Air Traffic Control Error |
09/03/1929 |
Mt. Taylor, New Mexico |
Trans Con. Air Transport |
06/13/1947 |
Leesburg, Virginia |
Pen Central Air |
11/11/1949 |
Arlington, Virginia |
Eastern / U.S. AF |
04/14/1958 |
Castel de Fels, Spain |
Aviaco |
07/21/1961 |
Shemya, Alaska |
Alaska AL |
02/08/1965 |
New York, New York |
Eastern AL |
01/14/1970 |
Mt. Pumacona, Peru |
Faucett |
02/06/1970 |
Samarkand, USSR |
Aeroflot |
12/20/1972 |
Chicago, Illinois |
Delta/North Central |
09/09/1976 |
Adler, Russia |
Aeroflot / Aeroflot |
09/10/1976 |
Gaj, Yugoslavia |
Inex / British AW |
08/11/1979 |
Dneprodzerzhinsk, USSR |
Aeroflot |
02/01/1991 |
Los Angeles, California |
USAir/Skywest |
05/19/1993 |
Medellin, Colombia |
SAM |
11/07/1996 |
Lagos, Nigeria |
Aviation Dev. Corp. |
09/26/1997 |
Buah Nabar, Indonesia Garuda |
Indonesian AL |
07/01/2002 |
Uberlinger, Germany |
Bashkirian AL / DHL |
Bird Strike |
10/04/1960 |
Boston, Massachusetts |
Eastern AL |
11/23/1962 |
Ellicott, Maryland |
United AL |
09/15/1988 |
Bahar Dar, Ethiopia |
Ethiopian AL |
04/18/1990 |
Off Panama |
Aero Perlas |
09/22/1995 |
Anchorage, Alaska |
U.S. Air Force |
04/19/2000 |
Pepo, Congo |
Centraafricain Airlines |
01/25/2007 |
Pau, France |
Reg Comp Air Eur |
01/15/2009 |
New York, New York |
US Airways |
Cargo Hold / Cabin Fire |
07/09/1945 |
Florence, South Carolina |
Eastern AL |
06/17/1948 |
Mt. Carmel, Pennsylvania |
United AL |
08/02/1949 |
Jaquirana, Brazil |
Varig |
01/09/1964 |
Zarate, Argentina |
Aero Litoral Argentina |
07/09/1964 |
Parrottsville, Tennesee |
United AL |
07/26/1969 |
Biskra, Algeria |
Air Algerie |
08/14/1972 |
Konigs, East Germany |
Interflug |
08/31/1972 |
Magnitogorsk, Russia |
Aeroflot |
07/11/1973 |
Paris, Orly, France |
Varig |
11/03/1973 |
Boston, Massachusetts |
Pan American |
11/26/1979 |
Ta'if, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia |
Pakistan Inter. AL |
08/19/1980 |
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
Saudi Arabian AL |
12/24/1982 |
Guangzhou, China |
CAAC |
06/02/1983 |
Covington, Kentucky |
Air Canada |
07/02/1986 |
Syktyvar, Russia |
Aeroflot |
05/09/1987 |
Warsaw, Poland |
LOT |
11/28/1987 |
Mauritius, Indian Ocean |
South African Airways |
01/13/1990 |
Pervouralsk, Russia |
Aeroflot |
07/12/1995 |
Gumey, New Guinea |
Milne Bay Air |
05/11/1996 |
Everglades, Florida |
ValuJet |
09/02/1998 |
Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia |
Swissair |
05/07/2002 |
Off Dalian, China |
China Northern Airlines |
Design Flaw |
03/31/1933 |
Bazaar, Kansas |
Trans Cont. & Western AW |
10/24/1947 |
Bryce Canyon, Utah |
United AL |
11/11/1947 |
Gallup, New Mexico |
American AL |
06/17/1948 |
Mt. Carmel, Pennsylvania |
United AL |
08/29/1948 |
Winona, Minnesota |
Northwest Orient AL |
05/02/1953 |
Jalalogori, India |
British Overseas AW |
01/10/1954 |
Elba, Italy |
British Overseas AW |
04/08/1954 |
Off Stromboli, Italy |
Trans Canada AL |
02/05/1955 |
Calabar, Nigeria |
West African AW |
09/29/1959 |
Buffalo, Texas |
Braniff AL |
03/17/1960 |
Tell City, Indiana |
Northwest Orient AL |
07/05/1970 |
Toronto, Canada |
Air Canada |
07/06/1982 |
Moscow, Russia |
Aeroflot |
03/03/1991 |
Colorado Springs, Colorado |
United Airlines |
07/30/1992 |
New York, New York |
Trans World Airlines |
04/06/1993 |
Over the Pacific Ocean |
China Eastern Airlines |
09/08/1994 |
Aliquippa, Pennsylvania |
US Air |
12/05/1997 |
Irkutsk, Russia |
Russian Air Force |
Sabotage - Explosive Device |
03/28/1933 |
Dixmude, Belgium |
Imperial AW |
10/10/1933 |
Chesterton, Indiana |
United AL |
05/07/1949 |
Sibuyan Sea, Philippines |
Phillipine AL |
09/09/1949 |
Sault-aux-Cochons, Canada |
Canadian Pacific AL |
08/12/1952 |
Palmeria de Goias, Brazil |
Trans Aero Nac. |
04/11/1955 |
Great Natuna Island, Sarawak |
Air India |
11/01/1955 |
Longmont, Colorado |
United AL |
07/25/1957 |
Daggett, California |
Western AL |
04/17/1959 |
Puerto Kino,Mexico |
Tigres Voladores |
09/06/1959 |
Poza Rica, Mexico |
Mexicana |
11/16/1959 |
Gulf of Mexico |
National AL |
01/06/1960 |
Bolivia, North Carolina |
National AL |
05/10/1961 |
In Amenas, Libya |
Air France |
05/22/1962 |
Unionville, Missouri |
Continental AL |
12/08/1964 |
Tripuani, Bolivia |
Aerolineas Abaroa |
07/08/1965 |
Dog Creek, British Columbia |
Canadian Pacific AL |
11/22/1966 |
Aden, Yemen |
Aden AW |
02/09/1967 |
Mexico City, Mexico |
Cubana |
10/12/1967 |
Rhodes, Greece |
British European AW |
12/22/1969 |
Nha Trang, Vietnam |
Air Vietnam |
02/21/1970 |
Zurich, Switzerland |
Swissair |
04/21/1970 |
Manila, Philippines |
Philippine AL |
11/21/1971 |
Penhu Island, Taiwan |
China AL |
01/26/1972 |
Hermsdorf, Czechoslovakia |
JAT |
06/15/1972 |
Pleiku, Vietnam |
Cathay Pacific AW |
03/19/1973 |
Ben Me Thout, South Vietnam |
Air Vietnam |
04/21/1973 |
Patabangan, Philippines |
Philippine AL |
12/17/1973 |
Rome, Italy |
Pan American AW |
09/08/1974 |
Ionian Sea, Greece |
Trans World AL |
01/01/1976 |
Al Qaysumah, Saudi Arabia |
Middle East AL |
10/06/1976 |
Bridgetown, Barbados |
Cubana |
02/19/1979 |
Barentu, Ethiopia |
Ethiopian Airlines |
06/27/1980 |
Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy |
Itavia |
12/21/1980 |
Rio Hacha, Colombia |
Trans. Aereos del Caribe |
09/23/1983 |
Mina Jebel Ali, UAE |
Gulf Air |
06/23/1985 |
Atlantic Ocean, Ireland |
Air India |
04/02/1986 |
Athens, Greece |
Trans World AL |
05/03/1986 |
Colombo, Sri Lanka |
Air Lanka |
11/29/1987 |
Andaman Sea |
Korean AL |
03/01/1988 |
Johannesberg, South Africa |
Comair |
12/21/1988 |
Lockerbie, Scotland |
Pan American AW |
09/19/1989 |
Bilma, Niger |
Union des Trans. Aeriens |
11/27/1989 |
Bogota, Colombia |
Avianca |
07/19/1994 |
Colon, Panama |
Alas Chiricanas |
12/11/1994 |
Pacific Ocean, Okinawa |
Philippine AL |
07/09/1997 |
Suzano, Brazil |
TAM |
03/03/2001 |
Bangkok, Thailand |
Thai Airways |
05/07/2002 |
Off Dalian, China |
China Northern Airlines |
08/24/2004 |
Toula, Russia |
Volga-Avia Express |
08/24/2004 |
Rostov-on-Don, Russia |
Sibir Airlines |
Fuel Starvation |
05/06/1936 |
Macon, Missouri |
Transcon. & West. Air |
12/31/1935 |
Alexandria, Egypt |
Imperial AW |
01/14/1936 |
Goodwin, Arkansas |
American AL |
07/02/1937 |
Lae, New Guinea |
Purdue Res. Found. |
11/28/1938 |
Off Point Reyes, Calif. |
United Air Lines |
02/09/1943 |
Gander, Newfoundland |
British Overseas AW |
12/26/1946 |
Michigan City, Michigan |
American AL |
01/05/1947 |
Carmel, New Jersey |
Nationwide Air Trans. |
01/11/1947 |
Lympne, England |
BOAC |
01/07/1948 |
Savannah, Georgia |
Coastal Air Lines |
01/30/1948 |
Near Bermuda |
British So. Am. AW |
12/28/1948 |
San Juan, Puerto Rico |
Airborne Transport |
08/15/1949 |
Lurga Point, Ireland |
Transocean Air Lines |
07/28/1950 |
Porte Alegre, Brazil |
Penair do Brasil |
04/30/1952 |
Delhi, India |
Deccan, AW |
06/19/1954 |
Folkestone, England |
Swissair |
12/22/1954 |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
Johnson Flying Service |
04/04/1967 |
Stockport, England |
British Midland AW |
05/02/1970 |
St. Croix, Virgin Islands |
Antillian AL |
08/11/1974 |
Ouagadougou, Upper Volta |
Air Mali |
10/20/1977 |
Gillsburg, Mississippi |
L & J Company |
12/02/1977 |
Al Bayda, Lebanon |
Balkan Bulgarian AL |
12/28/1978 |
Portland, Oregon |
United AL |
09/04/1982 |
Rio Branco, Brazil |
Cia Bras. de Tratores |
07/23/1983 |
Gimli, Manitoba, Canada |
Air Canada |
09/03/1989 |
Sao Jose do Xingu, Brazil |
Varig |
01/25/1990 |
Cove Neck, New York |
Avianca |
09/11/1990 |
Off Newfoundland, Canada |
Faucett |
06/26/1991 |
Sokotu, Nigeria |
Okada Air |
11/15/1993 |
Kerman, Iran |
Magistralnye Avialinii |
09/18/1994 |
Tamanrasset, Algeria |
Oriental AL |
09/26/1994 |
Vanavera, Russia |
Cheremshanka AL |
09/11/1995 |
Jalalabad, Afghanistan |
Ariana Afghan AL |
10/31/1995 |
Piedras Negras, Mexico |
TACSA |
04/05/1996 |
Petropavlovsk, Russia |
Krasnoyarskie AV |
01/13/1998 |
Tor Kach, Pakistan |
Ariana Afghan AL |
03/23/2000 |
Kadirana, Sri Lanka |
OMSK |
06/11/2002 |
Winnipeg, Manitoba |
Keystone Air Services |
11/11/2002 |
Manila, Phillipines |
Laoag Int. Airlines |
08/13/2004 |
Cincinnati, Ohio |
Air Tacoma |
08/06/2005 |
Off Palermo, Italy |
Tuninter |
Hijacking (resulting in fatalities) |
07/16/1948 |
Pacific Ocean |
Cathay Pacific AW |
11/01/1958 |
Nipe Bay, Cuba |
Cubana |
04/28/1960 |
Calabozo, Venezuela |
Linea Aero. Venezolana |
1/23/1971 |
Korean Air Lines |
Sokcho, South Korea |
12/06/1971 |
Tikaka, Sudan |
Sudan AW |
05/28/1973 |
Chita, Russia |
Aeroflot |
09/15/1974 |
Phan Rang, Vietnam |
Air Vietnam |
05/23/1976 |
Zamboanga, Philippines |
Philippine AL |
06/27/1976 |
Entebbe, Uganda |
Air France |
12/04/1977 |
Kampung Ladang, Malaysia |
Malaysia AL |
06/14/1985 |
Athens, Greece |
Trans World AL |
11/24/1985 |
Luqa, Malta |
Egyptair |
09/16/1986 |
Karachi, Pakistan |
Pan American AW |
12/25/1986 |
Ay, Saudi Arabia |
Iraqi AW |
07/24/1987 |
Geneva, Switzerland |
Air Afrique |
04/05/1988 |
Combi, Cyprus |
Kuwait AW |
10/02/1990 |
Guangzhou, China |
Xiamen/China SW AL |
08/28/1993 |
Khorag, Tajikistan |
Tadzhikistan Nat. AL |
12/26/1994 |
Algiers, Algeria |
Air France |
11/23/1996 |
Moroni, Comoros Islands |
Ethiopian AL |
07/23/1999 |
Tokyo, Japan |
All Nippon AW |
09/11/2001 |
New York City, New York |
American Airlines |
09/11/2001 |
New York City, New York |
United Airlines |
09/11/2001 |
Washington, D.C. |
American Airlines |
09/11/2001 |
Shanksville, Pennsylvania |
United Airlines |
Lightning |
07/22/1938 |
Stulpica, Romania |
LOT |
08/31/1940 |
Lovettsville, Virginia |
Penn Central AL |
01/17/1951 |
Civitavecchia, Italy |
Alitalia |
06/26/1959 |
Varese, Italy |
Trans World AL |
08/29/1960 |
Dakar, Senegal |
Air France |
07/19/1961 |
Azul, Brazil |
Aerolineas Argentinas |
12/19/1962 |
Warsaw, Poland |
LOT |
08/12/1963 |
Lyon, France |
Air Inter |
12/08/1963 |
Elkton, Maryland |
Pan American AW |
12/24/1971 |
Puerto Inca, Peru |
Lineas Aereas Nacionales |
05/09/1976 |
Madrid, Spain |
Iran Air Force |
02/08/1988 |
Mulheim, Germany |
NFD |
06/22/2000 |
Shitai, China |
Wuhan AL |
Overloading / Improper Loading of Aircraft |
03/14/1942 |
Kunming, China |
CNAC |
01/17/1956 |
Oreway, Canada |
Quebecair |
06/07/1949 |
San Juan, Puerto Rico |
Strato Feight |
12/08/1956 |
Caqueta, Colombia |
AIDA |
10/29/1960 |
Toledo, Ohio |
Arctic Pacific Air |
10/02/1970 |
Silver Plume, Colorado |
Golden Eagle Av. Inc. |
09/02/1981 |
Paipa, Colombia |
Taxi Aereo el Venado |
10/30/1981 |
Bafoussam, Cameroon |
Cameroon AL |
12/22/1991 |
Heidelberg, Germany |
Classic Wings |
07/20/1992 |
Tbilisi, Georgia |
Georgian Air |
11/11/1992 |
Tver-Kallinen, Russia |
Aeroflot |
08/26/1993 |
Aldan, Russia |
Sakha AL |
08/28/1993 |
Khorag, Tajikistan |
Tadzhikistan Nat. AL |
12/13/1995 |
Verona, Italy |
Romanian Banat Air |
12/18/1995 |
Kahengula, Angola |
Trans Service Airlift |
11/27/1996 |
Abakan, Siberia, Russia |
Russian Air Force |
11/30/1996 |
Medellin, Colombia |
ACES |
05/26/1998 |
Erdenet, Mongolia |
MIAT |
01/15/2000 |
San Jose, Costa Rica |
TACA |
Pilot Incapacitation |
10/30/1959 |
Waynesborough, Virginia |
Piedmont AL |
12/14/1962 |
Burbank, California |
Flying Tiger Line |
10/06/1965 |
Centennial, Wyoming |
United AL |
04/22/1966 |
Ardmore, Oklahoma |
American Flyers AL |
03/13/1967 |
East London, South Africa |
South African AW |
01/14/1970 |
Mt. Pumacona, Peru |
Faucett |
06/18/1972 |
Staines, Surrey, England |
British European AW |
10/13/1972 |
Krasnaya, Polyana, USSR |
Aeroflot |
02/09/1982 |
Tokyo, Japan |
Japan AL |
03/31/1995 |
Balotesti, Romania |
Trans. Aeriene Rom. |
09/04/2000 |
Near Burketown, Australia |
Central Air |
08/14/2005 |
Grammatikos, Greece |
Helios Airways |
Pilots Shot by Passenger |
05/07/1964 |
San Ramon, California |
Pacific AL |
12/04/1977 |
Kampung Ladang, Malaysia |
Malaysian AL |
12/07/1987 |
San Luis Obispo, California |
Pacific Southwest AL |