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6/13/1947 | Leesburg, Virginia | Pennsylvania AL | A contributing cause was the faulty clearance given by ATC. |
05/22/1948 | Khabarovsk, Russia | Aeroflot | ATC error. |
11/01/1949 | Arlington, Virginia | Eastern Air Lines | ATC error. |
10/05/1952 | Skvoritsy, Russia | Aeroflot | Midair collision with a TC-62 aircraft. ATC error. |
04/14/1958 | Castel de Fels, Spain | Aviaco | Another aircraft was permitted to takeoff without knowing the exact position of the plane. |
07/21/1961 | Shemya, Alaska | Alaska AL | Lack of guidance from air traffic controller during last stages of flight. |
02/08/1965 | New York, New York | Eastern AL | Placement of the two aircraft on a near head on course causing one to crash. |
03/09/1967 | Urbana, Ohio | Trans World Airlines | ATC systems inadequate to separate controlled and uncontrolled traffic. |
03/05/1969 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | Prinair | A trainee vectored the aircraft into mountainous terrain under IFR conditions. |
09/09/1969 | Fairland, Indiana | Allegheny AL | Inadequate VFR separation and deficiencies in the ATC system |
02/06/1970 | Samarkand, USSR | Aeroflot | Misidentification of aircraft by the ATC causing the plane to impact a mountain. |
09/17/1971 | Balkan Bulgarian AL | Rila mountain, Bulgaria | The ATC confused the aircraft with another Turkish aircraft. |
12/04/1971 | Raleigh, North Carolina | Eastern AL | Inadequacy of ATC facilities and services in the terminal area. |
01/04/1972 | Plovdiv, Bulgaria | Balkan Bulgarian AL | While on approach, the aircraft flew into a mountain. ATC error. |
05/04/1972 | Bratsk, Russia | Aeroflot | ATC error. Current weather was not passed on to the plane. |
12/20/1972 | Chicago, Illinois | Delta/North Central | The ATC gave ambiguous instructions to the crew. |
07/31/1973 | Boston, Massachusetts | Delta Air Lines | Poor positioning of the aircraft for an approach by ATC. |
12/01/1974 | Berryville, Virginia | Trans World Airlines | Lack of clarity in ATC procedures. |
03/20/1975 | Quilcene, Washington | U.S. Air Force | Faulty clearance by the ATC after misidentifying the C-141 as another aircraft. |
12/04/1974 | Irkutsk, Russia | Aeroflot | ATC error, negligence in operations. Midair collision. |
09/09/1976 | Adler, Russia | Aeroflot / Aeroflot | Violation of separation rules. |
09/10/1976 | Hrvatska, Yugoslavia | Inex Adria Aviopromet / British Airways | ATC error, negligence in operations. Midair collision. |
02/11/1978 | Cranbrook, BC | Pacific Western AL | Estimated time of arrival given by Calgary ATC in error. |
08/11/1979 | Dneprodzerzhinsk, USSR | Aeroflot | Separation error by the ATC causing a midair collision. |
09/14/1979 | Sarroch, Italy | Aero Transporti Italiani | Inadequate ATC assistance. |
08/24/1981 | Zavitinsk, Russia | Russian Air Force | Poor communication between civilian and military ATCs. |
04/11/1983 | Leninakan, Russia | Aeroflot | ATC procedural error in not identifying the planes position. |
04/19/1983 | Keninakan, Russia | Aeroflot | ATC procedural error in not identifying the planes position. |
03/06/1987 | Aeroflot | Almaty, Kazakhstan | The ATC didn't monitor the plane for at least 2 minutes after observing the plane taking a wrong course. |
02/18/1989 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Flying Tiger AL | Non-standard phraseology used by Kuala Lumpur ATC, causing the crew to misinterpret the instructions. |
02/01/1991 | Los Angeles, California | USAir/Skywest | ATC cleared a plane to land while the runway was occupied by another aircraft. |
01/20/1992 | Strasbourg, France | Air Inter | The plane was slightly off course due to ATC error |
09/22/1995 | Ancorage, Alaska | U.S. Air Force | ATC did not worn about birds in the area. |
11/07/1996 | Lagos, Nigeria | Aviation Dev. Corp. | The controller thought he had cleared to aircraft to the correct altitude but didn't. |
09/26/1997 | Buah Nabar, Indonesia | Garuda Indonesian AL | ATC error in directing the plane in the wrong direction into mountainous terrain. |
11/12/1999 | Pristina, Kosovo | UN Charter | Improper tracking by the military ATC. |
10/25/2000 | Batumi,Georgia | Russian Air Force | ATC error. |
07/01/2002 | Uberlinger, Germany | Bashkirian AL / DHL | Conflicting information give to pilot by ATC and what he was receiving on his TCAS. |
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