, CFIT |
Flight 191 | Ponce, Puerto Rico | 24 June 1972 | de Havilland Heron 2 | San Juan-Ponce | Pilot error |
Flight 610 | Alexander Hamilton Airport | 24 July 1979 | de Havilland Heron 2D | St. Croix-St. Kitts | Overloading, loss of control |
Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 9045 | near Nalchik Airport | 24 February 1994 | Antonov An-12BP | Volgograd-Nalchik | Icing, stall, loss of control |
RA-86060 | near Sheremetyevo Airport | 28 July 2002 | Ilyushin Il-86 | Moscow-Saint Petersburg | Mechanical failure, loss of control |
Flight 612 | near Donetsk | 22 August 2006 | Tupolev Tu-154M | Anapa-Saint Petersburg | Weather, stall, loss of control |
Qantas | |||||
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Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
G-AUED | Tambo | 24 March 1927 | de Havilland DH-9C | Charleville–Tambo–Blackall | Engine failure |
G-AUHI | Adelaide Hills | 4 September 1928 | de Havilland DH.50J | Adelaide–Longreach | Weather, loss of control |
VH-UHE Atalanta | near Winton | 3 October 1934 | de Havilland DH.50A | Loss of control, possible stall | |
VH-USG Adelaide | Longreach | 15 November 1934 | de Havilland Express | London–Singapore–Darwin–Longreach–Brisbane–Sydney | Loss of control due to design defect |
G-AEUH | Timor Sea off Kupang | 30 January 1942 | Short Empire | Shot down | |
VH-USE | Brisbane | 20 February 1942 | de Havilland Express | Brisbane–Mount Isa–Darwin | Unexplained tailfin failure, loss of control |
VH-ADU Camilla | Port Moresby | 22 April 1943 | Short Empire | Townsville–Port Moresby | Broke apart after landing |
VH-CAB (operated for RAAF) | Port Moresby | 26 November 1943 | Lockheed C-56B Lodestar | Port Moresby–Townsville | Poor visibility, CFIT |
VH-ABB | Sydney | 11 October 1944 | Short Empire | Sydney–Townsville | Pilot error, stall, loss of control |
VH-EBQ | Lae | 16 July 1951 | de Havilland Australia DHA-3 Drover | Wau–Bulolo–Lae | Propeller failure, engine separation, loss of control |
Flight 1 | Bangkok | 23 September 1999 | Boeing 747-438 | Sydney–Bangkok | Weather, crew error |
Flight 1737 | Over Bass Strait, Australia | 29 May 2003 | Boeing 717-231 | Melbourne–Launceston | Hijacking |
Flight 30 | South China Sea | 25 July 2008 | Boeing 747-438 | Hong Kong–Melbourne | Mid-air explosion, mid-air decompression |
Flight 72 | Near Exmouth, Western Australia | 7 October 2008 | Airbus A330-303 | Singapore–Perth | Air data inertial reference unit failure and autopilot software design error |
Flight 32 | Between Singapore and Batam | 4 November 2010 | Airbus A380-842 | Singapore–Sydney | Uncontained engine failure |
RED Air | |||||
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Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 203 | Miami International Airport | 21 June 2022 | McDonnell Douglas MD-82 | Santo Domingo–Miami | Under investigation (runway excursion) |
Red Wings Airlines | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 9268 | M3 near Vnukovo Airport | 29 December 2012 | Tupolev Tu-204-100V | Pardubice–Moscow | Brake failure, pilot error, runway overrun |
Royal Air Maroc (RAM) | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 630 | Atlas Mountains | 21 August 1994 | ATR-42-312 | Agadir–Casablanca | Deliberate crash (by pilot) |
Royal Nepal Airlines (now Nepal Airlines) | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
9N-AAH | Tulachan Dhuri, Nepal | 1 August 1962 | Douglas C-47 | Kathmandu–New Delhi | CFIT |
9N-AAP | Hetauda, Makwanpur District | 12 July 1969 | Douglas DC-3 | Kathmandu–Simara (now Jitpur Simara) | CFIT |
RusAir (now AtlasJet) | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 9605 | A133 near Besovets | 20 June 2011 | Tupolev Tu-134A-3 | Moscow–Petrozavodsk | Crew failed to go-around, premature descent, CFIT |
Ryanair | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 296 | London Stansted Airport | 27 February 2002 | Boeing 737-8AS | Ground fire | |
Flight 4102 | Rome | 10 November 2008 | Boeing 737-8AS | Frankfurt–Rome | Multiple birdstrikes |
S7 Airlines | |||||
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Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 778 | Irkutsk | 8 July 2006 | Airbus A310-324 | Moscow–Irkutsk | Pilot error |
Sabena | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
OO-AGN | Tatsfield, Surrey | 10 December 1935 | Savoia-Marchetti S.73P | Brussels–London | Pilot error |
OO-AUB | Ostend, Belgium | 16 November 1937 | Junkers Ju 52/3mge | Frankfurt–Cologne–Brussels–London | Weather, pilot error |
OO-AGT | Soest, Germany | 10 October 1938 | Savoia-Marchetti S.73P | Brussels–Düsseldorf–Berlin | In-flight breakup |
OO-AGS (operating for RAF) | Arques, France | 23 May 1940 | Savoia-Marchetti S.73P | Brussels–London | Shot down |
OO-AGZ (operated by RAF) | Merville, France | 23 May 1940 | Savoia-Marchetti S.73P | Destroyed on the ground | |
OO-AUI (operated by RAF) | near Arques, France | 23 May 1940 | Douglas DC-3-227B | Merville-London | Shot down by ground fire, forced landing |
OO-AUR | Haren Airport | 17 September 1946 | Douglas C-47A | Brussels–London | Loss of speed for reasons unknown |
OO-CBG | near Gander | 18 September 1946 | Douglas DC-4-1009 | Brussels–Shannon–Gander–New York City | Pilot error |
OO-CAR | near Mitwaba, Belgian Congo | 24 December 1947 | Lockheed C-60A | Mitwaba–Manono | Double engine failure, loss of control |
OO-AWH | Heathrow Airport | 2 March 1948 | Douglas DC-3D | Brussels–London | Pilot error |
OO-CBE | near Magazini, Belgian Congo | 12 May 1948 | Douglas DC-4-1009 | Johannesburg–Léopoldville–Libenga–Brussels | Flew into a tornado, windshear |
OO-CBL | near Kimbwe, Belgian Congo | 31 August 1948 | Douglas C-47A | Manono–Elizabethville | Undetermined |
OO-CBK | Léopoldville, Belgian Congo | 27 August 1949 | Douglas C-47B | Léopoldville–Elizabethville | Loss of engine power, failed to gain height on takeoff |
OO-AUQ | Aulnay-sous-Bois, France | 18 December 1949 | Douglas C-47A | Paris–Brussels | Wing separation, loss of control |
OO-CBA | near Gao Airport | 24 July 1951 | Douglas DC-3-455 | Brussels–Gao–Léopoldville | Engine failure on takeoff |
Flight 425 | near Kikwit, Belgian Congo | 4 February 1952 | Douglas C-47A | Costermansville-Léopoldville | Propeller separation, fuselage penetration, loss of control |
OO-AWQ | near Frankfurt | 14 October 1953 | Convair CV-240-12 | Frankfurt–Brussels | Loss of power on takeoff |
OO-AWO | near Kloten Airport | 19 December 1953 | Convair CV-240-12 | Brussels–Zürich | Pilot error |
OO-CBY | near Maribor, Yugoslavia | 3 June 1954 | Douglas C-47A | Blackbushe-Beograd | Attacked by MiG-15 fighter, forced landing |
Flight 503 | Mount Terminillo | 13 February 1955 | Douglas DC-6 | Brussels–Rome | Navigation error, CFIT |
OO-SFA | near Casablanca | 18 May 1958 | Douglas DC-7C | Brussels–Lisbon–Léopoldville | Engine failure, pilot error |
Flight 548 | Brussels | 15 February 1961 | Boeing 707-329 | New York City–Brussels | Mechanical failure |
Flight 712 | near Lagos | 13 July 1968 | Boeing 707-329C | Brussels–Lagos | Excessive descent for reasons unknown |
Flight 571 | Lod International Airport | 8 May 1972 | Boeing 707-329 | Vienna-Tel Aviv | Hijacking |
SAHSA | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 414 | Tegucigalpa | 21 October 1989 | Boeing 727 | Pilot error | |
Saratov Airlines | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 703 | near Stepanovskoye, Moscow Oblast | 11 February 2018 | Antonov An-148-100B | Moscow–Orsk | Pilot error, icing, loss of control |
Saturn Airways | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
N640NA | near San Antonio International Airport | 31 January 1967 | Douglas DC-6A | Undetermined | |
N9248R | near Fort Dix | 10 October 1970 | Lockheed L-100-20 Hercules | Dayton–Wrightstown | Weather, spatial disorientation, pilot error |
Flight 14 | near Springfield, Illinois | 23 May 1974 | Lockheed L-100-30 Hercules | Alameda–Indianapolis–Wilmington | Metal fatigue, wing separation, loss of control |
Saudia | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
HZ-AAF | Jeddah | 25 September 1959 | Douglas C-54A | Jeddah–Riyadh | Pilot error, stall, forced landing |
HZ-AAN | Red Sea, 63 mi off Jeddah | 13 June 1964 | Douglas C-47A | None | CFIT |
HZ-AAM | near Khalif Nseir | 24 June 1967 | Douglas C-47 | Nejran-Jeddah | ? |
HZ-AAZ | 3 mi S of Dhahran | 8 July 1968 | Convair CV-340-68 | Bahrain–Dhahran | Poor visibility, aborted approach |
Unknown | Damascus | 10 November 1970 | Douglas DC-3 | Amman–Riyadh | Hijacking |
Flight 163 | Riyadh | 19 August 1980 | Lockheed L-1011-200 TriStar | Karachi–Riyadh–Jeddah | In-flight fire for reasons unknown, burned out on the ground |
Flight 162 | over Qatar | 22 December 1980 | Lockheed L-1011-200 TriStar | Dhahran–Karachi | Explosive decompression |
Flight 763 | Delhi | 12 November 1996 | Boeing 747-168B | Delhi–Dhahran | Mid-air collision with a Kazakhstan Airlines Ilyushin Il-76 |
Flight 770 | Tambaram Air Force Station | 2 June 1997 | Boeing 747 | Dhahran–Riyadh–Chennai | Pilot error, landed at wrong airport |
Flight 3830 | Kuala Lumpur International Airport | 23 August 2001 | Boeing 747-368 | Kuala Lumpur-Jeddah | Hydraulic system failure, ran off runway |
Flight 810 (leased from Air Atlanta Icelandic) | Zia International Airport | 25 March 2008 | Boeing 747-357 | Madinah–Dhaka | Fuel leak, in-flight fire |
Flight 931 (leased from Air ACT) | Frankfurt International Airport | 16 September 2018 | Boeing 747-428FER | Dammam–Frankfurt | Fatigue, wing flap fell off on landing |
Flight 919 (operated by Air ACT) | King Fahad International Airport | 1 February 2020 | Boeing 747-412F (SCD) | Dammam–Zaragoza | Tailstrike on takeoff |
Saudia Cargo | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 916 (operated by Air ACT) | Aachen Airport | 11 November 2017 | Boeing 747-428FER | Maastricht–Jeddah | Runway excursion on takeoff |
Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) | |||||
Seaboard World Airlines | |||||
Flight 253A | Burevestnik, Kuril Islands | 1 July 1968 | Douglas DC-8-63CF | Seattle–Yokota AB | Forced landing |
N6834 | Stockton Airport | 16 October 1969 | Douglas DC-8-63CF | None | Mechanical failure, runway overrun |
Société Générale des Transports Aériens (SGTA) | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
F-ADTP | near Schiphol Airport | 24 August 1924 | Farman F.61 Goliath | Engine failure, forced landing | |
F-ADTN | Atlantic Ocean | 5 May 1927 | Farman F.61 Goliath | Unexplained disappearance | |
F-AEIE | Cologne Butzweilerhof Airport | 23 May 1928 | Farman F.63bis Goliath | Crashed on takeoff | |
F-ADTQ | Aalsmeer, Netherlands | 9 July 1930 | Farman F.63bis Goliath | Amsterdam–Rotterdam–Antwerp–Brussels–Paris | Mechanical failure, loss of control |
Shanxi Airlines | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
B-4218 | Linfen | 7 October 1988 | Ilyushin Il-14P | None | Crash on takeoff |
Siberia Airlines (now S7 Airlines) | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 1812 | Black Sea | 4 October 2001 | Tupolev Tu-154M | Tel Aviv–Novosibirsk | Accidental shoot down |
Flight 852 | Omsk Airport | 14 January 2002 | Tupolev Tu-204-100 | Frankfurt–Novosibirsk | Double engine failure, skidded off runway |
Flight 1047 | Rostov Oblast | 24 August 2004 | Tupolev Tu-154B-2 | Moscow–Sochi | Terrorist bombing |
Sichuan Airlines | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 434 | near Chengdu | 24 January 2003 | Embraer ERJ-145LR | Chongqing–Chengdu | Attempted hijacking |
Flight 8633 | over Xiaojin County | 14 May 2018 | Airbus A319-100 | Chongqing–Lhasa | Windshield failure, uncontrolled decompression |
SilkAir | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 185 | Palembang | 19 December 1997 | Boeing 737-300 | Jakarta–Singapore | Deliberate crash (disputed) |
Singapore Airlines | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 117 | Singapore | 26 March 1991 | Airbus A310 | Kuala Lumpur–Singapore | Hijacking |
Flight 006 | Taipei | 31 October 2000 | Boeing 747-412 | Singapore–Taipei–Los Angeles | Ground collision |
Flight 368 | Changi Airport | 27 June 2016 | Boeing 777-312ER | Singapore-Milan | Oil leak, in-flight fire |
9V-SQK | Changi Airport | 29 November 2017 | Boeing 777-212ER | None | Contact with burning ground vehicle |
Skyways | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
G-AJPL | near Castel Benito Airport | 4 February 1949 | Douglas C-54A | Nairobi–Khartoum–Tripoli–London | Fuel exhaustion, double engine failure, loss of altitude |
G-AHFI | near Gatow | 15 March 1949 | Avro York I | Northolt–Berlin | Loss of control |
G-AHFA | North Atlantic | 2 February 1953 | Avro York I | London–Azores–Gander–Kingston | Unexplained disappearance |
G-AGNY | Kyritz | 26 June 1954 | Avro York C.I | Hamburg–Berlin | Engine separation, loss of control for reasons unknown |
G-ALDV | Meesden Green | 1 April 1958 | Handley Page Hermes 4/A | None | Jammed elevator, loss of control |
Slick Airways | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
NC59486 | Denver | 14 February 1947 | Curtiss C-46E | Chicago–Omaha–Denver | Loss of control |
NC59488 | Hanksville, Utah | 21 August 1947 | Curtiss C-46E | Denver–Los Angeles | Weather, CFIT |
NC56489 | near Port Columbus International Airport | 16 May 1948 | Curtiss C-46E | Newark–Chicago–Denver–Burbank–San Francisco | Turbulence, rudder failure, loss of control |
Flight 11-8 | near Cheyenne Regional Airport | 9 October 1949 | Curtiss C-46E | Las Vegas–Denver | Turbulence, icing, loss of control |
Flight 162-3 | near Bradley Field | 4 March 1953 | Curtiss C-46F | New York–Windsor Locks–Chicago | Pilot error, CFIT |
Flight 40Z | San Francisco International Airport | 3 February 1963 | Lockheed L-1049H Super Constellation | Albuquerque–San Francisco | Pilot error |
Flight 12 | near Logan International Airport | 10 March 1964 | Douglas DC-4 | New York–Windsor Locks–Boston | Icing, loss of control |
South African Airways (SAA) | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
ZS-AKY | Rand Airport | 16 June 1937 | Junkers Ju 52/3msa1 | Loss of power, crash on takeoff | |
ZS-AST | Elands Bay, South Africa | 28 March 1941 | Lockheed 18-08-01 Lodestar | Windhoek–Cape Town | CFIT |
ZS-AVJ | Mount Ingeli | 15 October 1951 | Douglas C-47A | Port Elizabeth–Durban | CFIT |
Flight 201 (Yoke Yoke, operated by BOAC) | Mediterranean Sea off San Lucido | 8 April 1954 | de Havilland Comet 1 | London-Rome-Cairo-Johannesburg | Metal fatigue, structural failure |
Flight 512 | near Seymour | 6 March 1962 | Douglas DC-3 | Cape Town–Collondale | Pilot error, CFIT |
Flight 406 Rietbok | East London, South Africa | 13 March 1967 | Vickers Viscount 818 | Port Elizabeth–East London–Bloemfontein-Johannesburg | Unknown[4] (possible pilot incapacitation and loss of control) |
Flight 228 Pretoria | Windhoek | 20 April 1968 | Boeing 707-344C | Johannesburg–Windhoek–Luanda–Las Palmas–Frankfurt–London | Pilot error, CFIT |
Flight 295 Helderberg | Indian Ocean, near Mauritius | 28 November 1987 | Boeing 747-244B Combi | Taipei–Mauritius–Johannesburg | In-flight fire, in-flight breakup, loss of control |
South Airlines | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 8971 | Donetsk Airport | 13 February 2013 | Antonov An-24RV | Odesa–Donetsk | Poor visibility, pilot error, loss of control |
Southeast Airlines | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 308 | Holston Mountain | 8 January 1959 | Douglas DC-3A | Knoxville–Bristol | Pilot error, CFIT |
Southern Airways | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 932 | Huntington, West Virginia | 14 November 1970 | Douglas DC-9-31 | Kinston–Huntington | Unexplained descent, CFIT |
Flight 242 | New Hope, Georgia | 4 April 1977 | Douglas DC-9-31 | Muscle Shoals–Huntsville–Atlanta | Water ingestion, double engine failure |
Southwest Airlines | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 1455 | Burbank, California | 5 March 2000 | Boeing 737-3T5 | Las Vegas–Burbank | Pilot error, runway overrun |
Flight 2066 | Amarillo International Airport | 24 May 2003 | Boeing 737-3H4 | Las Vegas–Amarillo | Crew error, weather, runway excursion |
Flight 1248 | Chicago | 8 December 2005 | Boeing 737-7H4 | Baltimore–Chicago | Weather, runway overrun, ground collision |
Flight 2294 | near Charleston, West Virginia | 13 July 2009 | Boeing 737-3H4 | Nashville–Baltimore | Metal fatigue, structural failure, rapid depressurization |
Flight 812 | Yuma International Airport | 1 April 2011 | Boeing 737-3H4 | Phoenix–Sacramento | Metal fatigue, structural failure, rapid depressurization |
Flight 345 | La Guardia Airport | 22 July 2013 | Boeing 737-7H4 | Nashville–New York City | Pilot error, landed nose-first, nosegear failure |
Flight 149 | BWI Marshall Airport | 4 August 2016 | Boeing 737-3H4 | Baltimore–Atlanta | Nosegear failure (during pushback) |
Flight 3472 | Gulf of Mexico | 27 August 2016 | Boeing 737-7H4 | New Orleans–Orlando | Uncontained engine failure, fuselage penetration |
Flight 1380 | near Philadelphia | 17 April 2018 | Boeing 737-7H4 | New York City–Dallas | Uncontained engine failure, fuselage penetration, explosive decompression |
Flight 1392 | Austin–Bergstrom International Airport | 7 May 2020 | Boeing 737-7H4 | Denver–Austin | Collision with pedestrian on runway |
Southwest Airways | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 7[5] | Refugio Pass, CA | 6 April 1951 | Douglas DC-3 | Santa Maria Airport (CA)–Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (CA) | CFIT |
Spanair | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 5022 | Madrid | 20 August 2008 | McDonnell Douglas MD-82 | Barcelona–Madrid–Gran Canaria | Pilot error, failure to extend flaps and slats for takeoff |
Spantax | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
EC-ARZ | El Ortigal de Arriba | 7 December 1965 | Douglas C-47A | Tenerife–Las Palmas | Entered a spin after takeoff |
EC-BNM | Arlanda Airport | 5 January 1970 | Convair CV-990-30A-5 | Stockholm–Zürich | Pilot error, wind shear |
Flight 275 | Tenerife, Canary Islands | 3 December 1972 | Convair CV-990-30A-5 | Tenerife–Munich | Pilot error |
Flight 995 | Málaga Airport | 13 September 1982 | Douglas DC-10-30 | Madrid–Málaga–New York City | Landing gear tire failure, aborted take-off |
Spencer Airways | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
VP-YFD | Croydon Airport | 25 January 1947 | Douglas C-47A | London–Rome–Salisbury | Pilot error, loss of control |
Sriwijaya Air | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 62 | Sultan Thaha Airport | 27 August 2008 | Boeing 737-200 | Jakarta-Jambi | Hydraulic failure, runway overrun on landing |
Flight 182 Citra | off Thousand Islands | 9 January 2021 | Boeing 737-524 | Jakarta-Pontianak | Asymmetrical thrust setting due to a faulty autothrottle system |
Sudan Airways | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
ST-ADY | near Malakal | 16 August 1986 | Fokker F27 | Malakal–Khartoum | Shot down |
Flight 139 White Nile | Port Sudan | 8 July 2003 | Boeing 737-2J8C | Port Sudan–Khartoum | Engine problems, pilot error |
Flight 109 | Khartoum International Airport | 10 June 2008 | Airbus A310-324 | Amman–Damascus–Port Sudan–Khartoum | Weather, runway overrun |
Surinam Airways | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 764 | Paramaribo, Suriname | 7 June 1989 | Douglas DC-8 | Amsterdam–Paramaribo | Pilot error |
Swissair | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
CH-170 | near Tuttlingen | 27 July 1934 | Curtiss AT-32C Condor II | Zurich–Stuttgart–Leipzig–Berlin | Vibration, fatigue, wing separation |
HB-ITA | near Senlis | 7 January 1939 | Douglas DC-2-115B | Geneva–Paris | CFIT |
HB-IXA | Konstanz | 20 July 1939 | Junkers Ju 86Z-2 | Vienna–Zurich | Engine fire, loss of control |
HB-IRW Ticino | English Channel off Folkestone | 19 June 1954 | Convair CV-240-4 | Geneva–London | Crew negligence, fuel exhaustion, water ditching |
HB-IMD | Shannon Airport | 15 July 1956 | Convair CV-440-11 | San Diego–New York City–Gander–Shannon–Zurich | Pilot error |
HB-IRK | Bodensee | 18 June 1957 | Douglas C-47B | None | Stall, loss of control |
Flight 306 Schaffhausen | Dürrenäsch | 4 September 1963 | Sud Aviation Caravelle III | Zurich-Geneva-Rome | In-flight fire, hydraulic failure, loss of control |
HB-IMF | Jura Mountains | 10 February 1967 | Convair CV-440-11 | None | CFIT |
Flight 330 Baselland | Würenlingen | 21 February 1970 | Convair CV-990-30A-6 | Zurich–Tel Aviv–Hong Kong | Terrorist bombing |
Flight 100 Nidwalden | Zarqa, Jordan | 13 September 1970 | Douglas DC-8-53 | Zurich–New York City | Hijacking, blown up on the ground |
Flight 316 Uri | Athens | 8 October 1979 | Douglas DC-8-62 | Geneva–Athens–Bombay–Beijing | Crew error, runway overrun |
Flight 111 Vaud | off Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia | 2 September 1998 | McDonnell Douglas MD-11 | New York City–Geneva | In-flight fire, electrical and hydraulic failure, spatial disorientation, loss of control |
TAAG Angola Airlines | |||||
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Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
D2-TYC | near Matala | 8 June 1980 | Yakovlev Yak-40K | Lubango—Jamba | Possibly shot down |
D2-EAS | near Menongue Airport | 16 May 1981 | Lockheed L-100-20 Hercules | Shot down | |
D2-TAB | Monte Bibala | 29 November 1982 | Antonov An-26 | CFIT | |
Flight 462 | near Lubango | 8 November 1983 | Boeing 737-2M2 | Lubango—Luanda | Structural failure (official) Possible shoot down (unofficial) |
D2-TFP | Maya Maya Airport | 14 April 1997 | Fokker F27-600 | Brazzaville–Luanda | Loss of control on takeoff |
D2-TBP | M'Banza Congo Airport | 28 June 2007 | Boeing 737-2M2 | Luanda—M'Banza—Negage | Landed short of runway, right gear collapse |
TACA (now Avianca El Salvador) | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 110 | New Orleans | 24 May 1988 | Boeing 737-3T0 | Belize City–New Orleans | Weather, design failure |
Flight 510 | Guatemala City | 6 April 1993 | Boeing 767-2S1ER | Pilot error | |
Flight 390 | Tegucigalpa | 30 May 2008 | Airbus A320 | La Paz–Tegucigalpa–San Pedro Sula–Miami | Runway overrun in bad weather |
TAESA Lineas Aéreas | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 725 | Uruapan | 9 November 1999 | Douglas DC-9-31 | Mexico City–Uruapan–Tijuana | Failure to use checklists, spatial disorientation |
TAG Airlines | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 730 | Lake Erie off Cleveland, Ohio | 28 January 1970 | de Havilland Dove 6A | Cleveland—Detroit | Wing failure |
Tajik Air | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
26035 | 63 mi from Tbilisi | 17 June 1993 | Antonov An-26B | Batumi–Baku–Chimkent | Severe turbulence, probable loss of control |
87995 | near Khorugh | 28 August 1993 | Yakovlev Yak-40 | Khorugh–Dushanbe | Overloading, failure to take off, runway overrun |
Flight 3183 | near Sharjah Airport | 15 December 1997 | Tupolev Tu-154B-1 | Dushanbe–Sharjah | Pilot error, CFIT |
TAM Airlines (now LATAM Airlines Brasil) | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
PP-SBB | Agudos | 8 February 1979 | Embraer EMB 110C Bandeirante | Bauru–São Paulo | CFIT |
PP-SBC | Rio das Ostras | 28 June 1984 | Embraer EMB 110C Bandeirante | Rio de Janeiro–Macaé | VFR in IMC, CFIT |
PT-LCG | Bauru | 12 February 1990 | Fokker F27-200 | São Paulo–Bauru–Araçatuba | Pilot error, ground collision (car) |
Flight 402 | Congonhas | 31 October 1996 | Fokker 100 | São Paulo–Rio de Janeiro | Mechanical failure, pilot error |
Flight 283 | Suzano | 9 July 1997 | Fokker 100 | São José–São Paulo | Bombing |
Flight 9755 | Belo Horizonte | 15 September 2001 | Fokker 100 | Recife–Campinas–São Paulo | Right engine disintegration, explosive decompression |
Flight 3804 | Araçatuba | 30 August 2002 | Fokker 100 | São Paulo–Campo Grande | Fuel starvation, emergency gear-up landing in a field |
Flight 3499 | Viracopos-Campinas International Airport | 30 August 2002 | Fokker 100 | Salvador—São Paulo | Hydraulic system problems, emergency gear-up landing |
Flight 3040 | São Paulo | 8 August 2006 | Fokker 100 | São Paulo–Recife | Passenger door opened and separated |
Flight 3054 | Congonhas | 17 July 2007 | Airbus A320-233 | Porto Alegre–São Paulo | Pilot error, improper training, bad weather and short runway |
TAP Air Portugal | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 425 | Madeira | 19 November 1977 | Boeing 727-282 | Brussels–Lisbon–Madeira | Overran runway due to poor weather and short runway |
Flight 149 | Ahmed Sékou Touré International Airport | 2 September 2022 | A320 Neo | Portugal to Guinea | Pilot error, crashed into vehicles when landing[6] |
Tara Air | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
9N-AFX | Okhaldhunga District | 15 December 2010 | de Havilland Canada Twin Otter 310 | Lamidanda-Kathmandu | CFIT |
Flight 193 | Dana, Myadgi District | 24 February 2016 | Viking Air Twin Otter 400 | Pokhara-Jomsom | Weather, VFR in IMC, loss of situational awareness, CFIT |
Flight 197 (operated for Yeti Airlines) | Sanosware, Thasang | 29 May 2022 | de Havilland Canada Twin Otter 300 | Pokhara–Jomsom | Controlled flight into terrain |
TAROM | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
YR-IMB | near Paphos, Cyprus | 24 February 1962 | Ilyushin Il-18V | Bucharest–Nicosia–Tel Aviv | Loss of power, belly landing |
YR-ILL | near Békéssámson, Hungary | 13 June 1963 | Ilyushin Il-14P | Munich–Constanta | Entered a dive |
YR-ILB | near Cugir | 9 October 1964 | Ilyushin Il-14P | Timișoara–Bucharest | Windshear, severe turbulence, in-flight breakup |
Flight 35 | Vladeasa mountains | 4 February 1970 | Antonov An-24B | Bucharest-Oradea | Premature descent, CFIT |
YR-BCA | near Kogalniceanu Airport | 7 December 1970 | BAC 1-11-424EU | Tel Aviv–Bucharest | CFIT |
YR-AMD | Lotrului Mountains | 29 December 1974 | Antonov An-24RV | Oradea-Bucharest | Crew error, CFIT |
YR-TPH | Nouadhibou Airport | 7 August 1980 | Tupolev Tu-154B-1 | Bucharest–Nouadhibou | Crew error, water ditching |
Flight 785A | Retezat Mountains | 13 August 1991 | Ilyushin Il-18V | Bucharest–Timișoara | Pilot error, CFIT |
Flight 371 Muntenia | Baloteşti | 31 March 1995 | Airbus A310-324 | Bucharest-Brussels | Misread instruments, loss of control |
Flight 3107 Constanţa | Otopeni | 30 December 2007 | Boeing 737-38J | Bucharest-Sharm el Sheikh | ATC errors, poor visibility, ground collision (car) |
TARS (now TAROM) | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
YR-TAI | Plouznice, Czech Republic | 21 November 1947 | Lisunov Li-2P | Bucharest–Prague | Spatial disorientation, CFIT |
Unknown | Beograd Airport | 9 December 1949 | Douglas DC-3 | Sibiu–Bucharest | Hijacking |
TAT European Airlines | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 230 | Fontainebleau, France | 4 March 1988 | Fairchild Hiller FH-227B | Nancy–Paris | Electrical failure, loss of control |
F-GCPZ | Pleurtuit Airport | 23 March 1991 | Fairchild Hiller FH-227 | Burned while parked | |
Tatarstan Airlines | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 363 | Kazan International Airport | 17 November 2013 | Boeing 737-53A | Moscow-Kazan | Pilot error |
Texas International Airlines | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
N1304T | over Harlingen, Texas | 6 February 1969 | Douglas DC-9-15MC | Little Rock-Harlingen | Mid-air collision with a Piper PA-28 |
Flight 926 | Valley International Airport | 11 January 1970 | Douglas DC-9-31 | McAllen-Harlingen-Houston-Dallas | Collision with obstacles on approach |
Flight 655 | Black Fork Mountain | 27 September 1973 | Convair 600 | Memphis-Pine Bluff-El Dorado-Texarkana-Dallas | Pilot error, deviation from route, poor CRM, CFIT |
Flight 987 | Stapleton Int'l Airport | 16 November 1976 | Douglas DC-9-14 | Denver–Houston | Mechanical failure, runway overrun |
N9103 | Ryan Field | 17 March 1980 | Douglas DC-9-14 | Houston–Baton Rouge | Weather, runway overrun |
Thai Airways Company | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 002 | Chiang Mai Int'l Airport | 25 December 1967 | Douglas C-47A | Bangkok–Chiang Mai | Pilot disorientation, loss of control |
Flight 231 | 9 mi NE of Bangkok | 27 April 1980 | HS 748-207 Srs. 2 | Nakhon Phanom–Udon–Khon Kaen–Bangkok | Windshear |
HS-TBB | near Phang Nga | 15 April 1985 | Boeing 737-2P5 | Bangkok–Phuket | CFIT |
Flight 365 | Andaman Sea off Phuket | 31 August 1987 | Boeing 737-2P5 | Hat Yai–Phuket | Pilot error, stall, loss of control |
Thai Airways International | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 601 Chiraprapa | near Kai Tak Int'l Airport | 30 June 1967 | Sud Aviation Caravelle III | Tokyo–Taipei–Hong Kong–Bangkok | Weather, pilot error |
HS-TGK Tepamart | Bangkok Int'l Airport | 9 July 1969 | Sud Aviation Caravelle III | Hong Kong–Bangkok | Weather, possible windshear, heavy landing |
Flight 311 Srisubhan | Tribhuvan International Airport | 10 May 1973 | Douglas DC-8-33 | Bangkok-Kolkata–Kathmandu | Pilot error, runway overrun |
Flight 620 Sukhothai | over Tosa Bay | 26 October 1986 | Airbus A300B4-601 | Bangkok–Manila–Osaka | Bombing |
Flight 311 Buri Ram | Langtang National Park | 31 July 1992 | Airbus A310-304 | Bangkok–Kathmandu | CFIT |
HS-THO Srichulalak | Bangkok Int'l Airport | 22 October 1994 | Airbus A300B4-103 | None | Ground collision with a Thai Airways MD-11 |
Flight 261 Phitsanulok | 4 mi SW of Surat Thani | 11 December 1998 | Airbus A310-204 | Bangkok–Surat Thani | Probable spatial disorientation |
Flight 114 Narathiwat | Don Mueang Int'l Airport | 3 March 2001 | Boeing 737-4D7 | Bangkok–Chiang Mai | Fuel tank explosion (while parked) |
Flight 679 Song Dao | Suvarnabhumi Int'l Airport | 8 September 2013 | Airbus A330-321 | Guangzhou–Bangkok | Landing gear collapse, runway excursion |
Tianjin Airlines | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 7554 | Hotan Airport | 29 June 2012 | Embraer E190-100LR | Hotan-Ürümqi | Attempted hijacking |
Toa Airways | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
JA6158 | Mount Ohira | 23 February 1962 | de Havilland Heron 1B | Hiroshima–Hōfu | CFIT |
Toa Domestic Airlines (TDA) | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 63 | Yokotsu Mountain | 3 July 1971 | NAMC YS-11A-217 | Sapporo-Hakodate | CFIT |
Flight 621 | Itami Airport | 28 May 1975 | NAMC YS-11-125 | Osaka-Oki Island | Mechanical failure, runway excursion |
Flight 670 | Miho Airport | 10 January 1988 | NAMC YS-11-109 | Yonago-Osaka | Icing, runway overrun |
Transair Georgia | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
4L-65893 | Black Sea off Sukhumi | 21 September 1993 | Tupolev Tu-134A | Sochi–Sukhumi | Shot down by the Abkhaz forces in the course of war |
4L-65001 | Babusheri Airport | 23 September 1993 | Tupolev Tu-134A | Sukhumi–Tbilisi | Destroyed on the ground by Abkhaz forces |
TransAsia Airways | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 791 | off Makung City | 21 December 2002 | ATR 72-202 | Taipei–Macau | Icing, loss of control |
Flight 222 | Husi, Penghu | 23 July 2014 | ATR 72-500 | Kaohsiung–Magong | Pilot error, CFIT |
Flight 235 | Taipei | 4 February 2015 | ATR 72-600 | Taipei–Kinmen | Engine failure, pilot error |
TransAVIAexport Airlines | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
EW-78849 | Mogadishu | 23 March 2007 | Ilyushin Il-76TD | Mogadishu–Djibouti–Minsk | Possible shootdown |
Transcontinental Air Transport (TAT) | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
NC9649 City of San Francisco | Mount Taylor, New Mexico | 3 September 1929 | Ford 5-AT-B Tri-Motor | Albuquerque-Los Angeles | Lightning strike, CFIT |
Unknown | Amarillo, Texas | 30 December 1929 | Travel Air 6000 | Crashed on approach | |
Transocean Air Lines | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
N79998 | 9 mi off Lurga Point | 15 August 1949 | Douglas C-54A | Rome-New York City | Poor CRM |
Flight 5763 | Tucumcari Airport | 5 November 1951 | Martin 2-0-2 | Oakland-Albuquerque | Poor visibility, pilot error |
Flight 501 | near Fairbanks, Alaska | 30 December 1951 | Curtiss C-46F Commando | Umiat-Fairbanks | Pilot error, spatial disorientation |
Flight 942 | 12 mi SW of Alvarado, California | 20 March 1953 | Douglas C-54G | Roswell-Oakland-Guam | Loss of control for reasons unknown (possible wing icing) |
Flight 512 The Royal Hawaiian | Pacific Ocean, 344 mi E of Wake Island | 12 July 1953 | Douglas DC-6 | Guam-Wake Island-Honolulu-Oakland | Undetermined |
Transports Aériens Intercontinentaux (TAI) | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
F-BELB | 10 mi S of Bangui Airport | 8 December 1950 | Douglas C-54A | Paris–Bangui–Dar es-Salaam | Crew errors, CFIT |
F-BGOD | near Cairo | 20 February 1956 | Douglas DC-6B | Saigon–Calcutta–Karachi–Bahrain–Cairo-Paris | Pilot error, crew error, crew fatigue, improper approach |
Flight 307 | Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport | 24 September 1959 | Douglas DC-7C | Paris–Bordeaux–Bamako–Abidjan | CFIT |
Trans Service Airlift | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
9Q-CCR | Jamba Airport | 18 December 1995 | Lockheed L-188C Electra | Jamba–Kinshasa | Overloading, loss of control |
Trans World Airlines (TWA) | |||||
Trigana Air Service | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
PK-YNM | Mount Deyjay | 4 November 1994 | de Havilland Canada Twin Otter 100 | Nabire–Obano | CFIT |
PK-YPZ | 31 mi from Nabire | 25 May 2002 | de Havilland Canada Twin Otter 300 | Nabire–Enarotali | CFIT |
PK-YPY | Puncak Jaya | 17 November 2006 | de Havilland Canada Twin Otter 300 | Mulia–Ilaga | CFIT |
Flight 168 | near Sepingan Airport | 11 February 2010 | ATR 42-300 | Tanjung Redep–Samarinda | Double engine failure, forced landing |
Flight 257 | Papua, Indonesia | 16 August 2015 | ATR 42-300 | Jayapura–Oksibil | Deviation from approach, CFIT |
Tupolev | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
CCCP-N20 | over Moscow | 18 May 1935 | Tupolev ANT-20 | None | Mid-air collision |
CCCP-45076 | near Chkalovsky Airport | 14 January 1966 | Tupolev Tu-134 | None | Loss of control |
CCCP-77102 | Goussainville, Val-d'Oise | 3 June 1973 | Tupolev Tu-144S | None | In-flight breakup, loss of control |
CCCP-77111 | Khabarovsk Novy Airport | 23 May 1978 | Tupolev Tu-144D | None | Fuel leak, in-flight fire |
Turkish Airlines (Türk Hava Yolları) | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
TC-SEV | near Gatwick Airport | 17 February 1959 | Vickers Viscount 794D | Ankara-Istanbul–Rome-London | Weather, CFIT for reasons unknown |
Flight 835 | Etimesgut, Ankara | 23 September 1961 | Fokker F27-100 | Cyprus–Adana–Ankara–Istanbul | Pilot error |
TC-KOP | Mt. Medetsiz | 8 March 1962 | Fairchild F-27 | Istanbul–Ankara–Adana | Spatial disorientation |
TC-ETI | Ankara | 3 February 1964 | Douglas C-47A | Istanbul–Ankara | Disregard of procedure |
TC-JAC | near Adana Airport | 21 January 1972 | Douglas DC-9-32 | Damascus–Ankara | Downwind during emergency landing |
Flight 301 Van | Cumaovası, Izmir | 26 January 1974 | Fokker F28-1000 | Izmir-Istanbul | Wing icing, stall, loss of control |
Flight 981 Ankara | Ermenonville | 3 March 1974 | McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 | Istanbul-Paris-London | Design error, mechanical failure (faulty cargo door) |
Flight 345 Bursa | Sea of Marmara | 30 January 1975 | Fokker F28-1000 | Izmir–Istanbul | Possible downwind during landing |
Flight 452 Antalya | near Isparta | 19 September 1976 | Boeing 727-2F2 | Istanbul–Antalya | Navigation error, CFIT |
TC-JAT Trabzon | Çubuk, Ankara | 23 December 1979 | Fokker F28-1000 | Samsun–Ankara | Deviation from course |
Flight 890 Diyarbakır | Diyarbakır | 13 October 1980 | Boeing 727-200 | Istanbul–Ankara | Hijacking |
Flight 158 Afyon | Esenboğa Airport | 16 January 1983 | Boeing 727-2F2 | Istanbul–Ankara | Poor visibility, crash short of runway |
Flight 278 Mersin | Van | 29 December 1994 | Boeing 737-4Y0 | Ankara–Van | Poor visibility, CFIT |
Flight 5904 Trakya | Ceyhan | 7 April 1999 | Boeing 737-4Q8 | Adana–Jeddah | Weather, possible icing, crew error |
Flight 634 Konya | Diyarbakır | 8 January 2003 | Avro RJ100 | Istanbul–Diyarbakır | CFIT |
Flight 1476 | Papola Casale Airport | 3 October 2006 | Boeing 737-4Y0 | Tirana–Istanbul | Hijacking |
Flight 1951 Tekirdağ | near Schiphol, Amsterdam | 25 February 2009 | Boeing 737-800 | Istanbul-Amsterdam | Instrument failure, stall, loss of control |
Flight 1754 | Atatürk Airport | 5 January 2011 | Boeing 737-8F2 | Oslo–Istanbul | Attempted hijacking |
Flight 1878 Gümüşhane | Atatürk Airport | 25 April 2015 | Airbus A320-232 | Milan–Istanbul | Hard landing leading to fire, landing gear collapse and runway excursion |
Flight 6491 (leased from MyCargo Airlines) | near Manas International Airport | 16 January 2017 | Boeing 747-412F | Hong Kong–Bishkek | CFIT |
Ukraine International Airlines | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 752 | near Shahriar, Iran | 8 January 2020 | Boeing 737-8KV | Tehran–Kyiv | Accidental shootdown |
United Airlines | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Trip 23 | Chesterton, Indiana | 10 October 1933 | Boeing 247D | Newark–Cleveland–Chicago–Oakland | Bombing |
NC13357 | Parley's Canyon, Utah | 23 February 1934 | Boeing 247 | Salt Lake City–Cheyenne | Poor visibility, weather, CFIT |
Flight 6 | Western Springs, Illinois | 20 December 1934 | Boeing 247 | Chicago–Omaha | Icing, loss of power |
Trip 4 | near Silver Crown, Wyoming | 7 October 1935 | Boeing 247D | Oakland–Salt Lake City–Denver–Cheyenne | Pilot error |
NC13323 | Cheyenne | 30 October 1935 | Boeing 247D | None | Pilot error |
Flight 34 | Rice Canyon, California | 27 December 1936 | Boeing 247D | San Francisco–Los Angeles | Pilot error |
Flight 23 | off San Francisco | 9 February 1937 | Douglas DC-3A-197 | Los Angeles–San Francisco–Oakland | Loss of control due to co-pilot dropping microphone |
Flight 1 | Haydens Peak, Wyoming | 17 October 1937 | Douglas DC-3-197 | Newark–Chicago–Cheyenne–Salt Lake City–Los Angeles | Weather, CFIT |
Flight 9 | Cleveland | 24 May 1938 | Douglas DST-A-207A | Newark–Cleveland–Chicago | In-flight fire, loss of control |
Flight 6 | off Point Reyes, California | 29 November 1938 | Douglas DC-3A-191 | Seattle–Portland–Medford–Sacramento–Oakland–San Francisco–Fresno–Bakersfield–Los Angeles–San Diego | Pilot error, fuel exhaustion, water ditching |
Flight 16 | Bountiful Peak, Utah | 4 November 1940 | Douglas DC-3-197 | Oakland–San Francisco–Sacramento–Reno–Elko–Salt Lake City | Weather, loss of radio communication, pilot error, CFIT |
Flight 21 | Chicago | 4 December 1940 | Douglas DC-3A-197C | New York–Philadelphia–Allentown–Akron–Cleveland–Chicago | Possible icing, stall, loss of control |
NC16072 | Salt Lake City Municipal Airport | 12 January 1941 | Douglas DC-3A-197 | None | Burned in hangar fire |
Flight 4 | Salt Lake City | 1 May 1942 | Douglas DST-A-207A | San Francisco–Oakland–Salt Lake City–New York City | Deviation from course for reasons unknown, CFIT |
41-24027 | Whenuapai, New Zealand | 2 August 1943 | Consolidated C-87 Liberator Express | Whenuapai–Amberley | Pilot error, CFIT |
Flight 14 Mainliner Tacoma | Elk Mountain | 31 January 1946 | Douglas DC-3-194H | Portland–Pendleton–Boise–Denver | Deviation from course, CFIT |
Flight 28 Mainliner Lake Michigan | near Cheyenne | 8 October 1946 | Douglas DC-4 | San Francisco–Cheyenne–Chicago | Loss of altitude on approach |
Flight 404 Mainliner Elko | Cleveland, Ohio | 11 November 1946 | Douglas C-53D (DC-3) | Chicago–Cleveland | Pilot error |
Flight 521 Mainliner Lake Tahoe | LaGuardia Airport | 29 May 1947 | Douglas C-54B | New York City–Cleveland | Pilot error |
Flight 608 Mainliner Washington D.C. | Bryce Canyon, Utah | 24 October 1947 | Douglas DC-6 | Los Angeles–Denver–Chicago | Design flaw, in-flight fire |
Flight 624 Mainliner Utah | Aristes, Pennsylvania | 17 June 1948 | Douglas DC-6 | San Diego–Los Angeles–Chicago–New York City | False warning of in-flight fire, crew error operating extinguishers |
Flight 129 | near Fort Wayne, Indiana | 28 April 1951 | Douglas DC-3A-197 | Cleveland–Fort Wayne–South Bend–Chicago | Windshear |
Flight 610 Mainliner Overland Trail | Crystal Mountain, Colorado | 30 June 1951 | Douglas DC-6 | San Francisco–Oakland–Salt Lake City–Denver–Chicago | Deviation from course for reasons unknown, CFIT |
Flight 615 Mainliner Omaha | near Decoto, California | 24 August 1951 | Douglas DC-6B | Boston–Hartford–Cleveland–Chicago–Oakland–San Francisco | Pilot error, navigation error, CFIT |
Flight 7030 Mainliner Oahu | off Redwood City, California | 12 September 1951 | Boeing Stratocruiser 10–34 | None | Stall, loss of control |
Flight 16 | Stapleton Int'l Airport | 4 December 1951 | Douglas DC-3A | None | Stall, loss of control |
Flight 314 | Michigan City, Indiana | 26 August 1953 | Convair CV-340-31 | Chicago-Detroit | Mid-air collision with an American Airlines Convair 240 |
N37512 Mainliner Idaho | Long Island MacArthur Airport | 4 April 1955 | Douglas DC-6 | None | Pilot error, loss of control |
Flight 409 Mainliner Capistrano | Medicine Bow Peak | 6 October 1955 | Douglas DC-4 | New York City–Chicago–Denver–Salt Lake City–San Francisco | Deviation from course for reasons unknown, CFIT |
Flight 629 Mainliner Denver | Longmont, Colorado | 1 November 1955 | Douglas DC-6B | New York City–Chicago–Denver–Portland–Seattle | Bombing |
Flight 718 Mainliner Vancouver | Grand Canyon | 30 June 1956 | Douglas DC-7 | Los Angeles–Chicago–New York City | Mid-air collision with TWA Constellation |
Flight 736 | Arden, Nevada | 21 April 1958 | Douglas DC-7 | Los Angeles–Denver–New York City | Mid-air collision with USAF F-100 fighter |
Flight 826 Mainliner Will Rogers | over Staten Island | 16 December 1960 | Douglas DC-8-11 | Chicago–New York City | Mid-air collision with TWA Constellation |
Flight 859 | Stapleton Int'l Airport | 11 July 1961 | Douglas DC-8-12 | Philadelphia–Chicago–Omaha–Denver | Mechanical failure, pilot error |
Flight 297 | Howard County, Maryland | 23 November 1962 | Vickers Viscount 745D | Newark–Washington DC | Bird strike, loss of control |
Flight 823 | near Parrottsville, Tennessee | 9 July 1964 | Vickers Viscount 745D | Philadelphia–Washington DC–Knoxville–Huntsville | In-flight fire for reasons unknown, loss of control |
Flight 389 | Lake Michigan off Chicago | 16 August 1965 | Boeing 727-22 | New York City–Chicago | CFIT for reasons unknown |
Flight 227 | Salt Lake City International Airport | 11 November 1965 | Boeing 727-22 | New York City–Cleveland–Chicago–Denver–Salt Lake City–San Francisco | Crashed short of the runway, pilot error |
Flight 459 | Cuba | 11 January 1969 | Boeing 727 | Jacksonville, TX–Miami | Hijacking |
Flight 266 | Pacific Ocean off Los Angeles | 18 January 1969 | Boeing 727-22C | Los Angeles–Denver–Milwaukee | Mechanical failure, total loss of electrical power, spatial disorientation |
Flight 14 | over Riverside, California | 25 June 1969 | Douglas DC-8 | Los Angeles–New York City | Hijacking |
Flight 611 City of Bristol | Philadelphia Int'l Airport | 19 July 1970 | Boeing 737-222 | Philadelphia–Rochester | Engine failure, pilot error, runway overrun on takeoff |
Flight 553 City of Lincoln | Chicago | 8 December 1972 | Boeing 737-222 | Washington, D.C.–Chicago | Approach landing stall, pilot error |
Flight 2860 | near Kaysville, Utah | 18 December 1977 | Douglas DC-8-54F | San Francisco–Salt Lake City | Electrical failure, pilot error, ATC error |
Flight 173 | Portland, Oregon | 28 December 1978 | Douglas DC-8-61 | New York City–Denver–Portland | Fuel exhaustion, pilot error |
Flight 2885 | Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport | 11 January 1983 | Douglas DC-8-54F | Cleveland–Detroit–Los Angeles | Aircraft upset, crew error |
Flight 811 | Pacific Ocean | 24 February 1989 | Boeing 747-122 | Honolulu–Auckland–Sydney | Cargo door opened—explosive decompression |
Flight 232 | Sioux City, Iowa | 19 July 1989 | McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 | Denver–Philadelphia | Manufacturing error, engine failure |
Flight 585 | Colorado Springs, Colorado | 3 March 1991 | Boeing 737-291 | Peoria–Moline-Denver-Colorado Springs | Mechanical failure, rudder reversion |
Flight 826 | Pacific Ocean, 956 mi ESE of Tokyo | 28 December 1997 | Boeing 747-122 | Tokyo-Honolulu | Severe turbulence |
N7274U | Eppley Airfield | 13 May 2001 | Boeing 727-222 | None | Damaged by hailstorm |
Flight 175 | World Trade Center, New York City | 11 September 2001 | Boeing 767-222 | Boston–Los Angeles | Terrorism, hijacking |
Flight 93 | Stonycreek Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania | 11 September 2001 | Boeing 757-222 | Newark–San Francisco | Terrorism, hijacking |
Flight 955 | Heathrow Airport | 5 July 2007 | Boeing 777-222ER | Mechanical failure, on-board fire | |
Flight 634 | Newark Liberty Int'l Airport | 10 January 2010 | Airbus A319-131 | Chicago–Newark | Landing gear failure |
Flight 663 | en route from Washington, DC to Denver | 7 April 2010 | Boeing 757-222 | Washington DC–Denver–Las Vegas | Suspicious activity |
Flight 497 | Louis Armstrong New Orleans Int'l Airport | 7 April 2011 | Airbus A320 | Electrical failure, runway overrun | |
Flight 1175 | Pacific Ocean | 13 February 2018 | Boeing 777-222 | San Francisco-Honolulu | Engine failure |
Flight 627 | Newark Liberty International Airport | 15 June 2019 | Boeing 757-224 | Denver-Newark | Hard landing |
Flight 328 | Over Broomfield, Colorado | 20 February 2021 | Boeing 777-222 | Denver-Honolulu | Uncontained engine failure |
United Arab Airlines (now EgyptAir) | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 738 | 17 mi off Elba | 29 September 1960 | Vickers Viscount 739B | In-flight breakup | |
Flight 869 | Khao Yai Mountain | 19 July 1962 | de Havilland Comet 4C | Hong Kong–Bangkok–Cairo | CFIT |
SU-AJX | Az Zahweyyin, Egypt | 12 May 1963 | Douglas DC-3 | Cairo–Alexandria | CFIT |
Flight 869 | 6 mi off Bombay Airport | 27 July 1963 | de Havilland Comet 4C | Loss of control | |
Flight 749 | near Cairo | 18 March 1966 | Antonov An-24B | Pilot error | |
SU-AOL | 180 km off Cyprus | 18 August 1968 | Antonov An-24B | Cairo–Damascus | Controlled flight into water |
SU-APC | Aswan Airport | 20 March 1969 | Ilyushin Il-18D | Jeddah–Aswan | Poor visibility, pilot error, pilot fatigue |
ET-AAQ (leased from Ethiopian Airlines) | 2 mi south of Suez | 10 April 1969 | Douglas C-47A | Asmara–Cairo | Shot down |
SU-ANZ | Cairo | 19 July 1970 | Antonov An-24B | None | Pilot error, stall, loss of control |
Flight 844 | 4 mi from Tripoli International Airport | 2 January 1971 | de Havilland Comet 4C | Poor visibility, pilot error | |
UPS Airlines | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
N568UP | Corbin Airport | 31 January 1985 | Swearingen Expediter | Louisville–London | Overloading, failed to go-around, ran off runway |
Flight 774 | Ellington Field | 11 September 1998 | Boeing 767-34AF | Louisville–Houston | Weather, runway excursion |
Flight 6971 | Standiford Field | 7 June 2005 | McDonnell Douglas MD-11F | Anchorage–Louisville | Pilot error, nose gear failure |
Flight 1307 | Philadelphia | 8 February 2006 | Douglas DC-8-71 | Atlanta–Philadelphia | In-flight fire for reasons unknown |
Flight 6 | Dubai | 3 September 2010 | Boeing 747-44AF (SCD) | Dubai–Cologne | In-flight fire, loss of control |
Flight 1354 | near Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport | 14 August 2013 | Airbus A300F4-622R | Louisville–Birmingham | Pilot error, CFIT |
Flight 61 | Incheon International Airport | 6 June 2016 | McDonnell Douglas MD-11F | Seoul–Anchorage | Runway excursion |
Ural Airlines | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 178 | near Zhukovsky International Airport | 15 August 2019 | Airbus A321-211 | Moscow–Simferopol | Bird strikes, forced landing |
Uruguayan Air Force | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 571 | Border between Chile and Argentina | 13 October 1972 | Fairchild FH-227 | Montevideo–Mendoza–Santiago | CFIT |
US Airways (formerly USAir) | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 5050 | Flushing, Queens | 20 September 1989 | Boeing 737-401 | New York–Charlotte | Crew error |
Flight 1493 | Los Angeles, California | 1 February 1991 | Boeing 737-300 | Syracuse–Washington DC–Columbus–Los Angeles–San Francisco | Ground collision |
Flight 405 | Flushing, Queens | 22 March 1992 | Fokker F-28 | New York–Cleveland | Ice buildup, pilot error, inadequate deicing procedures |
Flight 427 | Aliquippa, Pennsylvania | 8 September 1994 | Boeing 737-300 | Chicago–Pittsburgh–Palm Beach | Mechanical failure |
Flight 1016 | Charlotte, North Carolina | 2 July 1994 | Douglas DC-9 | Columbia–Charlotte | Wind shear, crew error |
Flight 1170 | Logan International Airport | 9 June 2005 | Boeing 737-3B7 | Boston–Philadelphia | Near collision |
Flight 1549 | Hudson River, New York | 15 January 2009 | Airbus A320 | New York–Charlotte–Seattle | Bird strike, loss of power to both engines |
Union des Transports Aériens (UTA) | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
F-BHMS | Mount Alcazaba | 2 October 1964 | Douglas DC-6B | Undetermined | |
Flight 772 | Sahara Desert | 19 September 1989 | McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 | N'Djamena–Paris | Terrorist bombing |
Union des Transports Africains de Guinée (UTA) | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 141 | Bight of Benin | 25 December 2003 | Boeing 727-223 | Cotonou–Kufra–Beirut–Dubai | Overloading, failed to take off |
US-Bangla Airlines | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 211 | Tribhuvan International Airport | 12 March 2018 | Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 | Dhaka–Kathmandu | Pilot error, spatial disorientation, loss of situational awareness |
UTair Aviation (now Utair) | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
RA-26012 | Antalya Airport | 9 November 2002 | Antonov An-26B | Weather, poor visibility, CFIT | |
Flight 471 | Kurumoch Airport | 17 March 2007 | Tupolev Tu-134A-3 | Surgut–Samara–Belgorod | Hard landing, structural failure |
VQ-BAC | Vnukovo International Airport | 16 January 2010 | Boeing 737-500 | Runway overrun | |
Flight 120 | Roschino International Airport | 2 April 2012 | ATR 72–201 | Tyumen–Surgut | Crew error, wing icing, stall, loss of control |
Flight 579 | Sochi International Airport | 1 September 2018 | Boeing 737-8AS | Moscow–Sochi | Pilot error, windshear, runway overrun |
ValuJet Airlines | |||||
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Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 592 | Everglades | 11 May 1996 | McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 | Miami–Atlanta | In-flight fire |
Varig | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
PP-VAL Maua | Porto Alegre Airport | 28 February 1942 | Junkers Ju 52/3mge | Crashed after takeoff | |
PP-VBI | Jaquirana | 2 August 1949 | Curtiss C-46D | São Paulo-Porto Alegre | In-flight fire |
PP-VBZ | São Paulo–Congonhas Airport | 4 June 1954 | Curtiss C-46A | São Paulo-Porto Alegre | Crew error, crash on takeoff |
PP-VCF | Bage Airport | 7 April 1957 | Curtiss C-46A | Bagé-Porto Alegre | In-flight fire, wing separation, loss of control |
PP-VCS | Salgado Filho International Airport | 18 October 1957 | Douglas C-47A | Porto Alegre–São Paulo | Crew error, possible engine failure, ground turbulence |
PP-CDS | Federal Airport | 12 April 1960 | Douglas C-53 | Jaguarão–Rio Grande–Pelotas–Porto Alegre | Pilot error |
Flight 810 | La Cruz Peak | 27 November 1962 | Boeing 707-441 | Rio de Janeiro–Lima–Bogota–Panama City–Mexico City–Los Angeles | Deviation from course for reasons unknown |
PP-VCQ | near Brasilia | 22 December 1962 | Convair CV-240-2 | Rio de Janeiro–Belo Horizonte–Brasilia | Unexplained descent |
PP-VBV | near Passo Fundo Airport | 1 July 1963 | Douglas C-47B | Porto Alegre–Passo Fundo | Weather, pilot error |
Flight 837 | Roberts International Airport | 5 March 1967 | Douglas DC-8-33 | Rome–Monrovia–Rio de Janeiro | Pilot error |
PP-VBJ | Gravata | 15 July 1968 | Curtiss C-46 Super C | São Paulo–Recife | CFIT |
PP-VLJ | Galeão International Airport | 9 June 1973 | Boeing 707-323C | São Paulo–Rio de Janeiro | Crew error, loss of control |
Flight 820 | Orly International Airport | 11 July 1973 | Boeing 707-345C | Rio de Janeiro–Paris | In-flight fire |
Flight 967 | 125 mi off Japan | 30 January 1979 | Boeing 707-323C | Tokyo–Los Angeles–Rio de Janeiro | Unexplained disappearance |
Flight 797 | Abidjan | 3 January 1987 | Boeing 707-379C | Abidjan–Rio de Janeiro | Engine failure |
Flight 254 | Mato Grosso | 3 September 1989 | Boeing 737-241 | São Paulo–Maraba–Belem | Fuel exhaustion and pilot error |
Varney Air Lines | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
NC741K | Bluff Mountain | 21 January 1931 | Boeing 40B-4 | Portland–Pasco | CFIT |
NC10338 | Pasco, Washington | 26 November 1931 | Boeing 40B-4 | Portland–Pasco | Poor visibility |
NC891E | near Walsenburg, Colorado | 1 May 1935 | Lockheed Vega 5C | Engine failure | |
NC176W | Walsenburg, Colorado | 28 September 1936 | Lockheed Vega 5C | El Paso–Puebla | Engine failure, CFIT |
VASP | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 376 | Brasília | 25 May 1982 | Boeing 737-2A1 | São Paulo–Brasília | Weather conditions |
Flight 168 | Fortaleza | 8 June 1982 | Boeing 727-212 Advanced | Rio de Janeiro–Fortaleza | CFIT |
Vietnam Airlines | |||||
Vladivostok Air | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 352 | Budarovka, Russia | 4 July 2001 | Tupolev Tu-154M | Ekaterinburg–Irkutsk–Vladivostok | Pilot error |
Vnukovo Airlines | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 2801 | Operafjellet, Norway | 29 August 1996 | Tupolev Tu-154M | Moscow-Svalbard | CFIT |
Volga-Dnepr Airlines | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 4066 | Tolmachevo Airport | 13 November 2020 | Antonov An-124 | Incheon-Novosibirsk-Vienna | Uncontained engine failure on takeoff, runway overrun |
Walcot Air Line | |||||
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Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
G-AAZK | near Meopham, Kent | 21 July 1930 | Junkers F.13ge | Le Torquet-Croydon | Stall, loss of control |
West Caribbean Airways | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 708 | near Machiques | 16 August 2005 | McDonnell Douglas MD-82 | Panama City-Martinique | Poor CRM, updrafts, stall, loss of control |
West Coast Airlines | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 956 | Wemme, Oregon | 1 October 1966 | Douglas DC-9-14 | San Francisco-Eugene-Portland-Seattle | Excessive descent for reasons unknown |
Flight 720 | Klamath Falls, Oregon | 10 March 1967 | Fokker F27 Friendship | Klamath Falls-Medford | Crashed after takeoff due to an icing accident |
Western Airlines | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
NC13314 | Burbank, California | 1 September 1935 | Boeing 247D | Burbank-Saugus | Engine failure, loss of altitude |
Flight 6 | near Salt Lake City | 15 December 1936 | Boeing 247D | Las Vegas-Salt Lake City | CFIT |
Flight 7 | near Newhall, California | 12 January 1937 | Boeing 247D | Salt Lake City-Burbank | CFIT |
Flight 1 | near Fairfield, Utah | 15 December 1942 | Douglas DC-3A-191 | Pilot error | |
NC33621 | near Hollywood, California | 24 April 1946 | Douglas DC-3A-367 | None | Improper maintenance, engine failure, pilot error |
Flight 23 | 14 mi S of Lebec, California | 13 November 1946 | Douglas DC-3A | Las Vegas-Burbank | Radio problems, pilot error, CFIT |
Flight 44 | 50 mi E of San Diego | 24 December 1946 | Douglas DC-3A | Holtville-San Diego | Pilot error, CFIT |
Flight 636 | San Francisco Bay | 20 April 1953 | Douglas DC-6B | Los Angeles-San Francisco-Oakland | Optical illusion, pilot error, controlled flight into water |
N15569 | Los Angeles International Airport | 29 June 1953 | Douglas DC-3A | None | Maintenance error, loss of control |
Flight 34 | 19 mi ENE of Wright, Wyoming | 26 February 1954 | Convair CV-240-1 | Salt Lake City-Rapid City | Weather, loss of control for reasons unknown |
N8406H | over Daggett, California | 25 July 1957 | Convair CV-240-1 | Las Vegas-Los Angeles | Bombing |
Flight 366 | Ontario International Airport | 31 March 1971 | Boeing 720-047B | None | Poor visibility, rudder failure, loss of control |
Flight 701 | Algeria | 2 June 1972 | Boeing 727 | Los Angeles-Seattle | Hijacking |
Flight 470 | Casper Airport | 31 March 1975 | Boeing 737-247 | Denver-Casper-Minneapolis | Runway overrun |
Flight 44 | Buffalo, Wyoming | 31 July 1979 | Boeing 737-200 | Pilot error, landed at wrong airport | |
Flight 2605 | Juarez International Airport | 31 October 1979 | McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 | Los Angeles-Mexico City | Poor CRM, runway confusion, collision with truck on runway |
Widerøe | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 933 | Barents Sea off Gamvik | 11 March 1982 | de Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 | Kirkenes-Vadsø-Berlevåg-Mehamn-Honningsvåg-Alta | Clear-air turbulence, pilot error, structural failure, loss of control |
Flight 710 | Torghatten | 6 May 1988 | de Havilland Canada DHC-7-102 | Trondheim-Namsos-Brønnøysund-Sandnessjøen-Bodø | Pilot error, CFIT |
Flight 839 | Værøy | 12 April 1990 | de Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 | Værøy-Bodø | Windshear, structural failure, loss of control |
Flight 744 | Berg, Overhalla | 27 October 1993 | de Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 | Trondheim-Namsos | Crew error, CFIT |
World Airways | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 830 | near Agana Naval Air Station | 19 September 1960 | Douglas DC-6 | Agana NAS–Wake Island Airfield | Pilot error, CFIT |
Flight 30H | Logan International Airport | 23 January 1982 | McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30CF | Oakland–Newark–Boston | Weather, runway excursion |
Wuhan Airlines | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
B-4211 | Huajia | 8 October 1992 | Avia 14M | Lanzhou-Xian | Engine failure, CFIT |
Flight 343 | Hanyang District, Wuhan | 22 June 2000 | Xian Y-7-100 | Enshi City-Wuhan | Lightning strike, windshear |
Xiamen Airlines (now XiamenAir) | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 8301 | Guangzhou Baiyun Int'l Airport | 2 October 1990 | Boeing 737-247 | Xiamen–Guangzhou | Hijacking, runway collision with a China Southwest Boeing 707 and China Southern Boeing 757 |
Flight 8667 | Ninoy Aquino Int'l Airport | 16 August 2018 | Boeing 737-85C | Xiamen–Manila | Pilot error, skidded off runway |
YAK-Service | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
RA-42434 | near Yaroslavl | 7 September 2011 | Yakovlev Yak-42D | Yaroslavl-Minsk | Pilot error |
Yemenia | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 626 | Moroni, Comoros Islands | 30 June 2009 | Airbus A310-324 | Sanaa-Moroni | Crew error, stall, loss of control |
Yeti Airlines | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 117 | near Lukla | 25 May 2004 | de Havilland Canada Twin Otter 300 | Kathmandu–Lukla | Pilot negligence, crew errors, CFIT |
9N-AEQ | near Jumla Airport | 21 June 2006 | de Havilland Canada Twin Otter 300 | Surkhet–Jumla | Pilot error, CFIT |
Flight 101 | Tenzing–Hillary Airport | 8 October 2008 | de Havilland Canada Twin Otter 300 | Kathmandu–Lukla | Weather, pilot error, CFIT |
Flight 691 | near Pokhara International Airport | 15 January 2023 | ATR 72-500 | Kathmandu–Pokhara | Stall on approach due to accidental feathering of propellers |
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