List of accidents and incidents involving airliners by airline (D–O)
This list of accidents and incidents involving airliners by airline summarizes airline accidents by airline company with flight number, location, date, aircraft type, and cause.
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.
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Daallo Airlines | |||||
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Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 159 | Aden Adde International Airport | February 2, 2016 | Airbus A321 | Mogadishu–Djibouti | Suspected bombing |
Dagestan Airlines | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 372 | Domodedovo International Airport | December 4, 2010 | Tupolev Tu-154M | Moscow–Makhachkala | Fuel exhaustion |
Daimler Airway | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
G-EAWO | Thieuloy-Saint-Antoine, France | April 7, 1922 | de Havilland DH.18A | Croydon–Paris | Mid-air collision with a CGEA Farman F.60 |
G-EBBS | Ivinghoe Beacon, United Kingdom | September 14, 1923 | de Havilland DH.34 | Croydon–Manchester | Pilot error, stall, loss of control |
Dan-Air | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
G-AMUV | Gurgaon, India | August 25, 1958 | Avro York C.1 | Karachi–New Delhi | Engine failure, in-flight fire |
G-ATFZ | Godalming, England | September 1, 1966 | Piper Apache 160 | Gatwick–Lasham–Bristol | Pilot error, weather |
G-APDN | Catalonia | July 3, 1970 | de Havilland DH-106 Comet 4 | Manchester–Barcelona | Navigation error, ATC error |
G-BEBP | Lusaka, Zambia | May 14, 1977 | Boeing 707-321C | London–Athens–Nairobi–Lusaka | Design defect, structural failure |
Flight 0034 | Sumburgh Airport | July 31, 1979 | Hawker Siddeley HS 748 | Shetland Islands–Aberdeen | Accidental engagement of gust lock |
Flight 1008 | Los Rodeos, Tenerife | April 25, 1980 | Boeing 727-46 | Manchester–Tenerife | CFIT |
Flight 240 | Nailstone, England | June 26, 1981 | Hawker Siddeley HS 748 | Gatwick–East Midlands | Rapid decompression caused by failure of baggage door |
Danish Air Lines (DDL) | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
OY-DCI | Ulrichstein, Germany | February 12, 1948 | Douglas C-53 | Copenhagen–Frankfurt | Crash on approach |
OY-DLU | off Barsebäck | February 8, 1949 | Vickers Viking 1B | Paris–Copenhagen | CFIT |
Delta Air Lines | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 4 | near Gilmer, Texas | August 14, 1935 | Stinson Model A | Propeller failure, engine separation, loss of control | |
NC49657 | Columbus, Georgia | April 22, 1947 | Douglas DC-3C | Macon–Columbus | Mid-air collision with a private Vultee BT-13 |
Flight 705 | Chicago | March 10, 1948 | Douglas DC-4 | Chicago–Miami | Loss of control on takeoff for reasons unknown |
Flight 318 | near Marshall, Texas | May 17, 1953 | Douglas DC-3DST-318 | Dallas–Shreveport | Weather, pilot error, loss of control |
Flight 1903 | Atlanta | May 23, 1960 | Convair 880-22-1 | None | Stall and loss of control for reasons unknown |
Flight 9877 | New Orleans | March 30, 1967 | Douglas DC-8-51 | None | Crew error |
Flight 9570 | Dallas/Fort Worth | May 30, 1972 | Douglas DC-9-14 | None | Wake turbulence (from a DC-10) |
Flight 954 | Chicago | December 20, 1972 | Convair 880-22-2 | Tampa–Chicago | Runway collision with a North Central Airlines DC-9 |
Flight 723 | Logan International Airport | July 31, 1973 | Douglas DC-9-31 | Manchester–Boston | Weather, ATC and pilot errors |
Flight 523 | Baltimore | February 22, 1974 | Douglas DC-9 | Baltimore–Atlanta | Attempted hijacking |
Flight 191 | Dallas/Fort Worth | August 2, 1985 | Lockheed L-1011-385-1 TriStar | Fort Lauderdale–Dallas/Fort Worth | Weather, microburst, pilot error |
Flight 1141 | Dallas/Fort Worth | August 31, 1988 | Boeing 727-232 | Dallas/Fort Worth–Salt Lake City | Mechanical failure, pilot error |
Flight 1288 | Pensacola, Florida | July 6, 1996 | McDonnell Douglas MD-88 | Pensacola–Atlanta | Uncontained engine failure |
Flight 1989 | Cleveland | September 11, 2001 | Boeing 767-332ER | Boston–Los Angeles | Hijacking concerns |
Flight 2315 | New York City – New Jersey area | September 11, 2001 | Boeing 737 | Near mid-air collision with terrorist hijacked United Airlines Flight 175 | |
Flight 129 | Dublin Airport | February 3, 2002 | McDonnell Douglas MD-11 | Atlanta–Dublin | Skidded off runway |
Flight 1086 | LaGuardia Airport | March 5, 2015 | McDonnell Douglas MD-88 | Atlanta–New York City | Under investigation (runway excursion) |
Deruluft | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
D-AREN | Stettin, Germany (now Szczecin, Poland) | January 31, 1935 | Junkers Ju 52/3m | Moscow-Berlin | Pilot error |
D-AJYP | Schievelbein, Germany | March 7, 1935 | Rohrbach Roland II | Structural failure | |
CCCP-D311 | near Moscow | November 6, 1936 | Tupolev ANT-9 | Pilot error | |
Deutsche Luft Hansa | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
D-272 Silbermowe | Juist, Germany | July 24, 1926 | Junkers F.13 | Weather | |
D-468 | Bueren, Germany | October 8, 1926 | Fokker-Grulich F.III | Weather | |
D-729 | Floh, Germany | April 22, 1927 | Fokker-Grulich F.III | Engine failure | |
D-206 | Amoneburg, Germany | July 27, 1927 | Junkers F.13bi | Kassel–Frankfurt | Engine failure, attempted forced landing |
D-1177 | Saale | September 22, 1927 | BFW M.18 | Engine failure | |
D-585 | Schleiz, Germany | September 23, 1927 | Dornier Komet III | Berlin–Munich | Wing failure |
D-583 | Radevormwald | May 26, 1928 | Junkers F.13da | Pilot error | |
D-180 | Heroldbach, Germany | September 6, 1928 | Fokker-Grulich F.III | Engine failure | |
D-1473 Rhineland | Letzlingen | December 1, 1928 | Junkers G.31fi | Weather | |
D-757 | Elm | August 24, 1929 | Fokker-Grulich F.II | Weather | |
D-903 Oberschlesen | Godstone, Surrey | November 6, 1929 | Junkers G 24bi | Croydon–Amsterdam | Weather |
D-1594 Tenerife | 40 mi from Berlin | December 19, 1929 | Arado V I | Forced landing | |
D-864 | Bornholm, Denmark | July 7, 1930 | Dornier Wal | Stettin–Norway | Engine failure, forced landing |
D-1928 | near Letschen, Germany | April 14, 1931 | Messerschmitt M 20 | Structural failure | |
D-1455 | Saarbrücken | June 13, 1931 | Dornier Merkur II | Cologne–Saarbrücken | Engine failure, loss of control |
D-2201 Oswald Boelke | over Munich | July 29, 1932 | Junkers Ju-52/3mce | Mid-air collision with a DVS Udet U 12a | |
D-2017 Marmara | off Kent | October 29, 1932 | Junkers W 33f | Weather, ditched at sea | |
D-724 | Echterpfuhl, Germany | November 2, 1932 | Junkers F.13bi | Nuremberg–Frankfurt | Wing failure, CFIT |
D-1403 | Hamburg | December 11, 1933 | Focke-Wulf A 17a | Berlin–Hamburg | Poor visibility, CFIT |
D-1445 | Chausseehausen, Germany | June 22, 1934 | Dornier Merkur II | Weather | |
D-UVOR | Breslau | December 24, 1935 | Heinkel He 70G-1 | Pilot error | |
D-ADYS | South Atlantic Ocean | February 15, 1936 | Dornier Wal | Natal–Bathurst | Unexplained disappearance |
D-UPYM | Hannover | June 13, 1936 | Junkers Ju 160A-0 | Engine failure | |
D-AZUR | Dessau | July 26, 1936 | Junkers G.38di | None | Mechanical failure |
D-APOO Heinrich Kroll | near Tabarz | November 1, 1936 | Junkers Ju 52/3mge | Frankfurt–Erfurt | CFIT |
D-ASUI Hans Berr | near Lauf an der Pegnitz | November 17, 1936 | Junkers Ju 52/3mge | Pilot disorientation, CFIT | |
D-ASIH Rudolf Windisch | Le-Grand Bornand, France | December 4, 1936 | Junkers Ju 52/3m | Weather, CFIT | |
D-UPOZ | Wetnum, Germany | March 26, 1937 | Junkers Ju 160A-0 | Engine failure | |
D-UXUV | Stuttgart | May 20, 1937 | Heinkel He 70 | Crashed on takeoff | |
D-AXAV | Mannheim | November 12, 1937 | Heinkel He 111C-0 | Berlin–Mannheim | Crashed short of runway |
D-AGAV Emil Schäfer | Croydon Airport | November 26, 1937 | Junkers Ju 52/3mfe | London–Berlin | Poor visibility, crash on takeoff |
D-ABUR Charles Haar | Frankfurt | January 4, 1938 | Junkers Ju 52/3mte | Milan–Frankfurt | Wing icing |
D-APAR Otto Parschau | near Pontoise, France | February 22, 1938 | Junkers Ju 52/3mge | Berlin–Paris | Poor visibility |
D-AVFB | Graubünden, Switzerland | October 1, 1938 | Junkers Ju 52/3mte | Frankfurt–Milan | CFIT |
D-AIVI Pruessen | Bathurst (now Banjul), Gambia | November 26, 1938 | Junkers Ju 90V-2 | Double engine failure, CFIT | |
D-ACON Brandenburg | off Manila | December 6, 1938 | Focke-Wulf Fw 200V-1 | Berlin–Basra–Karachi–Hanoi–Tokyo | Loss of power, water ditching |
D-ALUS | near Roubien, France | February 24, 1939 | Junkers Ju 52/3mge | Barcelona–Rome | Weather, poor visibility, possible engine failure |
D-AUJG Hans Verde | Tivissa, Spain | August 4, 1939 | Junkers Ju 52/3mte | CFIT | |
D-APAR Karl Hochmuth | Hanover | August 30, 1939 | Junkers Ju 52/3mge | Berlin–Hanover–Cologne–London | Poor visibility, loss of control |
D-AIAV | near Lämershagen | August 9, 1940 | Douglas DC-2-115H | Pilot error | |
D-AAIH Prag | Berlin | October 29, 1940 | Douglas DC-3-220 | Weather | |
D-AVMF | Brandenburg | November 8, 1940 | Junkers Ju 90A-1 | Berlin–Budapest | Tail icing |
D-AQUB | Hommelvik Bay | March 1, 1941 | Junkers Ju 52/3mte | Crash on landing | |
D-ADQW Harry Rother | over Belgrade | January 15, 1944 | Junkers Ju 52/3m | Pilot error | |
D-AWAS Joachim Blankenburg | off Eubeoa, Greece | February 21, 1944 | Junkers Ju 52/3m | Unexplained disappearance | |
D-AOCA | over Belgrade | April 17, 1944 | Junkers Ju 52/3m | Shot down | |
D-AAIG | Fredrikstad | April 21, 1944 | Douglas DC-3-220B | Copenhagen–Oslo | In-flight fire |
D-AURE Bayern | Stuttgart Airport | August 9, 1944 | Junkers Ju 90V3 | Destroyed on the ground | |
D-AUAW Gerhard Amann | over Belgrade | September 2, 1944 | Junkers Ju 52/3m | Shot down | |
D-AMHL | Dijon | September 27, 1944 | Focke-Wulf Fw 200D-2 | Stuttgart−Barcelona | Shot down |
Flight 7 Hermann Stache | Telemark, Norway | October 16, 1944 | Junkers Ju 52/3mg8e | BerlinOslo | Radio equipment failure, weather, CFIT |
D-ASHE Friedrich Dahmen | Komárom County, Hungary | October 17, 1944 | Junkers Ju 52/3m | Attacked by RAF fighters, forced landing | |
D-ARHW | off Målkläppen, Sweden | November 29, 1944 | Focke-Wulf Fw 200A-0/S-5 | Stockholm–Berlin | Accidental shoot down |
D-ASHH Hessen | near Obertraubling | April 21, 1945 | Focke-Wulf Fw 200C-3 | Berlin–Munich | Unknown |
DHL Aviation | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 611 | Überlingen, Germany | July 1, 2002 | Boeing 757-23APF | Bergamo–Brussels | Mid-air collision with a Bashkirian Airlines Tu-154 |
OO-DLL | Baghdad, Iraq | November 22, 2003 | Airbus 300B4-203F | Baghdad–Bahrain | Missile attack, loss of controls |
Dominicana de Aviación | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
HI-177 | Santo Domingo | February 15, 1970 | Douglas DC-9 | Mechanical failure | |
Downeast Airlines | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 46 | Rockland, Maine | May 30, 1979 | de Havilland Canada DHC-6-200 Twin Otter | Pilot error (Improper IFR Operation) | |
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EAS Airlines | |||||
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Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 4226 | Kano, Nigeria | May 4, 2002 | BAC One-Eleven | Pilot error | |
EasySky | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 734 | Ramón Villeda Morales Int'l Airport | December 31, 2012 | British Aerospace Jetstream | Under investigation (runway excursion) | |
Eastern Air Lines | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 14 | near Milford | December 19, 1936 | Douglas DC-2-112 | Pilot error, ATC error | |
Flight 7 | Daytona Beach | August 10, 1937 | Douglas DC-2-112 | CFIT | |
Flight 21 | near Atlanta | February 26, 1941 | Douglas DST-318A | Incorrect altimeter setting, CFIT | |
Flight 45 | over Lamar, South Carolina | July 12, 1945 | Douglas DC-3-201C | Mid-air collision with a USAAF A-26 | |
Flight 42 | Florence, South Carolina | September 7, 1945 | Douglas DC-3-201G | In-flight fire | |
Flight 14 | New York City | December 30, 1945 | Douglas DC-3-201 | Runway overrun, pilot error | |
Flight 16B | Cheshire, Connecticut | January 18, 1946 | Douglas DC-3-201E | Fuel leak, in-flight fire, structural failure | |
Flight 665 | near Galax, Virginia | January 12, 1947 | Douglas C-49 | Navigation error, deviation from course | |
Flight 605 | Port Deposit, Maryland | May 30, 1947 | Douglas C-54B | Undetermined | |
Flight 572 | Oxon Hill, Maryland | January 13, 1948 | Douglas DC-3-201F | Crew error, disregard of procedure | |
Flight 611 | off Jacksonville, Florida | February 7, 1948 | Lockheed L-649 Constellation | Propeller failure, fuselage penetration | |
Flight 557 | over Chesterfield, New Jersey | July 30, 1949 | Douglas DC-3-201D | Mid-air collision with a USN F6F Hellcat | |
Flight 537 | over Arlington, Virginia | November 1, 1949 | Douglas C-54B | Mid-air collision with a Bolivian Air Force P-38 | |
Flight 601 | Curles Neck Farm | July 19, 1951 | Lockheed L-749A Constellation | Forced landing | |
Flight 627 | Idlewild Int'l Airport | October 19, 1953 | Lockheed L-749A Constellation | Spatial disorientation, pilot error | |
Flight 642 | Jacksonville, Florida | December 21, 1955 | Lockheed L-749A Constellation | Crew error | |
N808D | Miami Int'l Airport | June 28, 1957 | Douglas DC-7B | Ground collision with an Eastern Air Lines Lockheed L-1049 Constellation | |
Flight 375 | Logan Int'l Airport | October 4, 1960 | Lockheed L-188 Electra | Bird strikes | |
Flight 512 | Queens | November 30, 1962 | Douglas DC-7B | Weather, pilot error | |
N842D | Boston | February 28, 1963 | Douglas DC-7 | Person ran into propeller (suicide) | |
Flight 304 | Lake Pontchartrain | February 25, 1964 | Douglas DC-8-21 | Pilot error | |
N809D | Richmond | July 16, 1964 | Douglas DC-7B | Pilot error | |
Flight 663 | Jones Beach | February 8, 1965 | Douglas DC-7B | Pilot error, evasive maneuvers | |
Flight 853 | over Carmel, New York | December 4, 1965 | Lockheed L-1049C Constellation | Mid-air collision with a TWA Boeing 707 | |
N8943N | over Raleigh | December 4, 1971 | Douglas DC-9-31 | Mid-air collision with a Cessna 206 | |
Flight 346 | Fort Lauderdale | May 18, 1972 | Douglas DC-9-31 | Pilot error | |
Flight 401 | Florida Everglades | December 29, 1972 | Lockheed L-1011 TriStar 1 | CFIT | |
Flight 212 | Charlotte | September 11, 1974 | Douglas DC-9-31 | Pilot error | |
Flight 66 | Queens | June 24, 1975 | Boeing 727-225 | Weather, microburst | |
Flight 855 | near Miami | May 5, 1983 | Lockheed L-1011 TriStar | Dual engine failure due to improper maintenance | |
Flight 980 | Nevado Illimani | January 1, 1985 | Boeing 727-225 | CFIT | |
Flight 791 | over Cape Canaveral | October 3, 1990 | Douglas DC-9-31 | Severe turbulence, pilot error, crew error | |
EgyptAir | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 763 | Shamsan Mountains | March 19, 1972 | Douglas DC-9-32 | CFIT | |
Flight 741 | Kyrenia Mountains | January 29, 1973 | Ilyushin Il-18D | Cairo–Nicosia | CFIT |
SU-AXB Nefertiti | near Cairo | July 10, 1974 | Tupolev Tu-154 | None | Stall, loss of control |
Flight 864 | Bangkok | December 25, 1976 | Boeing 707-366C | Pilot error | |
Flight 648 | Luqa, Malta | November 24, 1985 | Boeing 737-266 | Hijacking | |
Flight 990 | Nantucket | October 31, 1999 | Boeing 767-366ER | (disputed) | |
Flight 843 | near Carthage Airport | May 7, 2002 | Boeing 737-566 | Cairo–Tunis | Under investigation |
Flight 181 | Larnaca Airport | March 29, 2016 | Airbus A320-232 | Alexandria-Cairo | Hijacking |
Eirjet | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Unknown | Ballykelly Airfield | March 29, 2006 | Airbus A320 | Pilot error | |
El Al | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 402/26 | near Petrich | July 27, 1955 | Lockheed L-149 Constellation | London–Vienna–Istanbul–Tel Aviv | Shot down |
Flight 219 | Amsterdam | September 6, 1970 | Boeing 707-458 | Hijacking | |
Flight 1862 | Amsterdam | October 4, 1992 | Boeing 747-258F | New York City–Amsterdam–Tel Aviv | Metal fatigue, engine separation |
Ethiopian Airlines | |||||
Main article: Ethiopian Airlines accidents and incidents |
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Far Eastern Air Transport (FAT) | |||||
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Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 104 | near Tainan | February 24, 1969 | Handley Page Herald 201 | Kaohsiung–Taipei | Possible engine failure, CFIT |
B-243 | near Taipei | February 20, 1970 | Douglas C-47A | CFIT | |
Flight 134 | Taipei Airport | July 31, 1975 | Vickers Viscount 837 | Hualien–Taipei | Stall, loss of control |
Flight 103 | near Taipei | August 22, 1981 | Boeing 737-222 | Taipei–Kaohsiung | Severe fuselage corrosion, Explosive decompression, in-flight breakup |
Flight 116 | Kaohsiung Int'l Airport | October 25, 1993 | McDonnell Douglas MD-82 | Kaohsiung–Taipei | Engine failure, runway overrun |
Flight 128 | Xiamen Airport | March 10, 1997 | Boeing 757-2Q8 | Kaohsiung–Taipei | Hijacking |
FedEx Express | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 705 | Memphis, Tennessee | April 7, 1994 | McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30F | Attempted hijacking | |
Flight 647 | Memphis, Tennessee | December 18, 2003 | McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10F | Pilot error | |
Flight 80 | Narita Int'l Airport | March 23, 2009 | McDonnell Douglas MD-11F | Windshear, loss of control | |
Finnair/Aero OY | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
K-SALD | Gulf of Finland | November 16, 1927 | Junkers F.13 | Tallinn–Helsinki | Unexplained disappearance |
Unknown | Baltic Sea | November 10, 1937 | Junkers Ju 52 | Turku–Stockholm | Broken propeller blade, engine separation |
OH-ALL Kaleva | Gulf of Finland off Keri Island | June 14, 1940 | Junkers Ju 52/3mge | Tallinn–Helsinki | Shot down |
OH-LAK Sampo | Gulf of Finland off Turku | November 7, 1941 | Junkers Ju 52/3mce | Contaminated fuel, triple engine failure, water ditching | |
OH-LAK | Hyvinkää | October 31, 1945 | Junkers Ju 52/3mce | Radio problems, CFIT | |
Flight 311 | Kvevlax | January 3, 1961 | Douglas C-47A | Kokkola–Vaasa | Pilot error, stall (pilot was intoxicated and sleep deprived) |
Flight 217 | Mariehamn | November 8, 1963 | Douglas C-47A | Helsinki–Turku–Mariehamn | Misread altimeter, CFIT |
Flight 070 | Chep Lap Kok Airport | November 27, 2010 | Airbus A340-313X | Attempted to takeoff from taxiway | |
First Air | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 6560 | Resolute, Nunavut, Canada | August 20, 2011 | Boeing 737-210C | CFIT | |
Flash Airlines | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 604 | Sharm el-Sheikh | January 3, 2004 | Boeing 737-3Q8 | Loss of control (due to spatial disorientation) | |
Flybe | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 861 | Southampton Airport | January 16, 2012 | Bombardier DHC-8-400 | Ground collision with a Flybe DHC-8-400 | |
Flydubai | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 981 | Rostov-on-Don Airport | March 19, 2016 | Boeing 737-8KN | Dubai–Rostov-on-Don | Under investigation (crash during aborted landing attempt) |
FlyMontserrat | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 107 | V.C. Bird Int'l Airport | October 7, 2012 | Britten-Norman BN-2A-26 Islander | Antigua–Montserrat | Contaminated fuel, loss of engine power, loss of control |
Flying Tiger Line | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
N67960 | Denver | July 30, 1950 | Curtiss C-46F | Newark–Cleveland–Detroit–Chicago–Des Moines–Denver–Los Angeles | Poor takeoff performance for reasons unknown |
Flight 841 | Squak Mountain | January 7, 1953 | Douglas C-54B | Burbank–San Francisco–Seattle | Crew error, CFIT |
Flight 7413-23 | Pacific Ocean | September 24, 1955 | Douglas C-54A | Honolulu–Wake Island | Crew error, fuel exhaustion, engine failure, water ditching |
N6920C | Mount Oyama | September 9, 1958 | Lockheed L-1049H Super Constellation | Travis AFB–Wake Island–Tachikawa Air Base | CFIT |
Flight 739 | Pacific Ocean | March 15, 1962 | Lockheed L-1049H Super Constellation | Travis AFB–Honolulu–Wake Island–Guam–Clark AFB–Saigon | Unexplained disappearance |
Flight 7816 | Adak | March 15, 1962 | Lockheed L-1049H Super Constellation | Travis AFB–Cold Bay–Adak–Misawa–Okinawa | Pilot error |
Flight 923 | Atlantic Ocean | September 23, 1962 | Lockheed L-1049H Super Constellation | Gander–Frankfurt | Crew error, triple engine failure, water ditching |
Flight 183 | Hollywood-Lockheed Air Terminal | December 14, 1962 | Lockheed L-1049H Super Constellation | Chicago–Burbank | Pilot incapacitation, loss of control |
Flight 282 | San Bruno Mountain | December 24, 1964 | Lockheed L-1049H Super Constellation | San Francisco–New York City | Deviation from course for reasons unknown |
Flight 914 | California Peak | December 15, 1965 | Lockheed L-1049H Super Constellation | Los Angeles–Chicago | Spatial disorientation |
Flight 6303 | Naval Station Norfolk | March 21, 1966 | Canadair CL-44D4-2 | Indianapolis–NAS Norfolk | Crew error |
N228SW | Da Nang | December 24, 1966 | Canadair CL-44D4-1 | Tachikawa Air Base–Da Nang | Crashed short of runway |
Flight 45 | Okinawa | July 27, 1970 | Douglas DC-8-63AF | Los Angeles–San Francisco–Seattle–Cold Bay–Tokyo–Okinawa–Cam Ranh Bay–Da Nang | Crew error |
Flight 2468 | Naval Station Norfolk | October 25, 1983 | Douglas DC-8-63CF | New York City–NAS Norfolk | Crew error, ATC error, runway overrun |
Flight 66 Thomas Haywood | near Kuala Lumpur | February 19, 1989 | Boeing 747-249F | Singapore–Kuala Lumpur | ATC error |
Formosa Airlines (now Mandarin Airlines) | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
B-12268 | Orchid Island Airport | August 14, 1990 | Dornier Do 228-201 | Crashed short of runway | |
B-12238 | off Orchid Island | February 28, 1993 | Dornier Do 228-201 | Taipei–Orchid Island | Weather, CFIT |
B-12298 | Green Island Airport | June 14, 1993 | Dornier Do 228-201 | Taitung City–Green Island | Crashed short of runway |
B-12288 | Taitung Airport | June 15, 1995 | Dornier Do 228-201 | Green Island–Taitung City | Belly landing |
B-12208 | Green Island Airport | June 18, 1995 | Dornier Do 228-201 | Loss of control (while taxiing) | |
Flight 7613 | off Matsu Beigan Airport | April 5, 1996 | Dornier Do 228-212 | Taipei–Matsu Island | Poor visibility, pilot error |
Flight 7601 | near Matsu Beigan Airport | August 10, 1997 | Dornier Do 228-212 | Taipei–Matsu Island | Weather, aborted landing, CFIT |
B-12255 | off Hsinchu | March 18, 1998 | Saab 340B | Hsinchu-Kaohsiung | Partial electrical failure, poor visibility, pilot fatigue, crew disregard of procedure |
Fujita Airlines | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
JA6155 | Mount Hachijō–Fuji | August 17, 1963 | de Havilland Heron 1B | Hachijojima–Tokyo | Poor visibility, CFIT |
Flight 902 | Oita Airport | February 27, 1964 | Convair CV-240-0 | Kagoshima–Kunisaki | Pilot error leading to runway overrun |
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Garuda Indonesia | |||||
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Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
PK-DPB | Juanda Airport | November 11, 1950 | Douglas C-47A | Ran off runway | |
PK-DPA | Ipoh, Malaysia | May 9, 1952 | Douglas DC-3C | Forced landing on takeoff | |
Flight 330 | near Palembang | December 24, 1959 | Douglas C-47A | Engine failure, pilot error, possible overloading | |
Flight 424 | Mount Burangrang | January 24, 1961 | Douglas DC-3C | Jakarta–Bandung–Yogyakarta–Surabaya | Pilot error, CFIT |
Flight 542 | off Madura Island | February 3, 1961 | Douglas C-47A | Surabaya–Balikpapan | Unexplained disappearance |
PK-GDE | near Palembang | January 1, 1966 | Douglas C-47A | Jakarta–Palembang | Mid-air collision with Garuda C-47A PK-GDU |
PK-GDU | near Palembang | January 1, 1966 | Douglas C-47A | Jakarta–Palembang | Mid-air collision with Garuda C-47A PK-GDE– |
Flight 708 | Sam Ratuangi Airport | February 16, 1967 | Lockheed L-188C Electra | Jakarta–Surabaya–Makassar–Menado | Pilot error, weather, crashed short of runway |
Flight 150 Mahakem | near Palembang Airport | September 24, 1975 | Fokker F-28 Fellowship 1000 | Jakarta–Palembang | Weather, crash on approach |
Unknown | Surabaya | September 5, 1977 | Douglas DC-9 | Yogyakarta–Surabaya | Hijacking |
Flight 553 Sambas | near Probolinggo | March 6, 1979 | Fokker F-28 Fellowship 1000 | Denpasar–Surabaya | CFIT |
PK-GVK Mamberamo | Mount Sibayak | July 11, 1979 | Fokker F-28 Fellowship 1000 | Palembang–Medan | CFIT |
PK-GND Brantas | Sjamsudin Noor Airport | January 13, 1980 | Douglas DC-9-32 | Heavy landing | |
Flight 206 | Don Mueang International Airport | March 28, 1981 | Douglas DC-9-32 | Palembang–Medan | Hijacking |
PK-GVK | Tanjung Karang-Branti Airport | March 20, 1982 | Fokker F-28 Fellowship 1000 | Jakarta–Bandar Lambung | Runway overrun in bad weather |
PK-GFV Selegan | Tanjung Karang-Branti Airport | June 2, 1983 | Fokker F-28 Fellowship 3000RC | Bandar Lampung–Jakarta | Crew error |
Flight 035 | Polonia Airport | April 4, 1987 | Douglas DC-9-32 | Banda Aceh–Medan | Possible windshear |
Flight 865 | Fukuoka Airport | June 13, 1996 | McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 | Fukuoka–Denpasar–Jakarta | Engine failure, aborted takeoff |
Flight 152 | Deli Serdang, North Sumatra | September 26, 1997 | Airbus A300B4-220 | Jakarta–Medan | Bad weather and ATC error |
Flight 421 | near Yogyakarta | January 16, 2002 | Boeing 737-3Q8 | Mataram-Yogyakarta | Double engine failure, water ditching |
Flight 200 | Yogyakarta | March 7, 2007 | Boeing 737-497 | Jakarta–Yogyakarta | Pilot negligence, pilot error |
PK-GWO | Soekarno-Hatta International Airport | December 9, 2010 | Boeing 737-4U3 | None | Struck by pushback tug (while parked) |
PK-GGA | Soekarno-Hatta International Airport | March 16, 2013 | Boeing 737-5U3 | None | Struck by ramp equipment during bad weather (while parked) |
Germanwings | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 9525 | Prads-Haute-Bléone, French Alps | March 24, 2015 | Airbus A320-211 | Barcelona–Düsseldorf | Deliberate crash (by co-pilot) |
Globe Air | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
HB-ITD | near Nicosia Airport, Cyprus | April 21, 1967 | Bristol Britannia | CFIT in bad weather | |
Gulf Air | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | 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 | Route | Cause |
Flight 1907 | Mato Grosso | September 29, 2006 | Boeing 737-800 SFP | Mid-air collision | |
Golden West Airlines | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 261 | Whittier, California | January 9, 1975 | de Havilland Twin Otter | Mid-air collision | |
H
Handley Page Transport | |||||
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Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
G-EAMA | Golders Green | December 14, 1920 | Handley Page O/400 | London–Paris | Undetermined |
G-EATN | Le Bourget Airport | January 14, 1922 | Handley Page O/10 | Crash on approach | |
Hapag-Lloyd Airlines | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 3378 | Vienna | July 12, 2000 | Airbus A310-304 | Mechanical failure, fuel depletion | |
Hawthorne Nevada Airlines | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 708 | Lone Pine, California | February 18, 1969 | Douglas DC-3 | Weather, CFIT | |
Helios Airways | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 522 | Marathon, Greece | August 14, 2005 | Boeing 737-31S | Larnaca–Athens–Prague | Gradual depressurization, pilot incapacitation, fuel exhaustion |
Henan Airlines | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 8387 | Lindu Airport | August 24, 2010 | Embraer E-190 | Harbin–Yichun | CFIT |
Hillman's Airways | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
None | English Channel off Folkestone | October 2, 1934 | de Havilland Dragon Rapide | Essex–Paris | Pilot error, CFIT |
I
IAS Cargo Airlines | |||||
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Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
G-BEBP (operated by Dan-Air) | Lusaka Airport | May 14, 1977 | Boeing 707-321C | London–Athens–Nairobi–Lusaka | Structural failure, loss of control, design defect |
Iberia Airlines | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
M-CABA | off Europa Point | December 18, 1939 | Junkers Ju 52/3m | Alicante–Tetuan | Shot down |
EC-ABK | Pandols Mountain | December 23, 1948 | Douglas C-47 | Madrid–Barcelona | CFIT |
EC-ACH | near Getafe | October 28, 1957 | Douglas C-47A | Tangier–Madrid | In-flight fire and engine separation |
EC-ABC | Sierra de Valdemeca | April 29, 1959 | Douglas C-47A | Barcelona–Madrid | Weather, deviation from route |
EC-ATB | near Carmona | October 12, 1962 | Convair CV-440-62 | Valencia–Seville | CFIT |
EC-ATH | off Tangier Airport | March 31, 1965 | Convair CV-440-62 | Málaga–Tangier | Stall for reasons unknown |
Flight 401 | Los Rodeos Airport | May 5, 1965 | Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation | Madrid–Tenerife | Pilot error |
Flight 062 | Black Down, Sussex, United Kingdom | November 4, 1967 | Sud Aviation Caravelle 10R | Málaga–London | Excessive descent for reasons unknown, CFIT |
Flight 602 | near Ibiza Airport | January 7, 1972 | Sud Aviation Caravelle VIR | Valencia–Ibiza | CFIT |
Flight 504 | near Nantes, France | March 5, 1973 | Douglas DC-9-32 | Palma de Mallorca–London | Mid-air collision with a Spantax Convair 990 |
Flight 350 | Madrid Airport | December 7, 1983 | Boeing 727-256 | Madrid–Rome | Runway collision with an Aviaco DC-9 |
Flight 610 Alhambra de Grenada | near Bilbao | February 19, 1985 | Boeing 727-256 | Madrid–Bilbao | Pilot error, CFIT |
Icelandic Airlines (Loftleiðir) | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
TF-RVC Geysir | Vatnajökull | September 14, 1950 | Douglas C-54B | Luxembourg–Reykjavik | CFIT |
Flight 509 | John F. Kennedy Int'l Airport | June 23, 1973 | Douglas DC-8-61CF | Reykjavik–New York City | Crew error |
Flight 001 (operated by Garuda Indonesia) | Colombo Airport, Sri Lanka | November 15, 1978 | Douglas DC-8-63CF | Jeddah–Colombo–Surabaya | Crashed on approach, cause disputed |
Imperial Airlines | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 201/8 | near Richmond Int'l Airport | November 8, 1961 | Lockheed L-049E Constellation | Columbia–Newark–Wilkes Barre–Baltimore–Columbia | Poor CRM, triple engine failure |
Imperial Airways | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
G-EBBX | Purley | December 24, 1924 | de Havilland DH.34 | Fuel exhaustion | |
G-EMBS Prince Henry | English Channel | October 21, 1926 | Handley Page W.10 | London–Paris | Loss of power leading to water ditching |
G-EBLB | Purley, Surrey | July 13, 1928 | Vickers Vulcan | Engine failure | |
G-EBMT City of Ottawa | English Channel off Dungeness | June 17, 1929 | Handley Page W.10 | London–Paris | Engine failure leading to water ditching |
G-EBIX City of Washington | Bologne | October 30, 1930 | Handley Page W.8g | Engine separation, CFIT | |
G-AAGX Hannibal | Five Oak Green, Kent | August 8, 1931 | Handley Page H.P.42 | Engine failure | |
G-AACI City of Liverpool | Near Dixmude, Belgium | March 28, 1933 | Armstrong Whitworth Argosy II | Brussels–London | In-flight fire |
G-ABLU Apollo | Ruysselede, Belgium | December 30, 1933 | Avro 618 Ten | Pilot error, CFIT | |
G-AASJ City of Khartoum | off Alexandria, Egypt | December 31, 1935 | Short Calcutta | London–Brindisi–Crete–Alexandria | Fuel exhaustion |
G-ABFA Scipio | Mirabella, Crete | August 22, 1936 | Short S.17 Kent | Hard landing | |
G-ADVA | near Ouroux | March 24, 1937 | Short S.23 Empire | CFIT | |
G-AXXE Hengist | Karachi, India | May 31, 1937 | Handley Page H.P.45 | None | Burned in hangar fire |
G-ADVC Courtier | Phaleron Bay | October 1, 1937 | Short S.23 Empire | Poor visibility | |
G-ADUZ Cygnus | Brindisi Harbor | December 5, 1937 | Short S.23 Empire | Crashed on takeoff | |
G-ABTG Amalthea | Kisumu, Kenya | July 27, 1938 | Armstrong Whitworth Atalanta | Kisumu–Alexandria | CFIT |
G-AETW Calpurnia | Lake Habbaniyah, Iran | November 27, 1938 | Short S.23 Empire | CFIT | |
G-ADUU Cavalier | Atlantic Ocean | January 21, 1939 | Short S.23 Empire | Port Washington–Bermuda | Icing, loss of engine power |
G-AFYU | off Malta | December 21, 1939 | Lockheed L14H Super Electra | CFIT | |
G-AAGX Hannibal | Persian Gulf | March 1, 1940 | Handley Page H.P.42 | Jiwani–Sharjah | Unexplained disappearance |
Independent Air | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 1851 | Santa Maria Island, Azores | February 8, 1989 | Boeing 707-331B | Bergamo–Azores–Punt Cana | CFIT |
Indian Airlines | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
VT-DOJ | near Khulna Airport | April 21, 1969 | Fokker F-27 Friendship 200 | Agartala–Khulna | Weather, loss of control |
VT-DWT | near Silchar | August 29, 1970 | Fokker F-27 Friendship 400 | Silchar–Guwahait | Pilot error, CFIT |
VT-DXG | Chinnamanur | December 9, 1971 | Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. HAL-748-224 Srs. 2 | Thiruvananthapuram–Madurai | Deviation from course, CFIT |
VT-DME | near Delhi-Palam airport | August 12, 1972 | Fokker F-27 Friendship 100 | Gwalior–Delhi | Pilot error |
VT-EAU | near Hyderabad | March 15, 1973 | Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. HAL-748-224 Srs. 2 | Hyderabad–Hyderabad (training flight) | Crew errors, crew incapitation |
Flight 440 | New Delhi | May 31, 1973 | Boeing 737-2A8 | Madras–New Delhi | Pilot error, crash on landing |
VT-EAL | Hyderabad | December 17, 1978 | Boeing 737-2A8 | Crashed on takeoff | |
VT-DXJ | near Panvel | August 4, 1979 | Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. HAL-748-224 Srs. 2 | Pune–Bombay (now Mumbai) | CFIT |
Flight 113 | Ahmedabad, India | October 19, 1988 | Boeing 737-2A8 | Mumbai–Ahmedabad | Pilot error, weather, lack of navigational aids |
Flight 605 | Bangalore | February 14, 1990 | Airbus A320 | Mumbai–Bangalore | "Failure of the pilots to realize the gravity of the situation and respond immediately towards proper action of moving the throttles, even after the radio altitude call-outs of "Four hundred", "Three hundred" and "Two hundred" feet, in spite of knowing that the plane was in idle/open descent mode"[1] |
Flight 257 | near Imphal Airport | August 16, 1991 | Boeing 737-2A8 | Calcutta–Imphal | Controlled flight into terrain (CFIT) |
Flight 427 | Amritsar Airport | April 24, 1993 | Boeing 737-2A8 | Sringar–Delhi | Hijacking |
Flight 491 | near Aurangabad Airport | April 26, 1993 | Boeing 737-2A8 | Aurangabad–Bombay | Pilot error |
Flight 814 | Kathmandu | December 24, 1999 | Airbus A300B2-101 | Kathmandu–Delhi | Hijacking |
Indonesia AirAsia | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 8501 | Karimata Strait | December 28, 2014 | Airbus A320-216 | Surbaya–Singapore | Mechanical failure, crew error, stall, loss of control |
Inex-Adria Aviopromet (now Adria Airways) | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 450 | near Prague | October 30, 1975 | Douglas DC-9-32 | Tivat–Prague | Ground impact during final approach in foggy weather |
Flight 550 | near Vrbovec | September 10, 1976 | Douglas DC-9-31 | Split–Cologne | Mid-air collision with a British Airways Trident |
Flight 1308 | Mont San-Pietro | December 1, 1981 | McDonnell Douglas MD-81 | Ljubljana–Ajaccio | CFIT |
Interflug | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
DM-SEA | near Königs Wusterhausen | August 14, 1972 | Ilyushin Il-62 | East Berlin–Bourgas | In-flight fire |
DM-SCA | Schönefeld Airport | October 30, 1972 | Tupolev Tu-134 | Hard landing, ran off runway | |
Flight 1107 | Leipzig Airport | September 1, 1975 | Tupolev Tu-134 | Stuttgart–Leipzig | ATC error, crew error |
DM-SEM | Schönefeld Airport | November 22, 1977 | Tupolev Tu-134A | Moscow–East Berlin | Pilot error |
DM-STL | Luanda, Angola | March 26, 1979 | Ilyushin Il-18D | Engine failure, aborted takeoff, runway overrun | |
DDR-SEW | Schönefeld Airport | June 17, 1989 | Ilyushin Il-62M | East Berlin–Moscow | Mechanical failure, runway overrun |
IrAero | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
RA-26053 | Ust-Kuiga | December 27, 2002 | Antonov An-26B | Yakutsk–Ust Kuiga | Crew disregard of procedure, hard landing |
Flight 103 | Ignatyevo Airport | August 8, 2011 | Antonov An-24 | Chita–Blagoveshchensk–Khabarovsk | Runway overrun |
Iran Air | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
EP-IRD | Alborz Mountains, Iran | January 21, 1980 | Boeing 727-86 | Mashhad–Tehran | Inoperable ILS and ground radar |
EP-IRG | Shiraz Airport | October 15, 1986 | Boeing 737-286 | None | Destroyed on the ground |
Flight 655 | Strait of Hormuz | July 3, 1988 | Airbus A300B2-203 | Bandar Abbas–Dubai | US military missile shoot-down |
Flight 277 | Urmia Airport | January 9, 2011 | Boeing 727-286 | Tehran–Urmia | Bad weather |
Flight 742 | Mehrabad Int'l Airport | October 18, 2011 | Boeing 727-286 | Nosegear failure | |
Iran Air Tours | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
EP-ITD | near Mehrabad Int'l Airport | February 8, 1993 | Tupolev Tu-154M | Tehran–Mashhad | Mid-air collision with an IAF Su-24 |
Flight 956 | near Sarab-e Do Rah | February 12, 2002 | Tupolev Tu-154M | Tehran–Khorramabad | Under investigation (CFIT) |
Flight 945 | Mashhad Airport | September 1, 2006 | Tupolev Tu-154M | Bandar Abbas–Mashhad | Crashed on landing |
Iraqi Airways | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 163 | Arar, Saudi Arabia | December 25, 1986 | Boeing 737-270C | Baghdad–Amman | Hijacking |
Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
15-2280 | Shahdad, Iran | February 19, 2003 | Ilyushin Il-76MD | Zahedan–Kerman | CFIT |
J
Japan Airlines (JAL) | |||||
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Main article: List of Japan Airlines incidents and accidents | |||||
Japan Air System | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 451 | Hanamaki Airport | April 18, 1993 | Douglas DC-9-41 | Nagoya–Morioka | Windshear, hard landing |
Flight 979 | Tokunoshima Airport | January 1, 2004 | McDonnell Douglas MD-81 | Kagoshima–Tokunoshima | Landing gear failure |
Japan Domestic Airlines | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
JA8030 | Haneda Airport | August 26, 1966 | Convair CV-880-22M-3 | None | Loss of control for reasons unknown |
JAT Yugoslav Airlines | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 367 | Srbská Kamenice | January 26, 1972 | Douglas DC-9-32 | Copenhagen–Belgrade | Terrorist bombing |
Flight 769 | near Titograd | September 11, 1973 | Sud Aviation Caravelle VI-N | Skopje–Titograd | ATC error |
JetBlue Airways | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 292 | Los Angeles | September 21, 2005 | Airbus A320-232 | Burbank–New York | Mechanical failure |
K
Kam Air | |||||
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Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 904 | Pamir Mountains | February 3, 2005 | Boeing 737-200 | Herat–Kabul | Undetermined |
Katekavia | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 9357 | Igarka | August 3, 2010 | Antonov An-24 | Krasnoyarsk–Igarka | Pilot error |
Kazakhstan Airlines | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
46478 | Kostanay | January 16, 1993 | Antonov An-24RV | Engine failure, crashed short of runway | |
UN-85455 | Karachi International Airport | January 21, 1995 | Tupolev Tu-154B-2 | Overloading, failed to takeoff, runway overrun | |
UN-26080 | Sambailo Airport | January 26, 1995 | Antonov An-26B | Rejected takeoff, runway overrun | |
UN-88181 | Dzhambul Airport | April 13, 1995 | Yakovlev Yak-40K | Steering failure, ran off runway | |
UN-47710 | Shymkent | November 1, 1995 | Antonov An-24B | None | Double engine failure, hard landing |
Flight 1907 | Charkhi Dadri | November 12, 1996 | Ilyushin Il-76TD | Shymkent–Delhi | Mid-air collision with a Saudia Boeing 747 |
Kenya Airways | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 431 | Abidjan | January 30, 2000 | Airbus A310-304 | Pilot error | |
Flight 507 | Cameroon | May 5, 2007 | Boeing 737-800 | Pilot error | |
KLM | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
H-NABS | English Channel | April 24, 1924 | Fokker F.III | Lympne–Rotterdam | Unexplained disappearance |
H-NABM | Landrécies, France | June 25, 1925 | Fokker F.III | Amsterdam–Paris | Weather |
H-NACC | Wolvertem, Belgium | July 9, 1926 | Fokker F.IV | Amsterdam–Paris | Weather |
H-NADU | Underriver, Kent | August 22, 1927 | Fokker F.VIII | Croydon–Rotterdam | Structural failure of tailfin |
H-NABR | Waalhaven, Netherlands | July 24, 1928 | Fokker F.III | None | Stall, loss of control |
PH-AFO | Bangkok | December 6, 1931 | Fokker F.VIII/3m | Djakarta–Bangkok–Rangoon–Amsterdam | Crew error, failed to takeoff |
PH-AJU Uiver | Rutbah Wells, Syria | December 20, 1934 | Douglas DC-2-115A | Amsterdam–Batavia | Weather |
PH-AFL | Brilon, Germany | April 6, 1935 | Fokker F.XII | Prague–Amsterdam | Low visibility, spatial disorientation |
PH-AJQ Kwikstaart | Schiphol, Netherlands | July 14, 1935 | Fokker F.XXII | Amsterdam–Hamburg–Copenhagen–Malmö | Double engine failure, loss of altitude |
PH-AKG Gaai | Pian Giacomo, Switzerland | July 20, 1935 | Douglas DC-2-115E | Milan–Amsterdam | Navigation error |
PH-AKL Lijster | Croydon Airport | December 9, 1936 | Douglas DC-2-115E | Croydon–Amsterdam | Pilot error Killed Juan de la Cierva |
PH-ALP Pluvier | Mount Baldy, Arizona | April 3, 1937 | Douglas DC-3-194B | Burbank–New York City | CFIT |
PH-ALF Flamingo | near Beert, Belgium | July 28, 1937 | Douglas DC-2-115L | Amsterdam–Paris | Possible lightning strike, in-flight fire |
PH-ALS Specht | Palembang-Talang Betoetoe Airport | October 6, 1937 | Douglas DC-3-194B | Crash on takeoff | |
PH-ARY Ijsvogel | Schiphol, Netherlands | November 14, 1938 | Douglas DC-3-194D | Berlin–Amsterdam | Undetermined |
PH-APE Ekster | Amsterdam, Netherlands | December 9, 1938 | Lockheed 14-WF62 Super Electra | None | Engine failure, crash on takeoff |
PH-AJK | Vlissingen, Netherlands | June 10, 1939 | Koolhoven F.K.43 | Haamstede–Vlissingen | Stall, loss of control |
PH-ASM | North Sea | September 26, 1939 | Douglas DC-3 | Copenhagen–Amsterdam | Attacked by German fighter |
PH-TBW | Schiphol Int'l Airport | November 14, 1946 | Douglas C-47A | London–Amsterdam | Failed landing |
PH-TCR | Copenhagen | January 26, 1947 | Douglas DC-3C (C-47A) | Amsterdam–Copenhagen–Stockholm | Maintenance error, loss of control |
PH-TEN Nijmegen | Prestwick | October 20, 1948 | Lockheed L-049-46-25 Constellation | Amsterdam–Glasgow–New York | Communication, navigation, pilot errors |
PH-TER Roermond | off Bari | June 23, 1949 | Lockheed L-749-79-33 Constellation | Jakarta–Cairo–Athens–Rome–Amsterdam | Loss of control, in-flight breakup |
PH-TDF Franeker | near Bombay | July 12, 1949 | Lockheed L-749-79-33 Constellation | Weather, poor visibility, ATC error, crew error, CFIT | |
PH-TEU | North Sea, 40 mi off Dutch coast | February 2, 1950 | Douglas C-47A | Amsterdam–London | In-flight fire |
Flight 592 Koningin Juliana | near Frankfurt | March 22, 1952 | Douglas DC-6 | Johannesburg–Rome–Frankfurt–Amsterdam | Undetermined |
Flight 608 Willem Bontekoe | North Sea | August 23, 1954 | Douglas DC-6B | New York–Shannon–Amsterdam | Unknown (crew incapacitation, in-flight explosion, cockpit window failure, autopilot failure) |
Flight 633 Triton | Shannon Airport | September 5, 1954 | Lockheed L-1049C-55-81 Super Constellation | Amsterdam–Shannon–New York | Pilot error, water ditching |
Flight 844 Neutron | off Biak-Mokmer Airport | July 16, 1957 | Lockheed L-1049C-55-81 Super Constellation | Unknown (pilot error, mechanical failure) | |
Flight 607-E Hugo de Groot | North Sea | August 14, 1958 | Lockheed L-1049H-01-06-162 Super Constellation | Shannon–Gander | Unknown (engine failure causing loss of control) |
Flight 823 | near Cairo Int'l Airport | June 12, 1961 | Lockheed L-188C Electra | Amsterdam–Munich–Rome–Cairo–Karachi–Kuala Lumpur | Pilot error |
Flight 861 | Dubai Airport | November 25, 1973 | Boeing 747-206B | Amsterdam–Athens–Beirut–Delhi–Tokyo | Hijacking |
Flight 4805 | Tenerife | March 27, 1977 | Boeing 747-206B | Amsterdam–Las Palmas–Tenerife–Las Palmas | Pilot error, ATC error, ground collision |
Flight 1673 | Schiphol Int'l Airport | November 28, 2004 | Boeing 737-406 | Amsterdam–Barcelona | Bird strike, nosegear steering failure, ran off runway, maintenance error |
KNILM | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
PK-AFO | Denpasar | January 22, 1940 | Lockheed Super Electra | CFIT | |
PK-AFS | Kupang, Timor | January 26, 1942 | Grumman Goose | Shot down | |
PK-AFV Pelikaan | Carnot Bay, Australia | March 5, 1942 | Douglas DC-3 | Shot down | |
Kogalymavia (now Metrojet) | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 348 | Surgut Int'l Airport | January 1, 2011 | Tupolev Tu-154B-2 | Surgut-Moscow | In-flight fire |
Flight 9268 | near Hasna, North Sinai Governorate, Egypt | October 31, 2015 | Airbus A321-231 | Sharm-el-Sheikh - St. Petersburg | Terrorism, bombing |
Korean Air | |||||
Main article: Korean Air incidents and accidents |
L
LAM Mozambique Airlines | |||||
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Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 470 Chaimite | Bwabwata National Park | November 29, 2013 | Embraer E-190 | Maputo-Luanda | Deliberate crash (by pilot) |
LANSA | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 502 | Cuzco | August 9, 1970 | Lockheed L-188A Electra | Pilot error | |
Flight 508 | Puerto Inca, Amazon rainforest, Peru | December 24, 1971 | Lockheed L-188A Electra | Pilot error, lightning strike | |
LAN Chile | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 210 | La Gotera Hill | April 3, 1961 | Douglas DC-3 | Temuco-Santiago | undeterminated |
Flight 107 | San José Volcano | February 6, 1965 | Douglas DC-6 | Santiago-Ezeiza | Controlled flight into terrain |
Flight 160 | Colina | April 28, 1969 | Boeing 727 | Ezeiza-Santiago | CFIT |
Unknown | Calama | August 4, 1987 | Boeing 737 | Antofagasta-Calama | |
Flight 1069 | Puerto Williams | February 20, 1991 | British Aerospace 146 | Punta Arenas-Puerto Williams | Runway overrun |
Lao Air | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 200 | Thoulakhom District | April 11, 2009 | Cessna 208B Grand Caravan | Vientiane–Xam Neua | Under investigation (engine failure, forced landing) |
Flight 201 | Sam Neua Airport | April 17, 2013 | de Havilland Canada Twin Otter 300 | Xam Neua–Vientiane | Under investigation (crash on takeoff) |
Lao Airlines | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 301 | Mekong River near Pakxe | October 16, 2013 | ATR 72-212A | Vientiane–Pakxe | Under investigation (CFIT, weather) |
Lao Aviation (now Lao Airlines) | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
RDPL-34117 | Phonsavan | December 13, 1993 | Harbin Y-12-II | Poor visibility, CFIT | |
RDPL-34001 | Long Tieng | May 25, 1998 | Yakovlev Yak-40 | Vientiane–Phonsavan | Weather, CFIT |
Flight 703 | near Xam Neua | October 19, 2000 | Harbin Y-12-II | Vientiane–Xam Neua | Under investigation (CFIT) |
LAPA | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 3142 | Buenos Aires | August 31, 1999 | Boeing 737-204C | Pilot error, operational error, negligence | |
Lauda Air | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 004 | Uthai Thani Province | May 26, 1991 | Boeing 767-3Z9ER | Hong-Kong - Bangkok - Vienna | Engine went into reverse, in flight. Mechanical failure |
Líneas Aéreas Comerciales | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
XA-UKR | near Plan de Guadalupe International Airport, Mexico | April 19, 2014 | British Aerospace 125 | Cozumel–Saltillo | Cause yet to be determined [2] |
Linjeflyg | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 277 | near Helsingborg-Ängelholm Airport | November 20, 1964 | Convair 440 | Stockholm–Helsingborg | Pilot error, crashed short of runway |
Flight 618 (operated by Skyline Sweden) | near Stockholm | January 15, 1977 | Vickers Viscount 838 | Malmö–Kristianstad–Växjö–Jönköping–Stockholm | Icing |
Lion Air | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 538 | Surakarta | November 30, 2004 | McDonnell Douglas MD-82 | Pilot error | |
Los Angeles Airways | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 841 | Paramount, California | May 22, 1968 | Sikorsky S-61L | Main rotor failure | |
Flight 417 | Anaheim, California | August 14, 1968 | Sikorsky S-61L | Mechanical failure | |
LOT Polish Airlines | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
SP-ASJ | Pirin Mountains | November 23, 1937 | Douglas DC-2-115D | Thessaloniki-Sofia | CFIT |
SP-BNG | Negrileasa, Stulpicani | July 22, 1938 | Lockheed 14H Super Electra | Warsaw-Lwow (now Lviv)-Czerniowce (now Chernovtsy)-Bucharest-Thessaloniki | Unknown (possible lightning strike) |
SP-LKA | near Lodz Airport | November 15, 1951 | Lisunov Li-2P | Lodz-Kraków | Weather, pilot error (official) Engine failure, loss of control (unofficial) |
SP-LAH | near Gruszowiec | March 19, 1954 | Lisunov Li-2P | Warsaw-Kraków | Spatial disorientation, CFIT |
Flight 232 | Vnukovo Int'l Airport | June 14, 1957 | Ilyushin Il-14P | Warsaw-Moscow | Weather, poor visibility, crew error |
SP-LVB | near Warsaw-Okecie Airport | December 19, 1962 | Vickers Viscount 804 | Brussels-East Berlin-Warsaw | Stall, loss of control |
SP-LVA | near Jeuk, Belgium | August 20, 1965 | Vickers Viscount 804 | Lille-Wroclaw | Weather, loss of control, possible turbulence |
Flight 165 | near Zawoja | April 2, 1969 | Antonov An-24B | Warsaw-Kraków | Weather, CFIT |
Flight 165 | Tempelhof Int'l Airport | August 30, 1978 | Tupolev Tu-134 | Gdansk-East Berlin | Hijacking |
Flight 7 Mikołaj Kopernik | near Warsaw-Okecie Airport | March 14, 1980 | Ilyushin Il-62 | New York City-Warsaw | Engine failure, loss of control |
Flight 5055 Tadeusz Kościuszko | near Warsaw-Okecie Airport | May 9, 1987 | Ilyushin Il-62M | Warsaw-New York City | Engine failure, in-flight fire, loss of control |
Flight 703 Dunajec | near Rzeszów | November 2, 1988 | Antonov An-24B | Warsaw-Rzeszow | Icing, engine failure |
Flight 702 | Rzeszów-Jasionka Airport | February 25, 1993 | ATR 42 | Rzeszow-Warsaw | Hijacking |
Flight 016 Poznań | Warsaw Chopin Airport | November 1, 2011 | Boeing 767-35DER | Newark-Warsaw | Landing gear failure, belly landing |
Lufthansa | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 502 | Rio de Janeiro-Galeão International Airport | January 11, 1959 | Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation | Hamburg–Frankfurt–Paris–Lisbon–Dakar–Rio de Janeiro–Buenos Aires | Pilot error, crew fatigue |
D-ABOK | near Ebersheim | December 4, 1961 | Boeing 720-030B | Frankfurt-Cologne | Nose dived for reasons unknown |
D-ABOP | near Ansbach | July 15, 1964 | Boeing 720-030B | None | Loss of control |
Flight 005 | Bremen Airport | January 28, 1966 | Convair CV-440-0 | Frankfurt–Bremen | Stall, loss of control |
Flight 649 | Aden | February 22–23, 1972 | Boeing 747-230 | Tokyo–Hong Kong–Bangkok–Delhi–Athens–Frankfurt | Hijacking |
Flight 615 | Zagreb | October 29, 1972 | Boeing 727-30 | Damascus–Beirut–Ankara–Munich–Frankfurt | Hijacking |
Flight 540 | Nairobi | November 20, 1974 | Boeing 747-130 | Frankfurt–Nairobi–Johannesburg | Mechanical failure, pilot error |
Flight 181 Landshut | Mogadishu | October 17, 1977 | Boeing 737-230C | Palma de Mallorca–Frankfurt | Hijacking |
Flight 527 | near Rio de Janeiro | July 26, 1979 | Boeing 707-330C | Rio de Janeiro–Dakar | ATC errors, CFIT |
Flight 2904 | Warsaw Chopin Airport | September 14, 1993 | Airbus A320-200 | Frankfurt–Warsaw | Pilot error, deficiencies in braking system[3] |
Luxair | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 9642 | Niederanven | November 6, 2002 | Fokker F50 | Pilot error | |
M
Maddux Air Lines | |||||
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Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
NC9636 | over San Diego | April 21, 1929 | Ford 5-AT-B Tri-Motor | Mid-air collision with a USAAF Boeing PW-9D | |
Flight 7 | Oceanside, California | January 19, 1930 | Ford 5-AT-C Tri-Motor | Windshear | |
Malaysian Airline System/Malaysia Airlines | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 653 | Johor | December 4, 1977 | Boeing 737-2H6 | Penang-Kuala Lumpur | Hijacking, loss of control |
Flight 684 | Subang, Petaling | December 18, 1983 | Airbus A300B4-120 | Singapore-Kuala Lumpur | Weather, crashed short of runway |
Flight 2133 | Tawau Airport | September 15, 1995 | Fokker 50 | Kota Kinabalu-Tawau | Pilot error |
Flight 370 | southern Indian Ocean | March 8, 2014 | Boeing 777-2H6ER | Kuala Lumpur–Beijing | Under investigation (unexplained disappearance) |
Flight 17 | over Ukraine | July 17, 2014 | Boeing 777-2H6ER | Amsterdam–Kuala Lumpur | Shot down |
Malév Hungarian Airlines | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
HA-LID | Szombathely | October 13, 1956 | Lisunov Li-2 | Budapest–Szombathely–Zalaegerszeg | Hijacking |
HA-TSA | Budapest | August 6, 1961 | Douglas C-47A | None | Crew negligence, loss of control |
Flight 355 | near Le Bourget Airport | November 23, 1962 | Ilyushin Il-18V | Budapest–Frankfurt–Paris | Stall on approach for reasons unknown |
HA-MAH | Ferihegy Airport | February 17, 1964 | VEB 14P | None | Burned in hangar fire |
Flight 731 | off Saltholm Island | August 28, 1971 | Ilyushin Il-18V | Premature descent, CFIT | |
Flight 110 | near Boryspil Airport | September 16, 1971 | Tupolev Tu-134 | Budapest–Kiev | Poor visibility, CFIT |
Flight 801 | near Ferihegy Airport | January 15, 1975 | Ilyushin Il-18V | East Berlin–Budapest | Weather, poor visibility, poor CRM, possible spatial disorientation |
Flight 240 | off Lebanon | September 30, 1975 | Tupolev Tu-154A | Budapest-Beirut | Unknown |
Flight 203 | near Urziceni | September 21, 1977 | Tupolev Tu-134 | Istanbul–Bucharest–Budapest | Pilot error, CFIT |
Flight 262 | Thessaloniki Int'l Airport | July 4, 2000 | Tupolev Tu-154B-2 | Budapest–Thessaloniki | Pilot error, belly landing |
Manchukuo National Airways | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
M-604 | Sea of Japan | June 21, 1941 | Mitsubishi MC-20 | CFIT | |
Mandala Airlines | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 091 | Medan, Indonesia | September 5, 2005 | Boeing 737-200 | Possible overloading | |
Mandarin Airlines | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 642 | Hong Kong SAR | August 22, 1999 | McDonnell Douglas MD-11 | Pilot error | |
Martinair | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 495 | Faro Airport, Portugal | December 21, 1992 | McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30CF | Windshear, thunderstorm, rain | |
Merpati Nusantara Airlines | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
PK-MVS Sabang | off Padang, Indonesia | November 10, 1971 | Vickers Viscount 828 | Undetermined | |
Flight 422 | Achmad Yani International Airport | November 30, 1994 | Fokker F28 | Runway overrun | |
Flight 9760 | near Oksibil | August 2, 2009 | de Havilland Canada Twin Otter 300 | CFIT | |
Flight 836 | Sorong Airport | April 13, 2010 | Boeing 737-322 | Runway overrun | |
Flight 8968 | off West Papua | May 7, 2011 | Xian MA60 | Missed approach, crew error, CFIT | |
Flight 536 | Sampit Airport | January 7, 2012 | Xian MA60 | Ran off runway | |
Metro Airlines | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
N853SA | Scholes Field | April 30, 1974 | Beechcraft Model 99 | Pilot error, loss of control | |
N935MA | Beaumont Municipal Airport | May 20, 1983 | Short 330-100 | Destroyed by a tornado (while parked) | |
Mexicana de Aviación | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 940 | Sierra Madre Oriental, Mexico | March 31, 1986 | Boeing 727-264 | Chemical explosion and fire | |
Miami Airlines | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
N1678M | Elizabeth, New Jersey | December 16, 1951 | Curtiss C-46F | Newark–Tampa | Engine fire, loss of power, stall, loss of control |
MIAT Mongolian Airlines | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
BNMAU-10208 | Zavkhan Province | January 26, 1990 | Antonov An-24RV | Navigation error | |
BNMAU-14102 | Marz Mountain | April 23, 1993 | Antonov An-26 | CFIT | |
MT-1008 | Choho Geologloh Uul | September 21, 1995 | Antonov An-24RV | Premature descent, CFIT | |
JU-1020 | Mandalgobi | June 10, 1997 | Harbin Y-12 II | Windshear | |
JU-1017 | near Erdenet | May 26, 1998 | Harbin Y-12 II | Overloading, CFIT | |
Misrair | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
SU-AHH | Tehran | December 22, 1951 | SNCASE Languedoc | Baghdad-Tehran | Weather |
SU-AFK | near Cairo | December 15, 1953 | Vickers Type 634 Viking 1B | Cairo-Luxor | Crash on takeoff |
SU-AGN | Manzala Lake | March 7, 1958 | Vickers Type 628 Viking 1B | Athens-Cairo | Weather, CFIT |
Middle East Airlines (MEA) | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 265 | Ankara, Turkey | February 1, 1963 | Vickers Viscount 754D | Mid-air collision with a Turkish Air Force Douglas C-47 | |
Flight 444 | near Dhahran, Saudi Arabia | April 17, 1964 | Sud Aviation Caravelle III | Undetermined | |
Flight 438 | Al Qaysumah, Saudi Arabia | January 1, 1976 | Boeing 720B | Terrorism, bombing | |
Mohawk Airlines | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 121 | Rochester, New York | July 2, 1963 | Martin 4-0-4 | Weather, pilot error | |
Flight 40 | Blossburg, Pennsylvania | June 23, 1967 | BAC 1–11-204AF | Mechanical failure | |
Flight 411 | Pilot Knob, 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 | |||||
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Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
NC33349 | Peter O. Knight Airport | September 13, 1945 | Lockheed 18-50 Lodestar | Miami–Tampa | Runway overrun |
Flight 16 | Lakeland, Florida | October 5, 1945 | Lockheed 18-50 Lodestar | Tampa–Lakeland | Pilot error, overshot runway |
Flight 23 | Banana River Naval Air Station | October 11, 1945 | Lockheed 18-50 Lodestar | Jacksonville–Miami | Engine failure, pilot error |
Flight 83 | Philadelphia Int'l Airport | January 14, 1951 | Douglas DC-4-1009 | Newark–Philadelphia–Norfolk | Pilot error, runway overrun |
Flight 101 | Newark Int'l Airport | February 11, 1952 | Douglas DC-6 | Newark–Miami | Loss of engine power, loss of altitude |
Flight 470 | Gulf of Mexico off Mobile, Alabama | February 14, 1953 | Douglas DC-6 | Miami–Tampa–New Orleans | Weather, severe turbulence, in-flight breakup (possibly flew into a waterspout) |
Flight 967 (operated by Delta Air Lines) | Gulf of Mexico off Pilottown, Louisiana | November 16, 1959 | Douglas DC-7B | Tampa–New Orleans | Undetermined, possible bombing |
Flight 2511 | near Bolivia, North Carolina | January 6, 1960 | Douglas DC-6B | New York City–Miami | Bombing, murder and suicide |
Flight 27 | New Mexico | November 3, 1973 | Douglas DC-10-10 | Houston–Las Vegas | Uncontained engine failure, explosive decompression |
Flight 193 | Escambia Bay, Florida | May 8, 1978 | Boeing 727-235 | Miami–Melbourne–Tampa–New Orleans–Mobile–Pensacola | Landed short of runway |
National Air Cargo | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 662 (operated for Transafrik) | near Kabul | October 12, 2010 | Lockheed L-100-20 Hercules | Bagram AB-Kabul | Under investigation |
Flight 102 | Bagram Air Base | April 29, 2013 | Boeing 747-428BCF | Shifted load, stall, loss of control | |
Nationair | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 2120 (operated by Nigeria Airways) | King Abdulaziz Int'l Airport | July 11, 1991 | Douglas DC-8-61 | Jeddah–Sokoto | Fire, loss of flight controls |
Nihon Kinkyori Airways | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 497 | Nakashibetsu Airport | March 11, 1983 | NAMC YS-11A-208 | Sapporo–Nakashibetsu | Pilot error, crashed short of runway |
NLM CityHopper (now KLM Cityhopper) | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 431 | Moerdijk | October 6, 1981 | Fokker F-28 Friendship 4000 | Rotterdam–Eindhoven–Hamburg | Weather, extreme turbulence, wing separation |
Nok Air | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | 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 | Route | Cause |
Flight 792 | Berlin, New Hampshire | November 30, 1954 | Douglas C-53D (DC-3) | Laconia–Berlin | Pilot error |
Flight 823 | Rikers Island, New York | February 1, 1957 | Douglas DC-6A | New York City–Miami | CFIT |
Flight 285 | Bedford, Massachusetts | September 15, 1957 | Douglas C-53 (DC-3) | Martha's Vineyard–New Bedford | Pilot error |
Flight 258 | near Nantucket Memorial Airport | August 15, 1958 | Convair CV-240-2 | New York City–Nantucket | Poor visiility, crash short of runway |
Flight 946 | Moose Mountain, New Hampshire | October 25, 1968 | Fairchild Hiller FH-227C | Boston–Lebanon–Montpelier | Pilot error |
Northwest Airlines | |||||
Flight designation(s) | Location(s) | Date | Aircraft type(s) | Route | Cause |
Flight 2 | near Bozeman, Montana | January 10, 1938 | Lockheed L-14H Super Electra | Butte–Billings | In-flight breakup, design defect |
NC17394 | near Saugus | May 16, 1938 | Lockheed L-14H2 Super Electra | Burbank–Las Vegas | Poor visibility, CFIT |
Flight 4 | Billings Municipal Airport | July 8, 1938 | Lockheed L-14H Super Electra | Billings–Fargo | Stall on takeoff |
Flight 1 | near Miles City, Montana | January 13, 1939 | Lockheed L-14H Super Electra | Miles City-Billings | In-flight fire |
45-922 (operated by USAAF) | near Billings, Montana | December 8, 1945 | Douglas C-47B | Fargo–Billings | Weather |
Flight 4422 | Mount Sanford | March 12, 1948 | Douglas C-54G | Shanghai–Anchorage–New York City | CFIT |
Flight 421 | Fountain City, Wisconsin | August 29, 1948 | Martin 2-0-2 | Chicago–Minneapolis | Structural failure |
Flight 6427 | 34 mi N of Edmonton | October 27, 1948 | Douglas C-54A | Minneapolis–Edmonton–Anchorage–Tokyo | Pilot error |
Flight 255 | Romulus, Michigan | August 16, 1987 | Douglas DC-9-82 | Saginaw–Detroit–Phoenix–Santa Ana | Pilot error, failure to extend flaps and slats for takeoff |
Flight 1482 | Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport | December 3, 1990 | Douglas DC-9-14 | Detroit–Pittsburgh | Runway collision with a Northwest Boeing 727 |
Flight 957 and Flight 7 | Seattle and Memphis | October 28, 1998 | Both Airbus A320s | Hazardous material leakage | |
Flight 85 | Anchorage, Alaska | October 9, 2002 | Boeing 747-451 | Detroit–Tokyo | Metal fatigue, rudder malfunction |
Flight 188 | Minneapolis | October 21, 2009 | Airbus A320-211 | Pilot distraction, pilot error | |
Flight 253 | Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport | December 25, 2009 | Airbus A330-323X | Amsterdam–Detroit | Attempted bombing |
Northwest Orient Airlines | |||||
Flight designation(s) | Location(s) | Date | Aircraft type(s) | Route | Cause |
Flight 5 | Moorhead, Minnesota | October 30, 1941 | Douglas DC-3A-269 | Minneapolis–Fargo | Icing |
Flight 1 | Miles City, Montana | May 12, 1942 | Douglas DC-3A-269 | Chicago–Miles City | Runway overrun |
Flight 307 | near Minneapolis-Saint Paul Int'l Airport | March 7, 1950 | Martin 2-0-2 | Washington–Detroit–Madison–Rochester–Minneapolis–Winnipeg | CFIT |
Flight 2501 | Lake Michigan | June 23, 1950 | Douglas DC-4 (former C-54) | New York City–Minneapolis–Spokane–Seattle | Unexplained disappearance |
Flight 163 | Billings Airport | September 4, 1950 | Martin 2-0-2 | Minneapolis–Billings–Bozeman–Seattle | Hydraulic fluid leak, in-flight fire, loss of control |
NC93037 | Almelund, Minnesota | October 13, 1950 | Martin 2-0-2 | None | Mechanical failure, reversal of propeller in flight |
Flight 115 | near Butte, Montana | November 7, 1950 | Martin 2-0-2 | Chicago–Minneapolis–Billings–Great Falls–Helena–Butte–Seattle | Crew error |
Flight 115 | near Reardan, Washington | January 16, 1951 | Martin 2-0-2 | Loss of control for reasons unknown | |
Flight 324 | off Sandspit, British Columbia | January 19, 1952 | Douglas C-54E | Tokyo–Shemya–Anchorage–Tacoma | Icing |
Flight 2 | Puget Sound | April 2, 1956 | Boeing 377 Stratocruiser 10-30 | Seattle–Portland–Chicago–New York City | Crew error, water ditching |
Flight 710 | near Cannelton, Indiana | March 17, 1960 | Lockheed L-188C Electra | Minneapolis–Chicago–Miami | Turbulence, in-flight breakup |
Flight 1–11 (operated by USAF) | off Manila | July 14, 1960 | Douglas DC-7C | New York City–Seattle–Anchorage–Cold Bay–Tokyo–Okinawa–Manila | Engine failure, in-flight fire, water ditching |
Flight 104 | 20 mi W of Missoula, Montana | October 28, 1960 | Douglas C-54A | Spokane–Missoula | Pilot error |
Flight 706 | Chicago | September 17, 1961 | Lockheed L-188C Electra | Milwaukee–Chicago–Tampa–Fort Lauderdale | Maintenance error |
Flight 293 | off Biorka Island, Alaska | October 22, 1962 | Douglas DC-7CF | Tacoma–Anchorage | Engine failure, water ditching |
Flight 705 | Everglades | February 12, 1963 | Boeing 720-051B | Miami–Chicago–Spokane–Seattle | Severe turbulence, loss of control, in-flight breakup |
Flight 293 (operated by USAF) | Pacific Ocean | June 3, 1963 | Douglas DC-7CF | Tacoma–Anchorage | Unexplained disappearance |
Flight 305 | Portland Int'l Airport | November 24, 1971 | Boeing 727-51 | Portland–Seattle | Hijacking |
Flight 6231 | Stony Point | December 1, 1974 | Boeing 727-251 | New York City–Buffalo | Loss of control |
Norwegian Air Lines (DNL) | |||||
Flight designation(s) | Location(s) | Date | Aircraft type(s) | Route | Cause |
LN-DAE Havørn | Lihesten | June 12, 1936 | Junkers Ju 52/3mW | Bergen–Trondheim | CFIT |
LN-LAB | Fornebu Airport | May 22, 1946 | Junkers Ju 52/3m2e | Oslo–Stockholm | Engine failure, stall, loss of control |
LN-IAV Kvitbjørn | Lødingsfjellet | August 28, 1947 | Short Sandringham 6 | Tromsø–Harstad–Bodø–Oslo | CFIT |
LN-IAW Bukken Bruse | Hommelvik | October 2, 1948 | Short Sandringham 5 | Oslo–Trondheim | Loss of control, crash on landing |
O
One-Two-GO Airlines | |||||
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Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 269 | Phuket Int'l Airport | September 16, 2007 | McDonnell Douglas MD-82 | Bangkok–Phuket | Failed go-around, weather, crew disregard of procedure, poor CRM |
Olympic Airways | |||||
Flight designation | Location | Date | Aircraft type | Route | Cause |
Flight 214 | near Avlon Attiki | October 29, 1959 | Douglas C-47A | Athens–Thessaloniki | Engine failure, wing separation, loss of control |
Flight 954 | 24 mi SE of Athens | December 8, 1969 | Douglas DC-6B | Chania–Athens | CFIT |
Flight 506 | near Ellinikon Int'l Airport | October 21, 1972 | NAMC YS-11A-500 | Kerkyra–Athens | CFIT |
Flight 830 | 12 mi SE of Philippos Airport | November 23, 1976 | NAMC YS-11A-500 | Athens–Larissa–Kozani | Poor visibility, CFIT |
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 | |
Flight 3838 | FIR Bucharest | September 14, 1999 | Dassault Falcon 900B | Athens–Bucharest | Mechanical failure, loss of control (oscillations) |
See also
References
- ↑ Accident description at the Aviation Safety Network
- ↑ "Accident Description". aviation-safety.net. April 19, 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
- ↑ Report der Main Commission Aircraft Accident Investigation Warsaw
External links
- Aircraft Crashes Record Office
- AirSafe
- Aviation Safety Network
- Federal Aviation Administration: Accident & Incident Data
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