User:Scott Wilson/Sandbox/Accidents and incidents on commercial aircraft mockup/2000-2025
| List of accidents and incidents on commercial aircraft |
Accidents and incidents on commercial aircraft grouped by the year that the incident or accident occurred. This list is also available grouped: by airline, by location, alphabetically, by death toll.
See also: Accidents and incidents in aviation.
This list is not complete. 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.
2000[edit]
- January 10 - Crossair Flight 498, a Saab 340, crashes two minutes after takeoff in Niederhasli, Switzerland, killing all ten people on-board.
- January 13 – An Avisto Shorts 360 ditches in the ocean near Marsa el-Brega, Libya after both engines failed; 22 of the 41 people on board died.
- January 30 – Kenya Airways Flight 431, an Airbus A310, carrying 169 passengers and 10 crew members, 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 crew members are killed.
- March 5 – Southwest Airlines Flight 1455, a Boeing 737, overran the runway in Burbank, California. Of the 142 people on board 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 on board were killed.
- May 21 – An Executive Airlines BAe Jetstream 3101-31 near Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania killing all 19 on board.
- June 22 – A Wuhan Airlines Xian Yunshuji Y-7-100C is struck by lightning over Shitai, China and explodes. Part of the plane crashes into a farmhouse and another into the 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 on board 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 on board and five people on the ground. The crash was blamed on loss of control due to pilot error.
- July 25 – Air France Flight 4590, an Aerospatiale-BAC Concorde, crashed during takeoff from Paris, France after its fuel tank caught fire. All 9 crew members 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 retirement.
- 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 on board.
- 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 crew members 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 crew members 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 on board survived, but four people on the ground were killed when the aircraft 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 on board 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 on board.
- November 15 – An Asa Pesada Antonov An-26 crashes near Luanda, Angola. All 57 people on board 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.
2001[edit]
- January 25 – A Rutaca Douglas DC-3 aircraft crashes shortly after taking off from Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela, killing all 20 passengers and four crew members.
- March 24 – Air Caraïbes Flight 1501, a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter, crashes into a home while attempting to land on the island of Saint-Barthélemy. All of the 17 passengers and two crew members die as well as one person on the ground.
- March 29 - An Avjet charter flight, a Gulfstream III jet with 15 passengers and 3 crew, crashes on approach into Aspen, CO, killing all on board
- May 17 – A Qeshm Air Yakovlev Yak-40 aircraft crashes into a mountain during poor weather conditions near Sari, Iran, killing all 25 passengers and five crew members on board.
- July 3 – A Vladivostok Avia Tupolev Tu-154 aircraft crashes while attempting to land at Irkutsk, Russia, killing all 145 on board.
- 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 blow out, causing a fire that is extinguished by emergency personnel on the ground. None of the 304 people on board the Airbus A330 are seriously injured.
- September 11 – Four coordinated hijackings with intent to crash the planes into buildings.
- American Airlines Flight 11, a Boeing 767, with 92 people on board is hijacked after taking off from Boston, and is flown into the north tower of the World Trade Center in New York City. All on board are killed as well as many more on the ground and in the building.
- United Airlines Flight 175, a Boeing 767, with 65 people on board is hijacked after taking off from Boston and is flown into the south tower of the World Trade Center in New York City. All on board are killed as well as many more on the ground and in the building. The collapse of both towers brings the total death toll from the two crashes to at least 2,759 including the hijackers and 343 firefighters.
- American Airlines Flight 77, a Boeing 757, with 64 people on board is hijacked after taking off from Dulles International Airport and is flown into the Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia. All on board are killed as well 125 people in the building and on the ground.
- United Airlines Flight 93, a Boeing 757, with 44 people on board is hijacked after taking off from Newark, New Jersey. After passengers struggle with the hijackers, the aircraft crashes in a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, killing all on board.
- September 12 – A charted Aero Ferinco LET 410 aircraft crashes after taking off from Chichen Itza, Mexico, killing all 19 on board.
- 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 crew members are 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 on board 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 a Queens neighborhood in New York City when the plane's vertical tail fin snaps just after take off. All 251 passengers and nine crew members on board are killed as well as five people on the ground.
- November 19 – A chartered IRS Aero Ilyushin Il-18 aircraft crashes in Kalyazin, Russia, killing all 27 on board.
- November 24 – Crossair Flight 3597, a BAe 146, crashes at Birchwil, Switzerland, while attempting to land in Zürich. Of the 28 passenger and five crew members on board, 21 passengers and three crew members die.
- December 22 – On board 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 lands safely in Boston.
2002[edit]
- January 14 – Lion Air Flight JT-386, a Boeing 737, crashes while attempting to take off from Riau, Indonesia. All 103 on board survived.
- February 12 – Iranair Tours Flight 956, a Tupolev Tu-154 crashes into a mountain near Khorramabad, Iran. All 108 passengers and 9 crew members are killed.
- 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.
- 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 on board the aircraft, 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 crew members were killed.
- May 7 – EgyptAir Flight 843, a Boeing 737, crashes near Tunis, Tunisia while landing in rough weather. Of the 62 people on board, 14 died.
- May 25 – China Airlines Flight 611, a Boeing 747, disintegrated above the Taiwan Strait, apparently due to metal fatigue. All 206 passengers and 19 crew members were killed.
- July 1 – Bashkirian Airlines Flight 2937, a Tupolev 154 with 57 passengers and 14 crew members on board collided with a DHL Boeing 757 cargo plane with 2 pilots on board near Lake Constance, Germany. All people on both planes perished.
- July 1 - America West Airlines Flight 556, an Airbus 319, was ordered back to the terminal at Miami, Florida after security screeners reported the pilots were drunk. The passengers were allowed to fly to Phoenix, Arizona on other airlines, while the pilots were eventually sentenced to prison.
- 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 on board, 25 were killed.
- 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 on board 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 crew members on board, 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 on board were killed.
- December 23 – An Aeromist-Kharkiv Antonov An-140 crashes near Isfanan, Iran killing all 38 passengers and six crew members.
2003[edit]
- January 8 – A Turkish Airlines Avro RJ-100 aircraft crashes during landing near Diyarbakir, Turkey killing 71 of the 75 passengers and four of the five crew members.
- 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 Peru Fokker F28 crashes into a mountain close to its destination Chachapoyas, Peru killing all 46 on board.
- 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 crew members perish.
- April 1 – A Cubana de Aviación Antonov An-24 was forced to fly to Key West, Florida by a man with hand grenades. No one was injured.
- May 26 – A Ukrainian-Mediterranean Airlines Yakovlev 42D crashes near Macka, Turkey killing all 75 on board.
- July 8 – Sudan Airways Flight 139, a Boeing 737, crashes shortly after taking off from Port Sudan, Sudan. The plane crashed into a hill while attempting an emergency landing; 116 of the 117 people on board were killed.
- July 19 – A Ryan Blake Air Charter Swearingen SA-226T Metro II carrying tourists crashes into Mount Kenya, Kenya killing all 14 on board.
- August 24 – Tropical Airways Flight 1301 crashes after taking off from Cap-Haïtien, Haiti; all 19 passengers and two crew members 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.
2004[edit]
- January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 604, a Boeing 737, crashes into the Red Sea, killing all 135 passengers and 13 crew members.
- January 13 – An Uzbekistan Airways Yakovlev Yak-40 aircraft crashes while attempting to land in Tashkent, Uzbekistan killing all 32 passengers and six crew members.
- February 10 – A Kish Air Fokker F-50 crashes during landing at Sharjah, United Arab Emirates; 43 of the 46 people on board 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 on board.
- June 8 – A Gabon Express Avro 748 aircraft crashes shortly after taking off from Libreville, Gabon killing 19 of the 30 people on board.
- August 13 – Air Tahoma Flight 185, a Convair 580, crashes near Covington, Kentucky, while descending to land, killing both pilots on board.
- August 24 – Siberia Airlines Flight 1047, a Tu-154 explodes in midair while flying over Rostov Oblast, Russia killing all 38 passengers and 8 crew members on board.
- August 24 – Volga-AviaExpress Flight 1303, a Tu-134 explodes in midair while flying over Tula Oblast, Russia killing all 34 passengers and 9 crew members on board the aircraft.
- October 19 – Corporate Airlines Flight 5966, a Handley Page Jetstream, crashes near Kirksville, Missouri in the United States; 13 of the 15 people on board died.
- November 21 – China Eastern Flight 5210, crashed near Baotou, China after takeoff due to snow and ice on control surfaces. All 53 on board 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 on board.
2005[edit]
- February 3 – Kam Air Flight 904, a Boeing 737, crashes in a snowstorm in Afghanistan. All 96 passengers and eight crew members died.
- March 16 – A Regional Airlines Antonov An-24 aircraft 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 crew members.
- April 12 – A GT Air de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 100 aircraft crashes in Indonesia, all 18 on board die.
- May 3 – Airwork Flight 23, a Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner crashes in Taranaki, New Zealand killing both crew members.
- May 25 – A chartered Maniema Union Antonov An-28 aircraft, 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 crew members were killed.
- June 9 – US Airways Flight 1170 and Aer Lingus Flight 132 almost collide on a runway at Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts. None of the 381 people on either planes are harmed.
- July 16 – An Ecuatair Antonov An-24 crashed shortly after takeoff from Baney, Equatorial Guinea killing all 54 passengers and 6 crew members.
- August 2 – Air France Flight 358, an Airbus A340 skids off a runway in Toronto, Ontario, while landing and catches fire; all 309 on board escaped without fatalities or serious injuries, but the aircraft was completely destroyed by the fire.
- August 6 – A Tuninter ATR-72 crashes in the Mediterranean Sea off Palermo, Italy, killing 16 of the 39 on board.
- August 10 – A Copterline Sikorsky S-76 helicopter crashes off Tallinn, Estonia killing all 14 on board.
- August 14 – Helios Airways Flight 522, a Boeing 737 crashes near Kalamos, Greece with 115 passenger and 6 crew members on board; there were no survivors.
- August 16 – West Caribbean Airways Flight 708, a McDonnell Douglas MD-82, crashes in western Venezuela. All on board, 152 passengers and 8 crew members, died.
- August 23 – TANS Peru Flight 204, a Boeing 737, crashes near Pucallpa, Peru. Of the 92 passengers on board, 40 died as well as four of the six crew members.
- September 5 – Mandala Airlines Flight 091, a Boeing 737, crashes in Medan, Indonesia, killing 103 of the 111 passengers and all 5 crew members 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 on board.
- 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 on board were injured, but the plane hit two automobiles on the ground, killing a six-year-old boy in one of them.
- December 10 – Sosoliso Airlines Flight 1145, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9 with 110 people on board, crashes during landing in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. Of the 110 all but three are killed.
- December 19 – Chalk's Ocean Airways Flight 101, a Grumman Mallard, crashes off the coast of Miami Beach, Florida, killing all 20 on board.
- December 23 – An Azerbaijan Airlines Antonov An-140 crashes into the Caspian Sea shortly after taking off from Baku, Azerbaijan; all 23 on board were killed.
2006[edit]
- March 18 – While landing in Madrid, Spain, an Air Algeria Boeing 737's right landing gear collapses. The aircraft veered off the runway and injured about 45 of the 108 on board. There were no fatalities.
- March 31 – A Team Air L-410 crashes near Rio Bonito in Brazil and catches fire. All of the 19 people on board were killed.
- May 3 – Armavia Flight 967, an Airbus A320, crashes into the Black Sea near the Russian city of Sochi, killing all 113 on board.
- July 9 – S7 Airlines Flight 778, an Airbus A310, crashes into a concrete barricade and catches fire on landing in Irkutsk, Russia. Of the 203 people on board, 128 were killed.
- July 10 – Pakistan International Airlines Flight 688, a Fokker F27, crashes into a wheat field near Multan, Pakistan 10 minutes after taking off, killing all 41 passengers and 4 crew members on board.
- August 22 – Pulkovo Airlines Flight 612, a Tupolev Tu-154, crashes near Donetsk, Ukraine, killing all 170 people on board.
- August 27 – Comair Flight 5191, a CRJ-100, crashes during takeoff near Lexington, Kentucky killing 49 of the 50 people on board.
- September 1 – An Iran Air Tours Tu-154 carrying 148 people crashes while attempting to land in Mashad, Iran killing 29 people.
- September 29 – Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907, a Boeing 737, collides with an Embraer Legacy business jet and crashes in Mato Grosso, Brazil. The Embraer Legacy, with seven on board, lands safely with no reported injuries. All 154 people on board the Boeing 737 perish.
- October 3 – Turkish Airlines Flight 1476, a Boeing 737, is hijacked over Greece. The plane landed in Brindisi, Italy. None of the 113 people on board were hurt.
- October 10 – Atlantic Airways Flight 670, a BAe 146, slides off the runway at Stord, Norway killing four of the 16 people on board.
- October 29 – ADC Airlines Flight 53, a Boeing 737, crashes near Abuja, Nigeria killing 97 of the 104 people on board.
2007[edit]
- January 1 – Adam Air Flight 574, a Boeing 737-400 with 102 people on board, crashes into a mountainous region of the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia. Ninety killed, twelve survivors.
See also[edit]
External links[edit]
- ASN Aviation Safety Network
- "Air disasters timeline" at BBC News
- PlaneCrashInfo.com
- Air Accidents Investigation Branch (UK)
- AirDisaster.Com Accident Database (For the latest crashes, sorted by year)
- FAA Preliminary Accident and Incident Reports