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

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

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Adam Air
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
Flight 574	Indonesia	January 1, 2007	Boeing 737-400	Surabaya-Manado	Pilot error
Flight 172	Indonesia	February 21, 2007	Boeing 737-300	Jakarta-Surabaya	Structural failure
ADC Airlines
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
Flight 53	Abuja	October 29, 2006	Boeing 737-2B7	Abuja-Sokoto	(disputed)
Aer Lingus
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
Flight 712	Wexford	March 24, 1968	Vickers Viscount 803	Cork-London	Structural failure
Flight 132	Logan International Airport	June 9, 2005	Airbus A330	Boston-Shannon	ATC error
AerianTur-M
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
Flight ER-26068	Balad, Iraq	January 9, 2007	Antonov An-26	Adana, Turkey-Balad, Iraq	Undetermined
Aeroflot Russian Airlines
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
SSSR-42370	Voznesenka	30 June 1962	Tupolev Tu-104A		Shot down by surface-to-air missile
Unknown	Moscow, Soviet Union	November 4, 1967	Ilyushin Il-18		Undetermined
SSSR-75538	Sverdlovsk, Soviet Union	November 16, 1976	Ilyushin Il-18		Undetermined
Flight 909	Voronezh	March 6, 1976	Ilyushin Il-18		?
SSSR-86614	Cuba	May 27, 1977	Ilyushin 62M		Undetermined
SSSR-65735	Dniprodzerzhynsk, Ukraine	August 11, 1979	Tupolev TU-134		?
SSSR-85355	Almaty	July 7, 1980	Tupolev TU-154		?
Flight 411	Moscow	July 6, 1982	Ilyushin Il-62		Engine warning system error
Flight 8641	Mazyr	June 28, 1982	Yakovlev Yak-42		?
Flight 3352	Omsk	October 11, 1984	Tupolev TU-154		?
SSSR-65910	Belarus	February 1, 1985	Tupolev TU-134		?
SSSR-65856	Zolochev	May 3, 1985	Tupolev TU-134		?
Flight 7425	Uchkuduk	July 10, 1985	Tupolev TU-154		Pilot error
SSSR-65795	Berlin	December 12, 1985	Tupolev TU-134		?
SSSR-65951	Pervouralsk	January 13, 1990	Tupolev TU-134		?
SSSR-87453	Pavlodar	August 1, 1990	Yakovlev Yak-40		?
SSSR-42351	Sverdlovsk	September 14, 1990	Yakovlev Yak-42		?
SSSR-46472	Navoi	March 23, 1991	Antonov AN-24		?
SSSR-85097	Saint Petersburg	May 23, 1991	Tupolev TU-154		?
SSSR-65058	Ivanovo	August 27, 1992	Tupolev TU-134		?
Flight 593	Novokuznetsk	March 23, 1994	Airbus A310-304		Pilot error (child in control)
Flight 3949	Khabarovsk	December 7, 1995	Tupolev TU-154		?
Flight 821	Perm	September 14, 2008	Boeing 737-500		Pilot error
Aerolíneas Argentinas
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
Flight 386	Lima, Peru/Los Angeles, California	February 20, 1992	Boeing 747		Food poisoning (cholera) [1] [2] [3]
Aerolinee Itavia
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
Flight 870	Ustica	June 27, 1980	McDonnell Douglas DC-9-15		In-flight explosion (Origin unknown)
Aeroméxico
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
Flight 498	Cerritos, California	August 31, 1986	McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32		Mid-air collision
AeroPerú
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
Flight 772	Juliaca	October 25, 1988	Fokker F28 1000
Flight 603	Perú	October 2, 1996	Boeing 757-23A		Instrumentation failure
Aerosvit - Ukrainian Airlines
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
Flight 241	Thessaloniki	December 17, 1997	Yakovlev 42		Pilot error
Air Algérie
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
Flight 6289	Tamanghasset	March 6, 2003	Boeing 737-200		Engine explosion
Air Asia
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
Flight 104	Malaysia	November 7, 2004	Boeing 737		Runway overrun
Air Canada incl. TCA
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
TCA Flight 831	Ste-Therese Québec	November 29, 1963	Douglas DC-8-54F		Unknown. Possibly: pitot ice, VG fail or runaway trim
Flight 621	Toronto	July 5, 1970	Douglas DC-8-63		Pilot error
Flight 189	Toronto	June 26, 1978	McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32		Mechanical failure
Flight 797	Cincinnati	June 2, 1983	McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32		In-flight fire
Flight 143	Gimli, Manitoba	July 23, 1983	Boeing 767-233		Insufficient amount of fuel loaded for the flight
Air China
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
Flight 129	Busan	April 15, 2002	Boeing 767-200ER		CFIT
Air Florida
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
Flight 90	Washington DC	January 13, 1982	Boeing 737-222		Pilot error, wing icing
Air France
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
AF 2005	near Rabat	September 12, 1961	Sud Aviation Caravelle	Paris - Rabat- Casablanca	pilot error
Flight F-BHSM	Orly Airport	June 3, 1962	Boeing 707		Pilot error, rejected takeoff
Flight 1611	Mediterranean Sea	September 11, 1968	Sud Aviation Caravelle III SE 210		In-flight fire
Flight 296	Mulhouse	June 26, 1988	Airbus A320		Pilot error (disputed)
Flight 8969	Algiers	December 24, 1994	Airbus A300B2-1C		Hijacking
Flight 4590	Gonesse	July 25, 2000	Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde		Foreign object damage, engine fire
Flight 358	Mississauga	August 2, 2005	Airbus A340-313X		Runway overrun, pilot error
Flight 447	Atlantic	June 1, 2009	Airbus A330-200		Unknown (under investigation)
Air India
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
Flight 245	Mont Blanc	November 3, 1950	Lockheed L-749A Constellation		Not known
Flight VT-DEP	Natuna Islands	April 11, 1955	Lockheed L-749A Constellation		Airliner bombing
Flight 101	Mont Blanc	January 24, 1966	Boeing 707-420		Pilot error
Flight 855	Mumbai	January 1, 1978	Boeing 747-237B		Instrument malfunction
Flight 403	Mumbai	June 21, 1982	Boeing 747-420		Bad weather
Flight 182	Atlantic Ocean	June 23, 1985	Boeing 747-237B		Terrorist bombing
Air Inter
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
Flight 148	Strasbourg	January 20, 1992	Airbus A320		Pilot error
Air Kazakhstan
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
Flight 1907	Delhi	November 12, 1996	Ilyushin Il-76		Mid-air collision
Airlink
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
Unknown	Between Gasmata & Kandrian, West New Britain, Papua New Guinea	March 30, 2007	Unknown at present		Undetermined
Air Midwest
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
Flight 5481	Charlotte	January 9, 2003	Beechcraft 1900D		Maintenance error
Air New Zealand
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
Flight 901	Mount Erebus, Antarctica	November 28, 1979	McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30		CFIT
Flight 2279	New Zealand	February 8, 2008	Jetstream J32		Hijacking
Air Ontario
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
Flight 1363	Dryden	March 10, 1989	Fokker F28-1000
Air Philippines
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
Flight 541	Davao	April 19, 2000	Boeing 737-200
Air Rhodesia
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
Flight 825	Kariba, Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)	September 3, 1978	Vickers Viscount		SA-7 missile fired by ZIPRA guerillas
Flight 827	Kariba, Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)	February 12, 1979	Vickers Viscount		SA-7 missile fired by ZIPRA guerillas
Air Saint Martin
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
Unknown	Haiti	December 7, 1995	Beechcraft 1900D		CFIT
Air Tahoma
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
Flight 185	Covington, Kentucky	August 13, 2004	Convair 580		Fuel exhaustion
Air Transat
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
Flight 236	Azores	August 24, 2001	Airbus A330-243		Fuel exhaustion
Air Vietnam
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
Flight 706	Ninh Thuan	September 15, 1974	Boeing 727-121C		Hijacking
Air West
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
Flight 162	N'Djamena, Chad	January 24, 2007	Boeing 737-200		Hijacking
Airwork
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
Flight 23	Stratford, New Zealand	May 3, 2005	Fairchild SA227-AC Metro III		Pilot error
Alas Chiricanas
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
Flight 00901	Santa Rita Mountains	July 19, 1994		Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante
Alaska Airlines
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
Flight 261	Pacific Ocean off the coast of Anacapa Island	January 31, 2000	McDonnell Douglas MD-83		Mechanical failure
Flight 536	Seattle	December 26, 2005
Alitalia
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
Flight 771	Junnar, India	July 7, 1962	McDonnell Douglas DC-8-43		CFIT
Flight 112	Mount Longa, Italy	May 5, 1972	McDonnell Douglas DC-8-43		Pilot error, CFIT
Flight 4128	Tyrrhenian Sea, off Palermo, Italy	Dec 23, 1978	McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32		Pilot error [4]
Flight 404	Stadlerberg, off Zurich, Switzerland	Nov 14, 1990	McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32		CFIT
All Nippon Airways
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
Flight 60	Tokyo Bay	February 4, 1966	Boeing 727-100		Pilot error
Flight 533	Matsuyama Airport, Shikoku	November 13, 1966	NAMC YS-11		Runway overrun
Flight 58	outskirt of Morioka	July 30, 1971	Boeing 727-200		Collided with Japanese Air Defense Force F-86
Flight 61	Boso Peninsula	July 24, 1999	Boeing 747-400		Hijacking
Allegheny Airlines
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
Flight 853	Fairland, Indiana	September 9, 1969	McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31		Mid-air collision
Allegiant Air
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
Flight 435	McAllen, Texas	August 10, 2006
ALM
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
Flight 980	Caribbean Sea	May 2, 1970	McDonnell Douglas DC-9		Fuel exhaustion
Aloha Airlines
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
Flight 243	Kahului	April 28, 1988	Boeing 737-200		Explosive decompression
American Airlines
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American Eagle
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
Flight 4184	Roselawn	October 31, 1994	Aérospatiale ATR-72-212		Wing icing
Flight 5401	San Juan	May 9, 2004	Aérospatiale ATR-72-212		Pilot error
Ansett Airlines
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
Flight 232	Alice Springs	November 15, 1972	Fokker F27
Ansett New Zealand
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
Flight 703	Tararua Range	June 5, 1995	de Havilland Canada Dash 8-102		CFIT
Aquila Airways
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
G-AKNU	Isle of Wight	15 November 1957	Short Solent		Engine problems
Armavia
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
Flight 967	Black Sea	May 3, 2006
Arrow Air
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
Flight 1285	Gander	December 12, 1985	Douglas DC-8		Icing
Asiana Airlines
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
Asiana Air Flight 733	Mokpo, South Korea	July 26, 1993	Boeing 737-5L9		CFIT, weather conditions
ATI - Aero Transporti Italiani
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
Köln, Germany	Conca di Crezzo Italy	Oct 15, 1987	Aérospatiale ATR-42-312		Ice on the wings
Atlantic Southeast Airlines
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
Flight 2311	Brunswick, Georgia	April 5, 1991	Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia		Mechanical failure
Flight 529	Carrollton, Georgia	August 21, 1995	Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia		Mechanical failure
Austral Líneas Aereas
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
Flight 2553	Uruguay	October 10, 1997	Douglas DC-9		Mechanical failure
Austrian Airlines
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
Flight 901	Moscow	September 26, 1960	Vickers Viscount 837
Aviaco
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
Flight 118	Montrove, Spain	August 13, 1973	Sud Aviation Caravelle	Madrid-A Coruña	CFIT
Avianca
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
Flight 011	Madrid	November 27, 1983	Boeing 747-283B		CFIT
Flight 410	Cúcuta	March 17, 1988	Boeing 727-21		CFIT
Flight 203	soacha	November 27, 1989	Boeing 727		Terrorism, bombing
Flight 52	Cove Neck	January 25, 1990	Boeing 707-321		Fuel exhaustion and pilot error
Aviateca
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
Unknown	Guatemala City	April 28, 1977
Flight 901	San Salvador	August 9, 1995	Boeing 737		Pilot error

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[edit] K

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

[edit] L

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

[edit] M

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

[edit] N

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

[edit] O

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

[edit] P

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

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

[edit] R

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

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

[edit] T

TWA Flight 800, July 17, 1996

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

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

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

[edit] W

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

[edit] X

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

[edit] Y

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

[edit] See also

List of air disasters

[edit] References