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''See also:'' Accidents And Incidents In Aviation . List Of Accidents And Incidents On Commercial Airliners Grouped By Airline .
This list is ! For more exhaustive lists, see the Aircraft Crash Record Office or the Air Safety Network . Airlines seem to be remembered by their worst accidents, and in that sense this list presents a good overview, but it is far from being complete.
- July 12 – An Eastern Airlines flight en route from Boston , Massachusetts to Miami with stops in Washington, DC and Columbia, SC collided with a US Army B-25 Mitchell bomber about 3,000 feet above Syracuse, SC (about 20 miles from Florence, SC ). The commercial pilot, G. D. Davis, landed his craft in a cornfield nearby. One passenger, an infant, was killed. The bomber exploded; two died and one was able to parachute safely.
- July 28 - A B-25 Mitchell bomber crashed into the Empire State Building .
- September 9 – Canadian Pacific Airlines DC-3 exploded in mid-flight en route from Quebec City to Baie-Comeau as the result of an onboard bomb, killing all 23 onboard. See Albert Guay Affair .
- October 27 – Air France Lockheed Constellation crashed in the Azores – 48 died including French boxing star Marcel Cerdan and the young concert violinist, Ginette Neveu .
- November 1 – Eastern Air Lines Flight 537 , a Douglas C-54B-10-DO, en route from Boston, Massachusetts to Washington, D.C. collided with a P-38 fighter on its final approach to National Airport . Both planes crashed, killing all 55 persons onboard the Douglas, the P-38 pilot, Eric Rios Bridaux, survived. Bridaux was a Bolivia n Air Force pilot. Among the dead were Congressman George J. Bates and former Congressman Michael J. Kennedy .
- May 26 – A BOAC 4-engined Handley Page Hermes IV (reg G-ALDN) aircraft with 10 passengers onboard, crash-landed in the Sahara Desert , 1,300 miles off-course on a flight between Tripoli and Kano . All passengers and crew survived the initial crash landing, but the First Officer later died of injuries sustained in the crash.
- March 13 , BOAC Lockheed Constellation , "Belfast", arrived at Singapore from Sydney , Australia , and crashed on landing at the Kallang Airport , killing 32 passengers and 1 crew.
- July 23 , Cathay Pacific Douglas DC-4 (VR-HEU) flying from Hong Kong to Bangkok was shot at by an air force fighter from the People's Republic Of China south of Hainan Island above the South China Sea . The aircraft ditched on the sea and 10 of the 18 passengers died. The survivors were rescued by a US Naval ship.
- September 5 , KLM Flight 633 , KLM Lockheed Super Constellation , "Triton", ditched after takeoff from Shannon Airport
- June 30 – United Airlines Flight 718 , a DC-7 , flying from Los Angeles to Chicago and TWA Flight 2 , a Constellation flying from Los Angeles to Kansas City, collided over the Grand Canyon . The 58 passengers and crew on the DC-7, and the 70 passengers and crew on the Constellation were all killed. The pilots had both requested permission to fly in undesignated airspace to give their passengers a better view and the crash was attributed to the pilots not seeing each other until it was too late.
- January 6 – National Airlines Flight 2511 from New York to Miami, a propeller driven DC-6B , crashed near Bolivia, North Carolina after an onboard explosion. A bomb was thought to have been planted by Julian A. Frank , a New York lawyer, who was heavily insured. Thirty-four people died, none survived.
- March 17 – Northwest Airlines Lockheed Electra lost a wing due to propeller whirl mode and crashed in southern Indiana near Tell City . All 63 onboard including the crew perished. The 63 victims were impacted in a 30-foot deep crater, which became their final resting place. A monument marks the grave with the names of the victims and the date of the tragedy.
- , a DC-8 , and TWA Flight 266 , a Super Constellation , collided over Staten Island in New York . All 134 onboard the two planes, and six people on the ground were killed.
- February 8 – Eastern Airlines Flight 663 forced to take evasive action on takeoff to avoid colliding with another commercial aircraft, lost control and crashed. All 84 persons on board are killed.
- March 31 – Japan Airlines Flight 351
- February 15 – Dominicana DC-9 Air Disaster
- February 21 – Swissair Flight 330
- July 3 – Dan-Air Comet jet crashed into the Montseny mountains near Barcelona , Spain , killing 112
- July 5 – Air Canada flight 621 DC-8 exploded following a failed landing at Toronto Int'l Airport (now Pearson), with 109 fatalities.
- September 6 – Dawson's Field Hijackings of El Al 219, Pan Am 93, SwissAir 100, TWA 74, and (on September 7 ) BOAC 775.
- November 14 – Southern Airways Flight 932, a charter, crashed on approach at Tri-State/Milton Airport in Huntington, West Virginia , en route from Kinston, North Carolina , killing all 75 onboard, including the entire coaching staff and 37 members of the Marshall University Football team.
- January 1 - Middle East Airlines Flight 438 , a Boeing 720 , aircraft over Saudia Arabia when bomb exploded in the forward baggage compartment, aircraft destroyed killing 81.
- April 27 – American Airlines Flight 625 , a Boeing 727 , crashed on approach to St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands .
- October 6 – Cubana Flight 455 , a Douglas DC-8 , bombed by Anti-Castro militants.
- September 10 – A mid-air collision occurs between a British Airways Trident and a Inex-Adria DC-9 , near Zagreb , Yugoslavia killing 176.
- January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 , crashed into frozen Potomac River
- January 23 – World Airways Flight 30 , landed long at Boston , Massachusetts , two missing presumed dead.
- June 23 – British Airways Flight 9 , flew through cloud of volcanic dust south of Java ; all engines failed. Was able to restart engines and make safe landing.
- July 9 – Pan Am Flight 759 , crashed in Kenner, Louisiana shortly after takeoff.
- September 13 - Spantax Flight 995 , crashed after an aborted takeoff in Malaga, Spain ; this DC-10 overshot the runway, crossed a four lane highway and killed three people in vehicles, and burst into flames in a field. Fifty people died.
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- February 24 – United Airlines Flight 811 , a Boeing 747 , suffered an explosive decompression shortly after takeoff from Honolulu , Hawaii , caused by a cargo door which burst open during flight. Nine passengers were sucked out of the plane, but the pilots managed to land safely at Honolulu.
- March 10 – Air Ontario Flight 1363 , a Fokker F-28 , crashed immediately after takeoff from Dryden, Ontario due to icing on the wings. 24 people were killed.
- June 7 – Surinam Airways Flight PY764 , a DC-8 , crashed while attempting to land in heavy fog at Paramaribo , Suriname . The plane hit trees and flipped upside down, killing 176 people.
- July 19 – United Airlines Flight 232 , a Douglas DC-10 , suffered a complete hydraulics failure over Iowa . Despite the crew's attempts to control the aircraft using only the throttle, it crashed on the runway of Sioux City, Iowa , killing 111 of the 296 people on board.
- September 3 – Varig Flight 254 , a Boeing 737 , ran out of fuel due to incorrect navigation and crashed in the Brazilian jungle, killing 12 of the 48 passengers on board.
- September 8 – Partnair Flight 394 , a Convair 580 , crashed into the North Sea after its tail section fell off in midair. All 55 people on board perished.
- September 19 – UTA Flight 772 , a DC-10 , exploded in mid-air over the Sahara Desert when a bomb hidden in its forward cago hold exploded. All 170 people on board were killed. Responsibility for the bombing was later traced back to the brother of Libya n leader Muammar Gaddafi , who, in 2003, agreed to pay compensation to the victims.
- November 27 – Avianca Flight 203 , a Boeing 727 , exploded in mid-air over Colombia , killing 107 people on board as well as several on the ground. The Medellín Cartel claimed responsibility for the attack.
- February 1 – USAir Flight 1493 , a Boeing 737 , hit a Fairchild Metro commuter plane waiting to take off from the same runway the Boeing plane was landing on (at Los Angeles ). 34 people, including all the Metro and 22 of the USAir passengers were killed.
- March 3 – United Airlines Flight 585 , a Boeing 737 , crashed while attempting to land at Colorado Springs, Colorado , killing all 25 people on board. The cause was never clearly identified, although problems with the 737's control system were suspected.
- March 26 – Singapore Airlines Flight 117 was hijacked by Pakistani militants en route to Singapore , where, upon landing, it was stormed by Singapore Special Operations forces. All the hijackers were killed in the operation, with no fatalities amongst the passengers and crew.
- May 26 – Lauda Air Flight 004 , a Boeing 767 , disintegrated in mid-air over Uthai Thani Province , Thailand , killing all 223 people on board. It was later found that a thrust reverser had accidentally deployed in flight, causing the disaster.
- December 27 – Both engines of Scandinavian Airlines Flight 751 , a MD-81 , failed shortly after takeoff from Stockholm , Sweden . The pilots successfully made an emergency landing in a nearby field, injuring 25 passengers but not incurring a single fatality.
- March 23 - Aeroflot Flight 593 , an Airbus A310 , crashed into a wooded hillside in Siberia . All 75 passengers and crew were killed.
- April 26 – China Airlines Flight 140 , an Airbus A300 , crashed while landing at Nagoya , Japan due to pilot error. 264 people of the 271 on board died.
- July 2 – USAir Flight 1016 , a DC-9 , crashed while attempting to land at Charlotte , North Carolina during a thunderstorm. 37 of the 51 people on board were killed.
- July 19 – Alas Chiricanas Flight 00901 , an Embraer EMB-110 , exploded in mid-air over Panama , killing all 21 people on board. Investigators concluded that a suicide bomber had caused the plane to explode, although motives and affiliation of the bomber remain unclear.
- September 8 – USAir Flight 427 , a Boeing 737 , crashed while attempting to land at Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , killing all 133 people on board. Investigations showed a fault in the aircraft's Rudder was to blame for the crash.
- October 31 – American Eagle Flight 4184 , an ATR 72 , crashed while waiting to land at Chicago , Illinois , due to ice buildup on its wings. All 68 people on board died.
- December 11 – a bomb exploded on board Philippine Airlines Flight 434 , a Boeing 747 , killing one passenger. The crew succeeded in making an emergency landing at Naha , Okinawa .
- December 24 – Air France Flight 8969 , an Airbus A300 was hijacked on the tarmac at Algiers , Algeria by the militant group GIA . After a two-day standoff, the plane was allowed to fly to Marseille , France , where it was stormed by French commandos.
- March 31 – Tarom Flight 371 , an Airbus A310 crashed into a field near Baloteşti , Romania , killing all 60 people onboard.
- June 5 – Ansett New Zealand Flight 703 crashed during approach on Palmerston North , New Zealand .
- July 11 – A Cubana De Aviación Antonov An-24 crashed into the Caribbean off the southeastern coast of Cuba , killing 44 people.
- August 21 – Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 529 crashed in a field in Carrollton, Georgia
- December 13 – a Romavia Antonov AN-24 (registration YR-AMR ) crashes on takeoff from Verona , Italy , due to overloading and ice buildup. All 50 people onboard are killed.
- crashes on takeoff from Jamba , Angola , due to overloading. 141 of the 144 people onboard are killed.
- December 20 – American Airlines Flight 965 , a Boeing 757 , crashed into a mountain while approaching Cali , Colombia . Of the 156 passengers and 8 crew onboard, only 4 people and a dog survived.
- February 6 – Birgenair Flight 301
- February 29 – Faucett Flight 251 , a Boeing 737 , crashed while attempting to land at Arequipa , Peru . ALl 123 people onboard died.
- May 11 – ValuJet Flight 592 , a DC-9 , crashed in the Everglades , Florida , due to a fire in its cargo hold. All 110 passengers and crew perished.
- July 6 – Delta Airlines Flight 1288 , during the takeoff from Pensacola, Florida , the left engine of an MD-88 sustained an uncontained failure, causing pieces of the engine to penetrate the cabin, killing 2 of the 137 passengers.
- July 17 – TWA Flight 800 , a Boeing 747 , exploded in mid-air off Long Island , New York , killing all 230 people onboard.
- August 29 – Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801 crashes on Svalbard killing 141.
- October 2 – AeroPeru Flight 603 , a Boeing 757 , crashes into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Peru , due to maintenance error. All 70 people onboard were killed.
- October 31 - TAM Flight 402 , a Fokker 100 , crashes on Sao Paulo , Brazil , killing 98 (passengers:89 crew:6 Ground:3) The aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff into a residential area striking a building. Uncommanded deployment of the thrust reverser on the right engine.
- November 12 – Saudi Arabian Airlines Flight 763 , a Boeing 747 , collided in mid-air with a Kazakhstan Air Lines Ilyushin 76 cargo jet near Delhi , India . The death toll of 349 makes this the worst air-to-air collision to date.
- November 23 – Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 , a Boeing 767 was hijacked over Kenya . The airplane ran out of fuel, and the pilot attempted to ditch the aircraft off the coast of the Comoros Islands . Of the 175 people onboard, 123 were killed.
- January 9 - Comair Flight 3272 an Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia , crashed on approach to the Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport killing all 29 passengers and crew aboard.
- August 6 – Korean Air Flight 801 , a Boeing 747 , crashed during an attempted landing in heavy rain on Guam . Of the 254 people onboard, 228 died.
- December 7 – Air UK Fokker F-27 overran Runway 27 whilst landing at Guernsey Airport . The aircraft was on a scheduled flight from Guernsey to Southampton , although the captain made the decision to turn back 20-minutes into the flight due to experiencing problems with the flaps. Heavy crosswinds were reported at the time of landing, and subsequently the aircraft came off the end of the runway and came to rest in a nearby field. The only injury was the captain’s broken ankle.
- December 19 – Silkair Flight 185 , a Boeing 737-300 , abruptly crashed into the Musi River near Palembang , Sumatra from cruising altitude, killing all 102 passengers and crew. The exact cause of the crash, Silkair's first fatality, remains a mystery.
- January 13 – An Ariana Afghan Airlines Antonov An-12 crashed near Tor Kach, Pakistan after it ran out of fuel in poor weather. All 51 people onboard died.
- January 27 – A Myanmar Airways Fokker F27 crashed while taking off from Yangon , Myanmar killing 16 of the 45 people onboard.
- February 2 – Cebu Pacific Flight 387 crashes into a mountain near Pagalungan in the Philippines . All of the 104 passengers and crewmembers were killed.
- February 16 – China Airlines Flight 676 , an Airbus A300 , crashed into a residential area while attempting to land in Taipei , Taiwan . All 196 people onboard were killed, in addition to seven on the ground.
- March 19 – An Ariana Afghan Airlines Boeing 727 hit a mountain near Charasyab, Afghanistan while descending to land. All 45 onboard died.
- March 22 – Philippine Airlines Flight 137 , an Airbus A320 , overshot the end of the runway while landing at Bacolod City in the Philippines , plowing through several houses. None of the passenger were harmed, but three people on the ground were killed, and several more injured.
- April 20 – Air France Flight 422, a Boeing 727 , crashed into a mountain near Bogotá , Colombia , while attempting to land, killing all 53 people onboard.
- May 26 – An MIAT Mongolian Airlines Antonov An-24 crashed into a mountain near Erdenet , Mongolia . All 28 people onboard died.
- August 21 – A Lumbini Airways De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter crashed in a mountainous region near Ghorepani, Nepal . All of the 18 people onboard were killed.
- August 24 – A Myanmar Airways Fokker F27 crashed in Manibagi, Myanmar during poor weather. All 44 people onboard were killed. It has also been reported that there may have been survivors that were tortured to death by local villagers that thought the airplane carried military personnel.
- August 29 – A Cubana De Aviación Tupolev Tu-154 crashed during takeoff into buildings in Quito , Ecuador . Seventy-five of the 90 people onboard died as well as 10 on the ground.
- September 2 – Swissair Flight 111 , a McDonnell Douglas MD-11 , crashed into the sea near Halifax , Nova Scotia in Canada , due to a fire in the cockpit. All 229 people onboard perished.
- September 2 – A Permaviatrans Antonov An-26 was shot down by UNITA rebels over Angola . All 24 people onboard were killed.
- September 25 – A Paukn Air BAe 146 crashed near Nador , Morocco killing all 38 people onboard.
- September 29 – A Lion Air Antonov An-2 was shot down by LTTE rebels and crashed into the sea off Mannar , Sri Lanka . All 55 people onboard were killed.
- October 10 – A Congo Airlines Boeing 727 was shot down by Tutsi rebels near Kindu in the Democratic Republic Of Congo . All 41 onboard died.
- December 11 – Thai Airways Flight 261, an Airbus A-310 , crashed during poor weather near Surat Thani , Thailand . Of the 146 people onboard, 102 were killed.
- February 24 – A China Southwest Airlines Tupolev Tu-154 crashes in Rui'an , China while descending to land at an airport. All 61 passengers and crewmembers were killed.
- June 1 – American Airlines Flight 1420 , a McDonnell Douglas MD-82 , skidded off the runway on landing at Little Rock , Arkansas during strong winds. Eleven of 145 onboard died.
- June 17 – An Airlink Embraer 110P2 Bandeirante airplane crashed into a near Goroka , Papua New Guinea killing all 17 people onboard.
- July 24 – All Nippon Airways Flight 61 , a Boeing 747 was hijacked by a passenger, Yuji Nishizawa , wielding a knife. After fatally stabbing the captain, he was overpowered by the crew and the co-pilot landed the plane safely at Haneda , Japan .
- July 24 – An Air Fiji Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante crashed shortly after taking off from Nausori , Fiji killing all 17 people onboard.
- August 7 – A TACV Cabo Verde Airlines Dornier Do 228 (charter form the Cape Verde Coast Guard) crashed into a cliff on Santo Antão , Cape Verde during poor weather. All 18 people onboard were killed.
- August 22 – Mandarin Airlines Flight 642 , an McDonnell Douglas MD-11 , crashed on landing at Hong Kong during Tropical Storm Sam. Of the 315 people onboard, three died.
- August 24 – Onboard an Uni Air McDonnell Douglas DC-9 a fire started in an overhead luggage compartment over Hualien Taiwan . The fire was cause by the accidental ignition fumes from a bottle of household cleaner. One person died.
- August 26 – An Uzbekistan Airways Yakovlev Yak-40 crashed into power lines after taking off from Turtkul , Uzbekistan . Two people onboard were killed.
- August 31 – LAPA Boeing 737 overshoots the runway in Buenos Aires , Argentina and crashes into a golf course. Of the 103 people onboard, 64 are killed as well as ten on the ground.
- September 23 – Qantas Flight 1 , a Boeing 747 , overshoots the runway upon landing in Bangkok , Thailand . None of the 410 people onboard were seriously injured.
- October 31 – EgyptAir Flight 990 , a Boeing 767 on its way Cairo , Egypt , was deliberately crashed into the Atlantic Ocean of Nantucket , Massachusetts by the co-pilot as a way of committing suicide. All 217 passengers and crewmembers onboard were killed.
- November 9 – TAESA Flight 725 , a McDonnell Douglas DC-9 , crashes near Uruapan , Mexico killing all 18 onboard.
- December 11 – A SATA International British Aerospace APT crashed on São Jorge Island in the Azores . All 35 people onboard were killed.
- December 21 – A Cubana de Aviacon McDonnell Douglas DC-10 overshot the runway in Guatemala City , Guatemala and crashes into homes. Of the 314 people onboard, 16 die as well as two people in the homes.
- December 24 – Indian Airlines Flight 814 was hijacked en route to Delhi , India . After several stopovers, it landed in Karachi , Pakistan . All the hostages were released in exchange for the release of three militants being held in India .
- December 25 – A Cubana de Aviacon Yakovlev Yak-42 crashes into a mountain near Bejuma, Venezuela killing all 22 onboard.
- January 13 – An Avisto Shorts 360 ditches in the ocean near Marsa el-Brega, Libya after both engines failed; 22 of the 41 people onboard died.
- January 30 – Kenya Airways Flight 431 , an Airbus A310 , carrying 169 passengers and 10 crewmembers, crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off Côte D'Ivoire after takeoff from Abidjan . Only ten people survived.
- January 31 – Alaska Airlines Flight 261 , a McDonnell-Douglas MD-83 , crashes into the Pacific Ocean off Point Mugu , California after problems with its horizontal stabilizer. All 83 passengers and 5 crewmembers are killed.
- March 5 – Southwest Airlines Flight 1455 , a Boeing 737 , overran the runway in Burbank , California . Of the 142 people onboard 43 are injured, two seriously.
- April 19 – Air Philippines Flight 541, a Boeing 737 , crashes in Samal Island in the Philippines during a landing attempt. All 131 onboard were killed.
- May 21 – An Executive Airlines BAe Jetstream 3101-31 near Wilkes-Barre , Pennsylvania killing all 19 onboard.
- June 22 – A Wuhan Airlines Xian Yunshuji Y-7-100C is struck by lightning over Shitai, China and explodes. Part of the plane into a farmhouse and another into Hanjiang River. All 44 people on the aircraft were killed as well as seven people who drowned after their boat capsized when the aircraft hit the river.
- July 8 – An Aerocaribe British Aerospace BAe Jetstream 32EP crashed in heavy fog near Villahermosa , Mexico . All 19 people onboard were killed.
- July 17 – Alliance Air Flight 7412, a Boeing 737 , crashed into government housing in Patna , India as it approached the airport, killing 55 of the 58 onboard and five people on the ground. The crash was blamed on loss of control due to pilot error.
- July 25 – Air France Flight 4590 , a Concorde , crashed during takeoff from Paris , France after its fuel tank caught fire. All 9 crewmembers and 100 passengers were killed as well as four people on the ground. This crash led to the Concorde being grounded for two years, and, indirectly, to its eventual demise.
- July 27 – A Royal Nepal Airlines De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter crashes into the Siwalik Hills range near Jodhura, Nepal , killing all 25 onboard.
- August 12 – A Staer Air Antonov An-26 crashes near Tshikapa , Democratic Republic Of The Congo during an attempted landing. All 21 passengers and six crewmembers are killed.
- August 23 – Gulf Air Flight 072 , an Airbus A320 , crashes into the Persian Gulf off Manama , Bahrain while attempting to land. All 143 passengers and eight crewmembers were killed.
- October 6 – AeroMéxico Flight 250, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9 , misses the runway while landing at Reynosa , Mexico during bad weather. All of the 88 people onboard survived, but four people on the ground were killed when the airplane crashed into homes and vehicles.
- October 31 – An Aca-Ancargo Antonov An-26 explodes in flight near Monaquimbundo, Angola . UNITA rebels claim to have shot it down. All 44 people onboard died.
- October 31 – Singapore Airlines Flight 006 , a Boeing 747 hits construction equipment after using a closed runway for takeoff in Taipei , Taiwan and crashes, killing 83 out of 179 people onboard.
- November 15 – An Asa Pesada Antonov An-26 crashes near Luanda , Angola . All 57 people onboard are killed.
- November 20 – An American Airlines Airbus A300 takes off from Miami , Florida and goes back and lands after the cabin pressure could not be maintained at 16,000 ft. Upon landing, the aircraft fails to depressurize and a door explodes open killing a flight attendant.
- July 3 – A Vladivostokavia Tupolev Tu-154 airplane crashes while attempting to land at Irkutsk , Russia , killing all 145 onboard.
- August 24 – Air Transat Flight 236 runs out of fuel over the Atlantic Ocean and makes an emergency landing in the Azores islands. Upon landing some of the tires blew out causing a fire that was extinguished by emergency personal on the ground. None of the 304 people onboard the Airbus A330 were seriously injured.
- September 11 – American Airlines Flight 11 , a Boeing 767 , with 92 people onboard is hijacked after taking off from Boston , Massachusetts and is Flown Into The North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City , New York . All onboard are killed as well as hundreds more on the ground and in the building.
- September 11 – United Airlines Flight 175 , a Boeing 767 , with 65 people onboard is hijacked after taking off from Boston , Massachusetts and is Flown Into The South Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City , New York . All onboard are killed as well as hundreds more on the ground and in the building.
- September 11 – American Airlines Flight 77 , a Boeing 757 , with 64 people onboard is hijacked after taking off from Dulles International Airport and is Flown Into The Pentagon in Arlington County , Virginia . All onboard are killed as well 125 people in the building and on the ground.
- September 11 – United Airlines Flight 93 , a Boeing 757 , with 44 people onboard is hijacked after taking off from Newark , New Jersey . After the hijackers struggled with passengers the aircraft crashed in a field in Somerset County , Pennsylvania killing all onboard.
- September 12 – A charted Aero Ferinco LET 410 airplane crashes after taking off from Chichen Itza , Mexico killing all 19 onboard.
- October 4 – Siberia Airlines Flight 1812 , a Tupolev Tu-154 , is shot down by Ukrainian missile over the Black Sea . All 66 passengers and 12 crewmembers were killed.
- October 8 – Scandinavian Airlines Flight 686, an McDonnell Douglas DC-9 Crashes Into a Cessna business jet on take-off from Milan , Italy . The McDonnell Douglas DC-9 then swerves into a baggage handling building and catches fire. All 110 people onboard Scandinavian Airlines Flight 686 die as well as all four in the Cessna. Four people on the ground are also killed.
- November 12 – American Airlines Flight 587 , an Airbus A300 , crashes into Queens a neighborhood of New York City , New York just after take off, after the plane's vertical tail fin snapped. All 251 passengers and nine crewmembers onboard were killed as well as five people on the ground.
- November 19 – A chartered IRS Aero Ilyushin Il-18 airplane crashes in Kalyazin , Russia killing all 27 onboard.
- November 24 – Crossair Flight 3597 , a BAe 146 , Birchwil, Switzerland while attempting to land in Zürich . Of the 28 passenger and five crewmembers onboard, 21 passengers and three crewmembers died.
- December 16 – A Heliandes Let 410UVP-E airplane crashes into a mountain near Medellín Colombia during poor visibility killing all 16 onboard. (See Heliandes for more information.)
- December 22 – Onboard American Airlines Flight 63 , a Boeing 767 , a passenger, Richard Reid , attempts to detonate explosives hidden in his shoe, but fails and is subdued by passengers and crew. The plane landed safely in Boston , Massachusetts .
- January 14 – Lion Air Flight JT-386 , a Boeing 737 , crashes while attempting to take off from Riau , Indonesia . All 103 onboard survived.
- February 12 – Iranair Tours Flight 956, a Tupolev Tu-154 crashes into a mountain near Khorramabad , Iran . All 108 passengers and 9 crewmembers are killed. (See Iranair Tours for more information.)
- February 27 – Ryanair Flight 296 , a Boeing 737 , catches fire on one of its engines while landing in London . All passengers and crew are safely evacuated with no injuries.
- March 14 – A charted Aerotaxi Antonov An-2 crashes near Placetas , Cuba . All 17 people onboard are killed.
- April 15 – Air China Flight 129 , a Boeing 767 , crashes into a hill during a landing attempt at Busan , South Korea in misty conditions. Of the 155 passengers and 11 crew, 38 survived.
- May 4 – EAS Airlines Flight 4226, a BAC 1-11 crashes into a number of buildings in Kano , Nigeria after taking off. Of the 77 people onboard the airplane, 74 were killed along with 75 on the ground.
- May 7 – China Northern Airlines Flight 6136 , a McDonnell-Douglas MD-82 , crashed near Dalian , China , after a passenger apparently set fire to the cabin with Gasoline . All 103 passengers and 9 crewmembers were killed.
- May 7 – EgyptAir Flight 843, a Boeing 737 , crashes near Tunis , Tunisia while landing in rough weather. Of the 62 people onboard, 14 die.
- May 25 – China Airlines Flight 611 , a Boeing 747 , disintegrated above the Taiwan Strait , apparently due to Metal Fatigue . All 206 passengers and 19 crewmembers were killed.
- July 1 – Bashkirian Airlines Flight 2937 , a Tupolev 154 with 57 passengers and 14 crewmembers onboard collided with a DHL Boeing 757 cargo plane with 2 pilots onboard near Lake Constance , Germany . All people on both planes perished.
- July 4 – A Prestige Airlines Boeing 707 en route to Brazzaville , Republic Of The Congo from N'Djamena , Chad crashes while trying to perform an emergency landing due to a mechanical problem in Bangui , Central African Republic . Of the 27 people onboard, 25 were killed.
- July 28 – A Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise Ilyushin Il-86 airplane crashes while on a crew training flight near Moscow , Russia killing 14 of the 16 people onboard.
- August 22 – A Shangri La Air De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter airplane crashes while attempting to land in Pokhara , Nepal during poor weather conditions. All 18 people on the aircraft died.
- August 29 – A Vostok Aviakompania Antonov An-28 airplane crashes near Ayan, Russia , killing all 16 onboard.
- August 30 – A Rico Taxi Aéreo Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia crashes in Rio Branco , Brazil while attempting to land during a rain storm. Only eight of 31 onboard survive.
- November 6 – Luxair Flight 9642 , a Fokker 50 , crashes short of the runway while landing near Niederanven , Luxembourg in foggy conditions. Of the 19 passengers and three crewmembers onboard, only two survive.
- November 11 – Laoag International Airlines Flight 585, a Fokker F27 ditches into Manila Bay after the pilot declares an emergency. Nineteen of the 35 people onboard were killed.
- December 23 – An Aeromist-Kharkiv Antonov An-140 crashes near Isfanan, Iran killing all 38 passengers and six crewmembers.
- January 8 – A Turkish Airlines Avro RJ-100 airplane crashes during landing near Diyarbakir , Turkey killing 71 of the 75 passengers and four of the five crewmember.
- January 8 – Air Midwest Flight 5481 , a Beechcraft 1900D crashes on takeoff from Charlotte North Carolina in the United States ; all 19 passengers and 2 pilots were killed.
- January 9 – A TANS Airlines Fokker F28 crashes into a mountain close to its destination Chachapoyas , Peru killing all 46 onboard.
- March 6 – Air Algerie Flight 6289 , a Boeing 737 veers off the runway on takeoff in Tamanrasset , Algeria ; 96 of the 97 passengers and all 6 crewmembers perish.
- April 1 – A Cubana De Aviación Antonov An-24 was forced to fly to Key West , Florida by a man with Hand Grenade s.
- May 26 – A Ukranian-Mediterranean Airlines Yakovlev 42D crashes near Macka, Turkey killing all 75 onboard.
- July 8 – Sudan Airways Flight 139, a Boeing 737 , crashes shortly after taking off from Port Sudan , Sudan attempts an emergency landing, but crashes into a hill; 116 of the 117 people onboard are killed.
- July 19 – A Ryan Blake Air Charter Swearingen SA-226T Metro II carrying tourists crashes into Mount Kenya , Kenya killing all 14 onboard.
- August 24 – Tropical Airways Flight 1301 crashes after taking off from Cap-Haïtien , Haiti ; all 19 passengers and two crewmembers are killed.
- December 25 – Union Des Transports Aériens De Guinée Flight 141 , a Boeing 727 , overshoots the runway upon landing at Cotonou , Benin and crashes onto the beach on the Bight Of Benin , killing 151 of the 163 occupants.
- January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 604 , a Boeing 737 , crashes into the Red Sea of Egypt , killing all 135 passengers and 13 crewmembers.
- January 13 – An Uzbekistan Airways Yakovlev Yak-40 airplane crashes while attempting to land in Tashkent , Uzbekistan killing all 32 passengers and six crewmembers.
- February 10 – A Kish Airlines Fokker F-50 crashes during landing at Sharjah , United Arab Emirates ; 43 of the 46 people onboard died.
- May 9 – American Eagle Flight 5401 is damaged by high winds during landing in San Juan , Puerto Rico injuring 13 people.
- May 14 – A Rico Linhas Aereas Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia crashes near Manaus , Brazil killing all 33 onboard.
- June 8 – A Gabon Express Avro 748 airplane crashes shortly after taking off from Libreville , Gabon killing 19 of the 30 people onboard. (See Gabon Express for more information.)
- August 24 – Siberia Airlines Flight 1047, a Tu-154 Explodes In Midair while flying over Rostov Oblast , Russia killing all 38 passengers and 8 crewmembers onboard.
- August 24 – Volga-AviaExpress Flight 1303, a Tu-134 Explodes In Midair while flying over Tula Oblast , Russia killing all 34 passengers and 9 crewmembers onboard the airplane.
- October 19 – Corporate Airlines Flight 5966 , a Handley Page Jetstream , crashes near Kirksville , Missouri in the United States ; 13 of the 15 people onboard died.
- November 21 – China Eastern Flight 5210 , crashed near Baotou , China after takeoff due to snow and ice on control surfaces. All 53 onboard and two people on the ground killed.
- November 30 – Lion Air Flight 538 , a McDonnell Douglas DC-9 , crash lands in Solo City , Indonesia , killing 25 of the 154 people onboard.
- February 3 – Kam Air Flight 904 , a Boeing 737 , crashes in a snowstorm in Afghanistan . All 96 passengers and eight crewmembers died.
- March 16 – A Regional Airlines Antonov An-24 airplane carrying oil workers to Varandey, Russia crashed five kilometers from the runway. A mixture of bad weather and pilot error caused the crash. Twenty-six of the 45 passengers died as well as two of the seven crewmembers.
- April 12 – A GT Air De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 100 airplane crashes in Indonesia , all 18 onboard die.
- May 7 – An Aero-Tropics Air Services Fairchild Metro III airplane crashes in Queensland , Australia killing all 15 onboard.
- May 25 – A chartered Maniema Union Antonov An-28 airplane, owned by Victoria Air, crashed into a mountain near Walungu, Democratic Republic Of The Congo about 30 minutes after takeoff. All of the 22 passengers and 5 crewmembers were killed.
- July 16 – An Ecuatair Antonov AN-24B crashed shortly after takeoff from Baney, Equatorial Guinea killing all 54 passengers and 6 crewmembers.
- August 2 – Air France Flight 358 , an Airbus A340 skids off a runway in Toronto , Ontario , in Canada , while landing and catches fire; all 309 onboard escaped without fatalities or serious injuries.
- August 6 – A Tuninter ATR-72 crashes in the Mediterranean Sea off Bari , Italy , killing 16 of the 39 onboard. (See Tuninter for more information.)
- August 10 – A Copterline Sikorsky S-76 helicopter Crashes off Tallinn , Estonia killing all 14 onboard.
- August 14 – Helios Airways Flight 522 , a Boeing 737 crashes near Kalamos , Greece with 115 passenger and 6 crewmembers onboard; there were no survivors.
- August 16 – West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 , a McDonnell Douglas MD-82 , crashes in western Venezuela . All onboard, 152 passengers and 8 crewmembers, died.
- August 23 – TANS Peru Flight 204 , a Boeing 737 , crashes near Pucallpa , Peru . Of the 92 passengers onboard, 40 died as well as four of the six crewmembers.
- September 5 – Mandala Airlines Flight 091 , a Boeing 737 , crashes in Medan , Indonesia , killing 103 of the 111 passengers and all 5 crewmembers on the plane and an additional 47 people on the ground.
- September 21 – JetBlue Airways Flight 292 , an Airbus A320 , makes an emergency landing in Los Angeles , California in the United States . All 139 passengers and six crewmember escaped unharmed.
- October 22 – Bellview Airlines Flight 210 , a Boeing 737 , crashes in central Nigeria killing all of the 114 people onboard.
- December 7 – A passenger disembarking American Airlines Flight 924 , a Boeing 757 , in Miami , Florida is shot and killed by an Air Marshal when the marshal believes he hears the man say he has a bomb.
- December 8 – Southwest Airlines Flight 1248 , a Boeing 737 , slides off the runway during landing at Midway Airport in Chicago , Illinois in heavy snow. None of the people onboard were injured, but the plane hit two automobiles on the ground, killing a six-year-old boy in one of them. {Link without Title}
- December 10 – Sosoliso Airlines Flight 1145 , a McDonnell Douglas DC-9 with 110 people onboard, crashes during landing in Port Harcourt , Nigeria . Of the 110 all but one are killed. {Link without Title}
- December 19 – Chalk's Ocean Airways Flight 101 , a Grumman Mallard , crashes off the coast of Miami Beach , Florida , killing all 20 onboard.
- December 23 – An Azerbaijan Airlines Antonov An-140 crashes into the Caspian Sea shortly after taking off from Baku , Azerbaijan ; all 23 onboard were killed.
- March 18 – While landing in Seville , Spain , an Air Algeria Boeing 737's right landing gear collapsed. The airplane veered off the runway and injured about 45 of the 108 onboard, but nobody was killed.
- March 31 – A Team Air Let L410 crashed near Rio Bonito in Brazil and caught fire. All of the 19 people onboard were killed.
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