LIST OF 100 WORST AIRLINE DISASTERS
|
Fatal |
Date |
Location |
Carrier |
Type |
1 |
2907* |
09/11/2001 |
New York City, New York |
American /United Airlines |
B767 / B767 |
2 |
583 |
03/27/1977 |
Tenerife, Canary Islands |
Pan Am / KLM |
B747 / B747 |
3 |
520 |
08/12/1985 |
Mt. Osutaka, Japan |
Japan Air Lines |
B747 |
4 |
349 |
11/12/1996 |
New Delhi, India |
Saudi / Kazastan |
B747 / Il76 |
5 |
346 |
03/03/1974 |
Bois d' Ermenonville, France |
Turkish Airlines |
DC10 |
6 |
329 |
06/23/1985 |
Atlantic Ocean West of Ireland |
Air India |
B747 |
7 |
301 |
08/19/1980 |
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
Saudi Arabian Airlines |
L1011 |
8 |
290 |
07/03/1988 |
Persian Gulf |
Iran Air |
A300 |
9 |
275 |
02/19/2003 |
Shahdad, Iran |
Islamic Revolution's Guards Co. |
Il-76MD |
10 |
273 |
05/25/1979 |
Chicago, Illinois |
American Airlines |
DC10 |
11 |
270 |
12/21/1988 |
Lockerbie, Scotland |
Pan American World Airways |
B747 |
12 |
269 |
09/01/1983 |
Sakhalin Island, Russia |
Korean Airlines |
B747 |
13 |
265 |
11/12/2001 |
Belle Harbor, Queens, New York |
American Airlines |
A300 |
14 |
264 |
04/26/1994 |
Komaki, Japan |
China Airlines |
A300 |
15 |
261 |
07/11/1991 |
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia |
Nationair/charter Nigeria AW |
DC8 |
16 |
257 |
11/28/1979 |
Mt. Erebus, Antarctica |
Air New Zealand |
DC10 |
17 |
256 |
12/12/1985 |
Gander, Newfoundland, Canada |
Arrow Airways |
DC8 |
18 |
234 |
09/26/1997 |
Buah Nabar, Indonesia |
Garuda Indonesia Airlines |
A300 |
19 |
230 |
07/17/1996 |
Off East Moriches, New York |
Trans World Airlines |
B747 |
20 |
229 |
09/02/1998 |
Off Nova Scotia, Canada |
Swissair |
MD11 |
21 |
228 |
06/01/2009 |
Atlantic Ocean |
Air France |
A330 |
- |
228 |
08/06/1997 |
Agana, Guam |
Korean Airlines |
B747 |
23 |
227 |
01/08/1996 |
Kinshasa, Zaire |
African Air |
AN32 |
24 |
225 |
05/25/2002 |
Off Penghu, Taiwan |
China Airlines |
B747 |
25 |
223 |
05/26/1991 |
Ban Nong Rong, Thailand |
Lauda Air |
B767 |
26 |
217 |
10/31/1999 |
Off Nantucket, Massachusetts |
EgyptAir |
B767 |
27 |
213 |
01/01/1978 |
Off Bandra, Maharashtra, India |
Air India |
B747 |
28 |
203 |
02/16/1998 |
Taipei, Taiwan |
China Airlines |
A300 |
29 |
200 |
07/10/1985 |
Uchuduk, Uzbekistan, USSR |
Aeroflot |
TU154 |
30 |
199 |
07/17/2007 |
Sao Paulo, Brazil |
TAM Brazil |
A320 |
31 |
191 |
12/04/1974 |
Maskeliya, Sri Lanka |
Martinair Holland |
DC8 |
32 |
189 |
09/11/2001 |
Arlington, Virginia |
American Airlines |
B757 |
- |
189 |
02/06/1996 |
Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic |
Alas Nacionales (Birgenair) |
B757 |
34 |
188 |
08/03/1975 |
Immouzer, Morocco |
Aila Royal Jordanian Airlines |
B707 |
35 |
183 |
05/09/1987 |
Warsaw, Poland |
Polskie Linie Lotnicze |
IL62 |
- |
183 |
11/15/1978 |
Katunavake, Sir Lanka |
Loftleidir |
DC8 |
37 |
181 |
11/27/1983 |
Madrid, Spain |
Avanca |
B747 |
38 |
180 |
12/01/1981 |
Mt. San Pietro, Corsica, France |
Index Adria Avioproment |
MD80 |
39 |
178 |
10/11/1994 |
Omsk, Russia |
Aeroflot |
TU154 |
- |
178 |
08/11/1979 |
Dneprodzerzhinsk, USSR |
Aeroflot / Aeroflot |
TU134/TU134 |
41 |
176 |
06/07/1989 |
Paramaribo, Surinam |
Surinam Airways |
DC8 |
- |
176 |
09/10/1976 |
Gaj, Hrvatska, Yugoslavia |
Index Adria Avio / BA |
DC9 /Trident |
- |
176 |
01/22/1973 |
Kano, Nigeria |
Aila Royal Jordanian Airlines |
B707 |
44 |
174 |
10/13/1972 |
Krasnaya Polyana, USSR |
Aeroflot |
IL62 |
45 |
171 |
09/19/1989 |
Bilma, Niger |
Union des Trans. Aeriens |
DC10 |
- |
171 |
09/03/1989 |
Havana, Cuba |
Cubana |
IL62M |
47 |
170 |
08/22/2006 |
Donetsk, Ukraine |
Pulkovo Airlines |
Tu-154M |
48 |
169 |
01/30/2000 |
Off Abidjan, Ivory Coast |
Kenya Airways |
A310-304 |
49 |
168 |
07/15/2009 |
Qazvin, Iran |
Caspian Airlines |
Tu-154M |
50 |
167 |
09/28/1992 |
Bhadagon, Katmandu, Nepal |
Pakistan Inter. Airlines |
A300 |
- |
167 |
03/31/1986 |
Maravatio, Mexico |
Mexicana |
B727 |
52 |
166 |
07/07/1980 |
Nar Alma-Ata, Kasakastan, USSR |
Aeroflot |
TU154B |
53 |
163 |
07/30/1971 |
Morioko, Japan |
All Nippon / Japanese AF |
B727 / F86F |
54 |
160 |
08/16/2005 |
La Cucharita, Venezuela |
West Carribean Airlines |
MD-82 |
- |
160 |
12/20/1995 |
Buga, Columbia |
American Airlines |
B757 |
- |
160 |
06/06/1994 |
Xi'an, China |
China Northwest Airlines |
TU154M |
57 |
159 |
11/28/1987 |
Mauritius, Indian Ocean |
South Africian Airways |
B747 |
58 |
158 |
05/22/2010 |
Mangalore, India |
Air India Express |
B737 |
59 |
157 |
12/22/1992 |
Tripoli, Libya |
Libya Arab Airlines / Lib AF |
B727 |
60 |
156 |
08/16/1987 |
Romulus, Michigan |
Northwest Airlines |
MD82 |
- |
156 |
08/14/1972 |
KKönigs Wusterhausen, E. Germany |
Interflug |
IL62 |
- |
156 |
11/26/1979 |
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia |
Pakistan Inter. Airlines |
B707 |
63 |
155 |
12/03/1972 |
Tenerife, Canary Islands |
Spantax |
Convair 990 |
- |
155 |
04/04/1975 |
Siagon, Vietnam |
U.S. Air Force |
C-5 Gallaxy |
65 |
154 |
03/16/1969 |
Maracaibo, Venezuela |
Venezolana Inter. de Av. |
DC9 |
- |
154 |
09/19/1976 |
Karatepe Mountains, Turkey |
Turkish Airlines |
B727 |
- |
154 |
09/29/2006 |
Sao Felix do Araguaia,Brazil |
Gol Airlines |
B-737 |
68 |
153 |
07/09/1982 |
Kenner, Louisiana |
Pan American World Airways |
B727 |
- |
153 |
08/20/2008 |
Madrid, Spain |
Spanair |
MD-82 |
70 |
152 |
06/30/2009 |
Mitsamiouli, Comoros |
Yemenia |
A310 |
|
152 |
07/28/2010 |
Islamabad, Pakistan |
Airblue |
A321 |
72 |
149 |
05/04/2002 |
Kano, Nigeria |
EAS Airlines |
BAC-111 |
73 |
148 |
02/19/1985 |
Mt. Oiz, Spain |
Iberia Airlines |
B727 |
- |
148 |
01/03/2004 |
Off Sharm el Sheikh-Ophira, Egypt |
Flash Air |
B737 |
75 |
146 |
04/25/1980 |
Tenerife, Canary Islands |
Dan Air |
B727 |
76 |
145 |
07/04/2001 |
Irkutsk, Russia |
Vladivostokavia |
TU154 |
77 |
144 |
02/08/1989 |
Santa Maria, Azores |
Independent Air Inc |
B707 |
- |
144 |
09/25/1978 |
San Diego, California |
Pacific Southwest/Private |
B727 /C172 |
79 |
143 |
11/07/1996 |
Lagos, Nigeria |
Aviation Devel. Corp. |
B727 |
- |
143 |
03/17/1988 |
Cucuta, Colombia |
Avianca |
B727 |
- |
143 |
08/23/2000 |
Off Manama, Behrain |
Gulf Air |
A320 |
- |
143 |
09/05/2005 |
Medan, Indonesia |
Mandala Airlines |
B737 |
83 |
141 |
08/29/1996 |
Spitsbergen, Norway |
Vnokovo Airlines |
TU154 |
- |
141 |
12/18/1995 |
Kahengula, Angola |
Trans Service Airlift |
L188C |
- |
141 |
11/24/1992 |
Liutang, Guangxi, China |
China Southern Airlines |
B737 |
86 |
140 |
12/25/2003 |
Cotonou, Benin |
UTA |
B727 |
87 |
137 |
06/08/1982 |
Near Pacatuba, Brazil |
VASP |
B727 |
88 |
135 |
08/02/1985 |
Ft. Worth-Dallas, Texas |
Delta Air Lines |
L1011 |
89 |
134 |
12/16/1960 |
Staten Island/Brooklyn, New York |
United Air Lines / TWA |
DC8 / L1049 |
90 |
133 |
02/04/1966 |
Tokyo Bay, Japan |
All Nippon Airways |
B727 |
- |
133 |
02/08/1993 |
Tehran, Iran |
Iran Air / Air Force |
TU154M |
92 |
132 |
09/08/1994 |
Aliquippa, Pennsylvania |
USAir |
B737 |
- |
132 |
05/19/1993 |
Medellin, Colombia |
SAM |
B727 |
- |
132 |
06/28/1982 |
Southern Belarus, USSR |
Aeroflot |
YAK42 |
95 |
131 |
11/19/1977 |
Funchal, Is. of Madeira, Portugal |
TAP |
B727 |
- |
131 |
04/19/2000 |
Samal Island, Philippines |
Air Philippines |
B737 |
97 |
130 |
10/02/1990 |
Kuwait City, Kuwait |
Iraqi Airways |
IL76 |
- |
130 |
11/08/1983 |
Lubango, Huila, Angola |
TAAG Angola Airlines |
B737 |
- |
130 |
11/16/1967 |
Near Sverdlovsk, Russia |
Aeroflot |
IL62 |
- |
130 |
06/03/1962 |
Villeneuve-le-Roi, France |
Air France |
B707 |
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