100 WORST AVIATION DISASTERS


Images may be subject to copyright Learn More

Fatal Date Location Carrier
Flight
Type Photo
1 2907* 09/11/2001 New York City, New York American /United Airlines
11/93
B767 / B767
2 583 03/27/1977 Tenerife, Canary Islands Pan Am / KLM
1736/4805
B747 / B747
3 521 08/12/1985 Mt. Osutaka, Japan Japan Air Lines
123
B747
4 349 11/12/1996 New Delhi, India Saudi / Kazastan
763/1907
B747 / Il76
5 346 03/03/1974 Bois d' Ermenonville, France Turkish Airlines
981
DC10
6 329 06/23/1985 Atlantic Ocean West of Ireland Air India
182
B747  
7 301 08/19/1980 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabian Airlines
163
L1011
8 298 07/17/2014 Hrabove, Ukraine Malaysia Airlines
17
B-777
9 290 07/03/1988 Persian Gulf Iran Air
655
A300  
10 275 02/19/2003 Shahdad, Iran Islamic Revolution's Guards Co.
-
Il-76MD  
11 273 05/25/1979 Chicago, Illinois American Airlines
191
DC10
12 270 12/21/1988 Lockerbie, Scotland Pan American World Airways
103
B747
13 269 09/01/1983 Sakhalin Island, Russia Korean Airlines
007
B747  
14 265 11/12/2001 Belle Harbor, Queens, New York American Airlines
587
A300  
15 264 04/26/1994 Komaki, Japan China Airlines
140
A300
16 261 07/11/1991 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Nationair/charter Nigeria AW
2021
DC8  
17 257 04/11/2018 Bufarik AB, Algeria Algerian Air Force
-
Il76
- 257 11/28/1979 Mt. Erebus, Antarctica Air New Zealand
901
DC10
19 256 12/12/1985 Gander, Newfoundland, Canada Arrow Airways
MF1285R
DC8
20 239 03/08/2014 South Indian Ocean Malaysia Airlines
370
B777  
21 234 09/26/1997 Buah Nabar, Indonesia Garuda Indonesia Airlines
152
A300  
22 230 07/17/1996 Off East Moriches, New York Trans World Airlines
800
B747
23 229 09/02/1998 Off Nova Scotia, Canada Swissair
111
MD11
24 228 06/01/2009 Atlantic Ocean Air France
447
A330  
- 228 08/06/1997 Agana, Guam Korean Airlines
801
B747
26 227 01/08/1996 Kinshasa, Zaire African Air
-
AN32  
27 225 05/25/2002 Off Penghu, Taiwan China Airlines
611
B747  
28 224 10/31/2015 North Sinai, Egypt Metroair
9268
A321
29 223 05/26/1991 Ban Nong Rong, Thailand Lauda Air
004
B767
30 217 10/31/1999 Off Nantucket, Massachusetts EgyptAir
990
B767  
31 213 01/01/1978 Off Bandra, Maharashtra, India Air India
855
B747  
32 203 02/16/1998 Taipei, Taiwan China Airlines
676
A300
33 200 07/10/1985 Uchuduk, Uzbekistan, USSR Aeroflot
7425
TU154  
34 199 07/17/2007 Sao Paulo, Brazil TAM Brazil
3054
A320
35 191 12/04/1974 Maskeliya, Sri Lanka Martinair Holland
138
DC8  
36 189 09/11/2001 Arlington, Virginia American Airlines
77
B757
- 189 02/06/1996 Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic Alas Nacionales (Birgenair)
301
B757  
- 189 10/29/2018 Lion Air Jakarta, Indonesia
610
B737  
39 188 08/03/1975 Immouzer, Morocco Aila Royal Jordanian Airlines
-
B707  
40 183 05/09/1987 Warsaw, Poland Polskie Linie Lotnicze
5055
IL62  
 - 183 11/15/1978 Katunavake, Sir Lanka  Loftleidir
001
DC8  
42 181 11/27/1983 Madrid, Spain Avanca
11
B747
43 180 12/01/1981 Mt. San Pietro, Corsica, France Index Adria Avioproment
JP1308
MD80
44 178 10/11/1984 Omsk, Russia Aeroflot
3352
TU154  
 -  178 08/11/1979 Dneprodzerzhinsk, USSR Aeroflot / Aeroflot
7880/7628
TU134/TU134  
46 176 01/08/2020 Shahriah, Iran Ukraine International Airlines
PS752
B737  
176 06/07/1989 Paramaribo, Surinam Surinam Airways
764
DC8  
 -  176 09/10/1976 Gaj, Hrvatska, Yugoslavia Index Adria Avio / BA
550/476
DC9 /Trident  
 -  176 01/22/1973 Kano, Nigeria Aila Royal Jordanian Airlines
-
B707  
50 174 10/13/1972 Krasnaya Polyana, USSR Aeroflot
217
IL62  
 51  171 09/19/1989 Bilma, Niger Union des Trans. Aeriens
772
DC10  
- 171 09/03/1989 Havana, Cuba Cubana
9646
IL62M  
53 170 08/22/2006 Donetsk, Ukraine Pulkovo Airlines 
SP612
Tu-154M
54 169 01/30/2000 Off Abidjan, Ivory Coast Kenya Airways
431
A310-304  
55 168 07/15/2009 Qazvin, Iran Caspian Airlines
RV7908
Tu-154M
56 167 09/28/1992 Bhadagon, Katmandu, Nepal Pakistan Inter. Airlines
268
A300
  167 03/31/1986 Maravatio, Mexico Mexicana
940
B727  
58 166 07/08/1980 Nar Alma-Ata, Kasakastan, USSR Aeroflot
4225
TU154B  
59 163 07/30/1971 Morioko, Japan All Nippon / Japanese AF
58
B727 / F86F  
60 162 12/28/2014 Java Sea AirAsia
8501
A320 -
61 160 08/16/2005 La Cucharita, Venezuela West Carribean Airlines
708
MD-82  
 -  160 12/20/1995 Buga, Columbia American Airlines
965
B757
- 160 06/06/1994 Xi'an, China China Northwest Airlines
2303
TU154M  
64 159 11/28/1987 Off Mauritius, Indian Ocean South Africian Airways
295
B747  
- 159 06/03/2012 Lagos, Nigeria Dana Air
992
MD-80  
66 158 05/22/2010 Mangalore, India Air India Express
812
B737
67 157 03/10/2019 Bishoftu, Ethiopia Ethiopian Airlines
301
B737
- 157 12/22/1992 Tripoli, Libya Libya Arab Airlines / Lib AF
1103/-
B727  
68 156 08/16/1987 Romulus, Michigan Northwest Airlines
255
MD82
- 156 08/14/1972 KKönigs Wusterhausen, E. Germany Interflug
-
IL62
- 156 11/26/1979 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Pakistan Inter. Airlines
740
B707  
71 155 12/03/1972 Tenerife, Canary Islands Spantax
-
Convair 990  
- 155 04/04/1975 Siagon, Vietnam U.S. Air Force
-
C-5 Gallaxy
72 154 03/16/1969 Maracaibo, Venezuela Venezolana Inter. de Av.
742
DC9  
- 154 09/19/1976 Karatepe Mountains, Turkey Turkish Airlines
452
B727  
- 154 09/29/2006 Sao Felix do Araguaia,Brazil Gol Airlines
1907
B-737  
- 154 08/20/2008 Madrid, Spain Spanair
5022
MD-82
76 153 08/20/2008 Madrid, Spain Spanair
5022
MD-82
77 152 06/30/2009 Mitsamiouli, Comoros Yemenia
626
A310
- 152 07/28/2010 Islamabad, Pakistan Airblue
202
A321
79 150 03/24/2015 Near Digne-Les-Bains, France Germanwings
9525
A320  
80 149 05/04/2002 Kano, Nigeria EAS Airlines
4226
BAC-111
81 148 02/19/1985 Mt. Oiz, Spain Iberia Airlines
610
B727
- 148 01/03/2004 Off Sharm el Sheikh-Ophira, Egypt Flash Air
604
B737  
83 146 04/25/1980 Tenerife, Canary Islands Dan Air
1008
B727  
84 145 07/04/2001 Irkutsk, Russia Vladivostokavia
352
TU154  
85 144 02/08/1989 Santa Maria, Azores Independent Air Inc
1851
B707  
- 144 09/25/1978 San Diego, California Pacific Southwest/Private
182
B727 /C172
86 143 11/07/1996 Lagos, Nigeria Aviation Devel. Corp.
086
B727  
- 143 03/17/1988 Cucuta, Colombia Avianca
410
B727  
- 143 08/23/2000 Off Manama, Behrain Gulf Air
072
A320  
- 143 09/05/2005 Medan, Indonesia Mandala Airlines
091
B737  
90 141 08/29/1996 Spitsbergen, Norway Vnokovo Airlines
2801
TU154
- 141 12/18/1995 Kahengula, Angola Trans Service Airlift
-
L188C  
- 141 11/24/1992 Liutang, Guangxi, China China Southern Airlines
3943
B737  
93 140 12/25/2003 Cotonou, Benin UTA
141
B727
94 137 06/08/1982 Near Pacatuba, Brazil VASP
168
B727
95 135 08/02/1985 Ft. Worth-Dallas, Texas Delta Air Lines
191
L1011
96 134 12/16/1960 Staten Island/Brooklyn, New York United Air Lines / TWA
826/266
DC8 / L1049
 97 133 02/04/1966 Tokyo Bay, Japan All Nippon Airways
60
B727
- 133 02/08/1993 Tehran, Iran Iran Air/Air Force
-
TU154M  
99 132 03/21/2022 China Eastern Airlines Wuzhou, Guangxi, China
MU 5735
B737  
100 131 04/19/2000 Air Philippines Samal Island, Philippines
541
B737  
- 131 11/19/1977 TAP (Air Portugal) Madeira, Portugal
425
B727  
AVIATION TOP 100 - www.avitop.comAvitop.com

* Two separate planes hit the World Trade Center buildings minutes apart. The total number of fatalities includes passengers and crew on both planes and those killed on the ground.

Return to Home Page

Copyright ©1997-2023 PlaneCrashInfo.com