List of accidents and incidents involving airliners by location

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1 Africa
- 1.1 Algeria
- 1.2 Canary Islands, Spain
- 1.3 Côte d'Ivoire
- 1.4 Niger
- 1.5 Nigeria
- 1.6 Cameroon
- 1.7 Congo
2 Andaman Sea
3 Antarctica
4 Arabian Sea
5 Asia
- 5.1 Afghanistan
- 5.2 Armenia
- 5.3 Bahrain
- 5.4 People's Republic of China
  - 5.4.1 Mainland China
  - 5.4.2 Hong Kong SAR
- 5.5 Georgia
- 5.6 Guam (United States)
- 5.7 India
- 5.8 Indonesia
- 5.9 Iran
- 5.10 Japan
- 5.11 Malaysia
- 5.12 Nepal
- 5.13 Pakistan
- 5.14 Saudi Arabia
- 5.15 Singapore
- 5.16 Sri Lanka
- 5.17 Republic of China (Taiwan)
- 5.18 Thailand
- 5.19 United Arab Emirates
- 5.20 Various countries
6 Atlantic Ocean
7 Bay of Biscay
8 Bight of Benin
9 Black Sea
10 Caribbean Sea
11 Central America
- 11.1 Guatemala
- 11.2 Panama
12 Europe
- 12.1 Belgium
- 12.2 Croatia
- 12.3 Czech Republic
- 12.4 Denmark
- 12.5 France
- 12.6 Germany
- 12.7 Greece
- 12.8 Italy
- 12.9 Republic of Ireland
- 12.10 Luxembourg
- 12.11 Netherlands
- 12.12 Norway
- 12.13 Poland
- 12.14 Portugal
- 12.15 Russia
- 12.16 Serbia
- 12.17 Slovakia
- 12.18 Slovenia
- 12.19 Spain
- 12.20 Sweden
- 12.21 United Kingdom
  - 12.21.1 England
  - 12.21.2 Scotland
- 12.22 Various countries
13 Indian Ocean
14 Mediterranean Sea
15 Oceania
- 15.1 Australia
- 15.2 New Zealand
16 The Americas (various countries)
17 North America
- 17.1 Canada
- 17.2 United States
18 Pacific Ocean
19 Philippine Sea
20 Red Sea
21 Sea of Okhotsk
22 South America
- 22.1 Argentina
- 22.2 Brazil
- 22.3 Chile
- 22.4 Colombia
- 22.5 Ecuador
- 22.6 Peru
- 22.7 Surinam
- 22.8 Venezuela
23 Strait of Hormuz
24 Taiwan Strait
25 Tokyo Bay
26 References
27 External links

This list of accidents and incidents on airliners by location summarizes airline accidents by country location, airline company with flight number, date, and cause.

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Airlines often seem to be remembered by their worst accidents and incidents. In that sense this list presents a good overview. While all the accidents and incidents in this list are noteworthy, it is important to note that not all involve fatalities.

If the aircraft crashed on land, it will be listed under a continent and a country. If the aircraft crashed on a body of water, it will be listed under that body of water.

Africa

Algeria

Air Algerie Flight 6289 - Crashed after takeoff from Tamanrasset, Algeria
Air France Flight 8969 - Hijacked after takeoff from Algiers and taken back in France

Canary Islands, Spain

KLM Flight 4805 and Pan Am Flight 1736 - KLM plane crashes into Pan Am plane during takeoff from Tenerife in the Canary Islands (Tenerife disaster)
Dan Air G-BDAN, impacted a mountain on Tenerife near Los Rodeos, 25 April 1980

Côte d'Ivoire

Varig Flight 797 - Crashed into the jungle after engine failure

Niger

UTA Flight 772 - Blown up over the Sahara Desert by Libyan terrorists.

Nigeria

Nigeria Airways, Lagos Airport, 1969, Reg No. 5N-ABD
Nigeria Airways, Kano Airport, 1972
Bellview Airlines, Lisa Village, Ogun State
Sosoliso Airlines Flight 1145, Port Harcourt
EAS Airlines,Kano,May 2002

Cameroon

Kenya Airways Flight 507 crashes shortly after takeoff from Douala International Airport, Cameroon

Congo

Air Africa N'Dolo Airport, Kinshasa - an overloaded Antonov An-32 aborts takeoff and overruns the runway into a crowded vegetable market, killing an estimated 297.
Africa One/El Sam Kinshasa - an Antonov An-26 crashes shortly after takeoff into a market killing 52(estimated). 2007-10-04
Mango Airlines of the DRC Overloaded An-12B engine fails after departure from Goma, DRC for Kisangani. Aircraft crashes into a mountain and burns 10 km NW of Sake, DRC on return to Goma, killing all 6 crew aboard. (Reg RA-11338 was sold to Angola as D2-FRC in May 2000, then 9U-BHN and later 9Q-CVT). 2006-07-07

Andaman Sea

Korean Air Flight 858 - Blown up over the sea by a bomb planted by North Korean agents. 56 died.

Antarctica

Air New Zealand Flight 901 - Mount Erebus disaster.

Arabian Sea

Air India Flight 855 - Crashed after takeoff in Bombay (now Mumbai), India.

Asia

Afghanistan

Kam Air Flight 904 - Crashed in snowstorm.

Armenia

Belavia Flight 1834 (14 February, 2008) - Crashed during takeoff from Yerevan's Zvartnots International Airport. No deaths.

Bahrain

Gulf Air Flight 072 (23 August, 2000) - Pilot error and an apparent engine fire caused the plane to come down in the Persian Gulf off the coast of Bahrain

People's Republic of China

Mainland China

Air China Flight 129 - Crashed into terrain in low visibility.
China Northern Flight 6136 - Fire on board caused loss of control and crashed into the sea.
China Eastern Flight 5210 - Crashed shortly after take off.
1990 People's Republic of China airliner collision (Xiamen Airlines Flight 8301, a China Southwest Airlines 707, and a China Southern Airlines 757) - Hijacking of Xiamen Airlines 737, sideswiping of 707, crashing of aircraft into 757.

Hong Kong SAR

China Airlines Flight 642 - Crashed upon landing in Hong Kong.

Georgia

Transair Georgian Airline Crash (22 September) - Shot down as it was trying to takeoff from Sukhumi

Guam (United States)

Korean Air Flight 801 - Crashed during a landing attempt at Guam's international airport.

India

2 May 1953: A De Havilland Comet crashed in Jalalogori, India soon after take-off from Calcutta (now Kolkata) on - first of a series of crashes that led to Comet 1 fleet being grounded and eventually scrapped.
29 August 1970: Indian Airlines F27, near Silchar, India: The aircraft crashed into high ground shortly after takeoff. All five crew members and 34 passengers were killed.
9 December 1971: Indian Airlines HS748, near Chinnamanur, India: The aircraft was on descent into Madurai when it crashed into high ground about 50 miles (80 km) from the airport. The event occurred in daylight and reduced visibility. All four crew members and 17 passengers were killed.
11 August 1972: Indian Airlines F27, New Delhi, India: The aircraft lost altitude and crashed after abandoning a landing attempt. All four crew members and 14 passengers were killed.
31 May 1973: Indian Airlines 737-200, near New Delhi, India: The aircraft crashed and caught fire during landing. The crash killed five of the seven crew members and 43 of the 58 passengers.
12 October 1976: Indian Airlines Caravelle, Bombay, India: The right engine caught fire shortly after takeoff and the crew elected to return. Fuel flow to the engine was not stopped and the fire spread through the fuselage and led to hydraulic system failure and a loss of aircraft control shortly before landing. All six crew members and 89 passengers were killed.
4 August 1979: Indian Airlines HS748, near Bombay, India: The aircraft was approaching the airport at night and in poor weather when it collided with high ground about six miles (10 km) from the airport All four crew members and 41 passengers were killed.
10 May 1980: Indian Airlines 737-200, near Rampur Hat, India: The aircraft experienced severe en route turbulence. Two of the 132 passengers were killed.
21 June 1982: An Air India Boeing 707 crashed at Mumbai airport while trying to land in a heavy rainstorm. 2 crew and 15 passengers were killed.
29 September 1986: Indian Airlines Airbus A300B2-1C; Chennai Airport (MAA); The crew aborted a take-off and the plane overshot the runway as a result; all 185 passengers and 11 crew members escaped unhurt. The aircraft was written off.
19 October 1988: Indian Airlines Flight 113, Ahmedabad, India: The aircraft hit an electric mast five miles (eight km) out on approach in poor visibility. All six crew members and 128 of 129 passengers were killed.
14 February 1990: Indian Airlines Flight 605 (an Airbus A320), Bangalore, India: Controlled flight into terrain during approach. Aircraft hit about 400 meters short of the runway. Four of the seven crew members and 88 of the 139 passengers were killed.
16 August 1991: Indian Airlines Flight 257, near Imphal, India: The aircraft hit high ground during descent about 30 km from the airport. All six crew members and 63 passengers were killed.
26 April 1993: Indian Airlines Flight 491, (Boeing 737-200), Aurangabad, India: The flight crew initiated their liftoff late and the aircraft struck a large vehicle on a road just outside the airport. The vehicle strike damaged one engine and the aircraft later hit power lines and crashed. Four of the six crew members and 52 of the 112 passengers were killed. The administrators of the airport were also cited for failing to regulate traffic on that same road.
Christmas Eve, 24 December 1999: Indian Airlines Flight 814, which had just taken off from Kathmandu, Nepal to Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi, India was hijacked. The plane flew around different points in South Asia and Southwest Asia as officials of the government of India and the Taliban negotiated. One passenger was killed and some were released. On December 31, 1999, the rest of the hostages on Flight 814 were freed.
17 July 2000: Alliance Air (wholly-owned subsidiary of Indian Airlines) Flight 7412, 737-200; Patna, India: The aircraft was on a domestic flight from Calcutta to Patna and was making a second approach when the aircraft crashed into a residential area about 2 km (1.25 miles) from the airport. All six crew members and 45 of the 52 passengers were killed. Five people on the ground were also killed.
18 January 2006: Indian Flight IC-809, Patna, India: The right rear wheel tires of a Boeing 737-200 plane from Delhi to Patna, burst at 1530 hours while landing at Jayaprakash Narayan International Airport, Patna. All 56 passengers and 7 crew members escaped unhurt.
12 March 2006: Indian Flight IC-955 from Chennai to Kuala Lumpur had to return to Chennai after engine problems. The problem was fixed and the flight departed again at 5:30 am. All 130 passengers and crew were unhurt.
3 June 2006: Indian Flight IC-860, an Airbus 320 en route Singapore-Delhi was forced to make an emergency landing at Biju Patnaik airport near Bhubhaneshwar because of a mechanical problem.
24 April 2007: Flight IC-877 [1] an airbus A320 jet from Delhi to Bhubaneswar with 124 passengers and six crew on the board, experienced a hydraulic snag on approach to Bhubaneswar airport around 2 pm. The aircraft returned back to Delhi and made an emergency landing. While the aircraft made a clean landing, it skidded a few feet off the runway after the speed slowed down. The hydraulic snag had made it difficult for the pilot to maneuver the nose-wheel of the plane. All the passengers and crew were safely offloaded within 15 minutes. Among the passengers there were notable VIP'S from Bhubaneswar

Indonesia

Garuda Indonesia Domestic Flight - 1979 - Hit a volcano on approach to Medan Airport
Garuda Indonesia Domestic Flight - 1982 - Runway overrun at Tanjung Karang-Branti Airport in bad weather.
Silkair Flight 185 - 1997 - Crashed into the Musi River near Palembang, Sumatra
Garuda Indonesia Flight 152 - 1997 - Crashed 25km south of Medan killing 234 passengers and crew in 1997
Mandala Airlines Flight 091 - 2005 - Crashed into a neighborhood shortly after takeoff from Medan, Sumatra
Adam Air Flight 574 - January 1, 2007 -
Adam Air Flight 172 - February 21, 2007 -
Garuda Indonesia Flight 200 - March 7, 2007 -

Iran

July 3, 1988 - An Iranian passenger jet IR655 (Iran Air Flight 655) carrying 290 passengers is shot down over the Persian Gulf by the U.S. Navy guided missile cruiser USS Vincennes killing all aboard including 66 children.
September 1, 2006 - An Iranian passenger jet Tu-154 (Iran Air Flight 945) carrying 148 passengers crashes in Mashad, Iran killing 29 people.

Japan

All Nippon Airways Flight 61 - Hijacked and taken back over Tokyo, Japan
BOAC Flight 911 - In flight structural failure due to clear-air turbulence near Mount Fuji, Japan
Canadian Pacific Airlines Flight 402 - Crashed on landing at Tokyo International Airport in fog.
Japan Airlines Flight 123 - Crashed into Mount Osutaka, Japan
Japan Airlines Flight 907 and Japan Airlines Flight 958 - Nearly collided near Yaizu, Japan
China Airlines Flight 120 - Caught fire and exploded on Naha Airport, Okinawa, Japan

Malaysia

Singapore Airlines Flight 117 - Hijacked en route from Kuala Lumpur to Singapore.
Malaysia Airlines Flight 653 -Hijacked en route from Penang to Kuala Lumpur.
1976 Sabah plane crash - Private flight crashed killing state ministers aboard.

Nepal

Thai Airways International Flight 311 - Crashed north of Kathmandu, 111 killed.
Pakistan International Airlines Flight 268 - Crashed near Kathmandu, 167 killed.

Pakistan

Pan Am Flight 73 - Hijacked in Karachi, Pakistan.
PIA Flight 688 - Crashed after take-off.

Saudi Arabia

Middle East Airlines Flight 438 - Disintegrated in flight from an explosive detonation.
Iraqi Airways Hijacking - Hijacked on the way from Baghdad to Amman, later crashed after a grenade exploded.
Saudia Flight 163 - Caught fire as it took off on a flight from Riyadh to Jeddah.
Nigeria Airways Flight 2120 (Jeddah, 1991) – Caught fire on take off due to underinflated tyre.

Singapore

A BOAC Lockheed Constellation, "Belfast", crashed on landing at the Kallang Airport in 1954

Sri Lanka

A Martinair DC-8 Series 55F hits Seven Virginsmountain range in Maskeliya, 4 December 1974 - 191 killed.
Icelandic Airlines Icelandic Airlines Flight LL 001, a Douglas DC-8 on a charter flight, crashed into a coconut plantation while on approach to Katunayake, Sri Lanka for a refueling stop. Seventy-eight survived, but 184 were killed. (November 15, 1978).

Republic of China (Taiwan)

China Airlines Flight 676 - Crashed into a road upon approach to the airport, killing all passengers and crew of the aircraft and 6 persons on the ground
Singapore Airlines Flight 006 - Crashed upon takeoff at Chiang Kai-shek International Airport near Taipei, Taiwan

Thailand

Lauda Air Flight 004 - May 26, 1991 - Crashed into a jungle near Suphan Buri and Ban Nong Rong after an in-flight breakup
Thai Airways Flight 261 - December 11, 1998 - Stalled and crashed into a paddy field on approach to Surat Thani Airport amid heavy rains and poor visibility
One-Two-GO Airlines Flight 269 - September 16, 2007 - Crashed landed in wind shear and strong winds at Phuket International Airport

United Arab Emirates

Gulf Air Flight 771 - Bombed, then crashed into a desert in the United Arab Emirates

Various countries

Air Vietnam Flight 706 - Hijacked, then crashed after a missed approach at Phan Rang.
Indian Airlines Flight 814 - Hijacked on the way to India, and flown to India, Pakistan, the UAE, and Afghanistan before the passengers are released 1 died.

Atlantic Ocean

Air India Flight 182 - Bombed off the coast of Ireland
American Airlines Flight 63 - Attempted bombing over Atlantic Ocean, terrorist is restrained and sedated
Egyptair Flight 990 - Crashed off the coast of Nantucket
Kenya Airways Flight 431 - Crashed into the Atlantic shortly after take-off from Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, killing 169
Swissair Flight 111 - Crashed off the coast of Nova Scotia
TWA Flight 800 - Crashed off the coast of East Moriches, New York

Bay of Biscay

British Overseas Airways Corporation Flight 777 - Shot down by German fighter plans in the Bay of Biscay.

Bight of Benin

UTA Flight 141 - Crashed after takeoff

Black Sea

Siberia Airlines Flight 1812 - Shot down by a missile on October 4, 2001
Transair Georgian Airline Crash (21 September) - Shot down by a missile upon landing.
Erevan-Sochi -May 2, 2006

Caribbean Sea

Cubana Flight 455 bombed, then crashed off Barbados
Dominicana DC-9 air disaster - Crashed shortly after takeoff

Central America

Guatemala

Cubana Flight 261: DC-10 crashed in Guatemala City killed 25 people. [1] [2].

Panama

Alas Chiricanas bombing - Bombed near Colon
COPA Flight 201 - Crashed in the near La Palma

Europe

Belgium

Sabena OO-AUB crashed on landing approach near Ostend
Sabena Flight 548 crashed on landing approach near Kampenhout, near Brussels
British European Airways flight Bealine 706 crashed in Aarsele, near Tielt. All 63 on board died.

Croatia

British Airways flight 476 collided with Inex-Adria Aviopromet flight 550 in mid-air near Zagreb, killing 176 people on board.

Czech Republic

JAT Yugoslav Flight 364, bombed, then crashed in Srbská Kamenice, Czechoslovakia

Denmark

Partnair Flight 394, structural failure in tail section, crashes into sea near Hirtshals

France

Air France Flight 4590 - Concorde that crashed in Gonesse, France
Air France Flight 8969 - Hijacked after takeoff from Algiers and taken back in France
Air France Flight 296 - first Airbus 320 crash
Turkish Airlines Flight 981 - Crashed in Ermenonville, France (Ermenonville air disaster)
Varig Flight 820 - Crashed near Orly, France after a lavatory fire
Air France "Chateau de Sully" - Boeing 707 crashed on take-off from Orly
Air Inter Flight 148 - Airbus 320 crashed near Mont Sainte-Odile while circling to land at Strasbourg
Curtis Airlines (Unknown Flight Number) - Crashed while enroute to Rome.

Germany

British European Flight 609, crashed in Munich, West Germany (Munich air disaster)
Bashkirian Airlines Flight 2937, collided in mid-air with DHL Flight 611.
Pan Am Flight 708 crashed near Berlin, Germany, killing all three people on board.

Greece

TWA Flight 840 - Bombed on the way to Athens, Greece, sucking out 4 on board - the plane landed safely.
Helios Airways Flight 522 - destroyed near Kalamos on way to Athens, with a manifest of 121.

Italy

30th of October 2005, Trade Air cargo plane Let 410UVP-E19A crashed shortly after takeoff in Bergamo, Italy. Fatalities: 3
on October 8, 2001,Scandinavian Airlines Flight 686 - Crashed upon takeoff in Milan, Italy (Linate Airport disaster)
Itavia Flight 870 - Crashed off Ustica Island, Italy (Ustica Disaster)

Republic of Ireland

Aer Lingus Flight 712 - Crashed in 1968, cause unknown.
KLM Flight 633 - Ditched after takeoff from Shannon Airport

Luxembourg

Luxair Flight 9642, crashed on final approach to Luxembourg

Netherlands

NLM Cityhopper Flight 431: Jet lost wing and partially distintegrated at 900 m (3000 ft) after flying into tornado, crashing near Moerdijk.
Bijlmer Disaster: El Al Flight 1862 crashed into 2 apartment buildings in Amsterdam.

Norway

Torghatten disaster, A plane from Widerøe crashed into the mountain Torghatten.
Bukken Bruse disaster, sea plane broke apart in bad weather upon landing in Trondheim
Braathens Flight 239, crashed while approaching Fornebu.
Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801, crashed into mountain while landing at Longyearbyen.

Poland

LOT Polish Airlines Flight 165, crashed into a mountain near Zawoja
LOT Polish Airlines Flight 007, crashed near Okęcie Airport in Warsaw.
LOT Polish Airlines Flight 5055, crashed in Kabacki Forest (Warsaw).
Lufthansa Flight 2904, crashed during landing on Okęcie Airport in Warsaw.

Portugal

Air Transat Flight 236, ran out of fuel over the Atlantic Ocean and glided successfully to the Azores.

Russia

Aeroflot Flight 411 crashes on take off from Sheremetyevo Airport (on July 6, 1982)
Aeroflot Flight 593 crashed into a hillside in Siberia (on March 23, 1994)
Siberia Airlines Flight 1047 crashed near Rostov on Don (August 24, 2004, terror)
Volga-AviaExpress Flight 1303 crashed in Tula Oblast (August 24, 2004, terror)
Armavia Flight 967 crashed during approach to Sochi airport (May 3, 2006)
S7 Airlines Flight 778 crashes in Irkutsk (on July 9, 2006)
A Russian Tupolev-154 passenger plane with 170 people on board crashes north of Donetsk, in eastern Ukraine (on August 22, 2006).

Serbia

Spair Airlines Flight PAR-3601 crashed near Belgrade on (August 19, 1996)

Slovakia

Ilyushin IL-18B of the Bulgarian carrier TABSO crashed near Bratislava on 24 November 1966
Ilyushin IL-18L of Czechoslovak Airlines crashed shortly before landing in Bratislava on 28 July 1976

Slovenia

Britannia Airways G-ANBB, Crashed into a forest near Ljubljana, 1 September 1966.

Spain

Dan Air G-APDN, Crashed into a mountain in Catalonia, 3 July 1970.
Spantax Flight 995 a DC-10-30CF was destroyed by fire after an aborted take-off at Malaga, 13 September 1982.
Avianca Flight 011, registered HK-2910, crashed into a mountain scheduled to land in Madrid Barajas International Airport, 27 November 1983.
Britannia Airways Flight BY226A, crashed on landing at Girona-Costa Brava Airport, 14 Sep 1999.

Sweden

SAS Flight 751, "The Gottröra accident", 27 December 1991.

United Kingdom

England

British European Flight 548, crashed in the United Kingdom (Staines air disaster)
British Airtours Flight 22M, caught fire at Manchester Airport, United Kingdom (Manchester air disaster)
BOAC Bristol Britannia 312, engine failure at Heathrow Airport
BOAC Bristol Britannia 312, G-AOVD, CFIT at Winkton
British Airways Helicopter Flight between Penzance and the Isles of Scilly. Caused by pilot error.
British Midland Flight 92, crashed in Kegworth, United Kingdom (Kegworth air disaster)
British Airways Flight 5390, explosive decompression over Didcot, Oxfordshire, landed safely in Southampton, England.
Pan Am Flight 125 (March 10, 1987) - Cargo door incident. The aircraft returned to London-Heathrow when unable to pressurize the cabin.
Ryanair Flight 296, engine fire at London Stansted Airport, United Kingdom
British Airways Flight BA038, crash-landed at Heathrow Airport, United Kingdom

Scotland

KLM Constellation air disaster, crashed near Prestwick, Scotland, 1948.
Dan Air G-BEKF, crashed off the Shetland Islands, 31 July 1979.
Pan Am Flight 103, bomb exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland (Lockerbie disaster), 1988.

Various countries

Olympic Airways Flight 417: Dr. Abid Hanson [3], a passenger on Olympic Airways Flight 417 [4] from Cairo to Athens to New York City, who had a history of sensitivity to secondhand smoke requested a non-smoking seat prior. When the family boarded the aircraft in Athens, the people found that the assigned seats were three rows ahead of the economy class smoking area; there was no partition between the smoking and non-smoking section. The family requested a seat further away from the smoking section. The crew did not move the passenger to any of the 11 other unoccupied seats on the aircraft. The passenger felt a reaction to the smoke and died several hours later [5]. The case resulted in the Olympic Airways v. Husain case.

Indian Ocean

Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 - crashed off the Comoros Islands

South African Airways Flight 295 - crashed off Mauritius

Mediterranean Sea

Air France Flight 1611 - crashed into the sea off Nice

Oceania

Australia

ANA DC2 crashed into Mount Dandenong, Victoria, Australia, 25 October 1938
ANA Douglas DC-3 Seven Mile Beach, near Hobart, 10 March 1946
ANA Douglas DC-4 crashed after departure Perth, Western Australia, 26 June 1950.
TAA Fokker Friendship crashed on landing at Mackay, Queensland, 10 June 1960
Ansett-ANA Vickers Viscount 720 enroute Mount Isa - Longreach, September 22, 1966
Robertson-Miller Airlines Vickers Viscount 720 in-flight wing separation Port Hedland ,31 December 1968
Whyalla Airlines Flight 904 - crashed into Spencer Gulf on 31 May 2000 while en route to Whyalla
The Ghost Flight - Beech Super King Air crashed in Queensland, Australia in September 2000 with all on board incapacitated

New Zealand

Ansett New Zealand Flight 703 crashed during approach on Palmerston North, June 5, 1995.

The Americas (various countries)

Aerolíneas Argentinas Flight 386 had in-flight meals loaded in Lima, Peru, and the aircraft landed in Los Angeles, California. The fish was contaminated with cholera, and several passengers later developed food poisoning. An elderly man died of the disease [6] [7].

North America

Canada

Arrow Air Flight 1285 - On December 12, 1985 crashed shortly after takeoff from Gander
Air Canada Flight 621 - July 5, 1970 crashed after attempted landing in Toronto; all killed
Air Canada Flight 189 - On June 26, 1978 it crashed on takeoff in Toronto killing two passengers.
Gimli Glider - July 23, 1983, an Air Canada Boeing 767-200 jet ran out of fuel over northern Canada and had to glide to a landing at a former airbase at Gimli, Manitoba.
Pacific Western Airlines Flight 501 - March 22, 1984 burst into flames upon takeoff from Calgary International Airport, no one killed.
February 11, 1978; Pacific Western Airlines Flight 314 737-200; Cranbrook/Canadian Rockies International Airport, Canada: The aircraft crashed after thrust reversers did not fully stow following a rejected landing that was executed in order to avoid a snowplow. The crash killed four of the crew members and 38 of the 44 passengers.
Air Ontario Flight 1363 - On March 10, 1989 an Air Ontario Fokker F28-1000 crashed soon after takeoff near Dryden, Ontario killing 24 of 65 people on board.
Air France Flight 358 - On August 2, 2005 burst into flames after overshooting the runway while landing at Toronto Pearson International Airport, no deaths due to timely evacuation.
Air Canada Flight 190 - On January 10, 2008 experienced turbulence and made an emergency landing at Calgary International Airport, no deaths.

United States

Includes US territories in Northern America

Arizona

United Airlines Flight 718 and TWA Flight 2 collide over the Grand Canyon on June 30, 1956.

Arkansas

American Airlines Flight 1420 - Crashed upon landing at Little Rock National Airport in Little Rock

California

Aeromexico Flight 498 - Collided with a Piper Archer over Cerritos
BCPA Flight 304 - Crashed near San Francisco
Pacific Air Lines Flight 773 - Flight crew shot by a passenger, and crashed near San Ramon, California
PSA Flight 182 - Collided with a Cessna over San Diego
PSA Flight 1771 - Hijacked and crashed by a disgruntled former airline employee
USAir Flight 1493 - Collided with a commuter plane while landing in Los Angeles, California.
JetBlue Airways Flight 292 - Landing gear malfunction in Los Angeles, California.
Pan Am Flight 7 - Crashed en route to Hawaii

Connecticut

Allegheny Airlines Flight 485 New Haven, CT On June 7, 1971, a Convair CV-580 with 31 passengers aboard was attempting to land. The aircraft crashed into a neighborhood approximately one mile short of the runway. The Captain chose to descend below minimums in an attempt to locate the runway under adverse weather conditions. 28 of the 31 people aboard were killed.

Colorado

United Airlines Flight 629 - Exploded after a bomb on board detonated over Longmont in 1955 after takeoff from Stapleton Airport in Denver, Colorado - Bomb was placed by John Graham as part of a scheme to collect insurance money
Continental Airlines Flight 1713 - a Douglas DC-9-14 aircraft crashed on take-off in a snowstorm from the Denver, Colorado Stapleton International Airport on Sunday, November 15, 1987. The crash resulted in the deaths of 28 of the aircraft's occupants while 54 survived. The airplane was destined for Boise, Idaho.
United Airlines Flight 585 - Crashed south of Colorado Springs Airport in 1991, officially attributed to a rudder system malfunction according to the NTSB

District of Columbia

Air Florida Flight 90 - Crashed in Potomac River in 1982 after hitting 14th Street Bridge in Washington, D.C. shortly after takeoff from Washington National Airport in Arlington County, Virginia, during icy conditions

Florida

Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 - Crashed in the Everglades in 1972 in a landing attempt
ValuJet Flight 592 - Crashed in the Everglades in Florida after takeoff
America West Flight 556 - Ordered back to terminal after pilots were suspected of being drunk
American Airlines Flight 924 - Passenger shot and killed by air marshal after disembarking

Georgia

Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 2311 - Crashed near Brunswick, Georgia, in April 1991, killing 24, including former U.S. Senator John Tower and astronaut Sonny Carter.

Illinois

United Airlines Flight 553 - Stalled after aborting landing at Chicago Midway International Airport attempting to go around in low visibility. Watergate conspirators wife was killed, $10,000 in her purse
American Airlines Flight 191 - Crashed on take-off O'Hare International Airport, Chicago after No. 1 engine fell off
Southwest Airlines Flight 1248 - Ran off runway Chicago Midway International Airport in snow

Indiana

Allegheny Airlines Flight 853 - Crashed southeast of Indianapolis, Indiana on September 9, 1969 due to collision with a private plane, killing all 83 people aboard both aircraft.
United Airlines tail number NC13304 - Destroyed by a bomb near Chesterton, Indiana
American Eagle Flight 4184 - Crashed near Roselawn, Indiana due to icing
Kentucky Air National Guard C-130 Hercules - Crashed into JoJo's Restaurant in Evansville, Indiana on February 6, 1992. The plane had been practicing "touch-and-go" maneuvers at the nearby Evansville Regional Airport. All 5 crew members of the plane were killed along with 2 restaurant employees and 9 employees of a plumbing supply company who were attending a seminar at the motel.

Iowa

United Airlines Flight 232 - Crash-landed at Sioux Gateway Airport in Sioux City after explosion of the No. 2 engine destroyed all three hydraulic systems

Kansas

TWA Flight 599, Fokker F-10 Trimotor, crashes near Cottonwood Falls, Kansas, killing all eight aboard, including University of Notre Dame football coach Knute Rockne.

Kentucky

Air Canada Flight 797 - Emergency landed at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport; fire consumed much of the aircraft
Comair Flight 5191 (code share Delta Flight 5191) - Crashed shortly after take-off from Lexington, Kentucky

Missouri

Continental Airlines Flight 11, a Boeing 707, near Unionville, Missouri due to bomb exploded by a passenger

Nebraska

Braniff Flight 250 flies into an active squall line and the plane breaks apart in midair. Crashes near Falls City, Nebraska. All 42 on board killed.

Nevada

TWA Flight 3 - Crashed into Mount Potosi 23 minutes after takeoff from Las Vegas. (1942 January 16). All 22 passengers killed.

New Hampshire

Northeast Airlines Flight 946 – a Fairchild 227, crashes near Etna, New Hampshire, killing 32 passengers and crew.

New York

American Airlines Flight 1 - Crashed immediately after takeoff from Idlewild Airport (now JFK airport), New York City. (1962 1 March)
American Airlines Flight 320 - Crashed in the East River on approach to LaGuardia Airport, New York City. (1959 3 February)
American Airlines Flight 587 - Crashed in Belle Harbor, Queens, New York City after takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport. (2001 12 November)
Avianca Flight 52 - Crashed at Cove Neck, Long Island, after running out of fuel. (1990 25 January)
Eastern Air Lines Flight 66 - Crashed after striking the runway lights at Kennedy airport. (1975 24 June)
Eastern Air Lines Flight 512 - Crashed during go-round after failing to land at Idlewild Airport in the fog. (1962 30 November)
Eastern Air Lines Flight 663 - Crashes at Jones Beach State Park after takeoff from Kennedy airport when forced to evade inbound PanAm Flight 212. (1965 8 February)
Northeast Airlines Flight 823 - Crashed on Rikers Island, New York City, during takeoff from LaGuardia Airport. (1957 1 February)
TWA Flight 266 (inbound to Idlewild Airport) and United Airlines Flight 826 (inbound to LaGuardia Airport) - Collided over Miller Field, Staten Island, New York City. The TWA aircraft crashed at the site while the United aircraft continued flying for 8 miles until it crashed in the Park Slope section of Brooklyn. (December 16, 1960)
American Airlines Flight 11 - Hijacked after takeoff from Boston, crashed in Manhattan, New York City (WTC North Tower) (September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks)
United Airlines Flight 175 - Hijacked after takeoff from Boston, crashed in Manhattan, New York City (WTC South Tower) (September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks)
USAir Flight 405 - Crashed during takeoff from LaGuardia Airport. (1992 22 March)

North Carolina

Oregon

United Airlines Flight 173 - DC-8 ran out of fuel and crashed attempting to land, 10 died of 189 aboard, near Portland. (1978, 28 December)
West Coast Airlines Flight 956 crashes with eighteen fatal injuries and no survivors 5.5 miles (8.9 km) south of Wemme, Oregon, marking the first loss of a Douglas DC-9. (1966, 1 October)

Pennsylvania

TWA Flight 513 - Training flight crash near Reading on July 11, 1946, grounded the Consellation fleet for 30 days
United Airlines Flight 93 - Hijacked after takeoff from Newark, New Jersey, crashed in Somerset County (September 11 Terrorist Attacks)
USAir Flight 427 - Nosedived into the ground near Pittsburgh on September 8, 1994.

Puerto Rico

American Eagle Flight 5401 - Crashed while landing in San Juan
Prinair Flight 191 - Crashed upon landing in Ponce. Pilot error was responsible.

Texas

Delta Air Lines Flight 191 - Crashed upon landing in Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport near Dallas
Delta Air Lines Flight 1141 - Crashed after takeoff from Dallas-Fort Worth Airport near Dallas
Continental Express Flight 2574 - Crashed on descent in Eagle Lake, Texas, near Houston, September 11, 1991

Virginia

American Airlines Flight 77 - Hijacked after takeoff from Dulles, crashed in Arlington County (The Pentagon) (11 September 2001 Terrorist Attacks)
TWA Flight 514 - crashed into Mount Weather during descent to Dulles International, (December 1, 1974)

U.S. Virgin Islands

American Airlines Flight 625 crashed in the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Pacific Ocean

AeroPeru Flight 603 - Off the coast of Peru
Alaska Airlines Flight 261 - Off the coast of Oxnard, California
Aloha Airlines Flight 243 - Passenger roof blew off while the aircraft was flying an inter-island flight in Hawaii. The plane landed safely at Kahului Airport.
China Airlines Flight 006 - Plunged 30,000 feet while 350 miles northwest of San Francisco
Flying Tigers Line Flight 739 - mid-ocean
United Airlines Flight 811 - explosive decompression caused by malfunctioning cargo door off the coast of Honolulu

Philippine Sea

Philippine Airlines Flight 434 - bomb exploded on board over Minami Daito Island, near Okinawa, Japan

Red Sea

Flash Airlines Flight 604 - Crashed off Sharm el-Shaikh, Sinai Peninsula, Egypt

Sea of Okhotsk

Korean Air Flight 7 - Shot down over Soviet airspace

South America

Argentina

LAPA Flight 3142 - Crashed at Aeroparque Jorge Newbery, Buenos Aires

Brazil

Vasp Flight 168 - Crashed into the Aratanha mountains in Ceará, northeast Brazil.
Varig Flight 254 - Crashed into a jungle near Sao Jose do Xingu into the Cachimbo mountains, central-west Brazil
Tam Flight 402 - Crashed near the airport of Congonhas in São Paulo, southeast Brazil during the take-off.
Gol Flight 1907 - Crashed into a jungle near Sao Jose do Xingu into the Cachimbo mountains, central-west Brazil after a collision.
Rico Flight 4823 - Crashed near the city of Manaus, north Brazil.
TAM Flight 3054 - Crashed near the airport of Congonhas in São Paulo, southeast Brazil during the landing.

Chile

British South American Airways Avro Lancastrian Star Dust G-AGWH crashed in the Andes (the "STENDEC" incident)

Colombia

American Airlines Flight 965 - Crashed into a mountain in Colombia.
Avianca Flight 410 - Crashed in Santander, Colombia.

Ecuador

Cubana Flight 389 - Crashed just north of Mariscal Sucre International Airport in Quito, killing 70 of its 91 occupants and 10 people on the ground. [8]

Peru

TANS Peru Flight 204, a Boeing 737-200 passenger plane which crashed during a storm in the Peruvian jungle, killing at least 40 people of the approximately 100 on board.
LANSA Flight 508 on a flight from Lima to Pucallpa, Peru, breaks apart in mid-air after being set aflame by lightning. It crashes in the Amazonian Rainforest. 91 people die; the sole survivor is Juliane Koepcke, a 17-year old girl who survives a fall from 2 miles and 10-day walk through the jungle before being found by hunters. Her mother, famous ornithologist Maria Koepcke, dies; director Werner Herzog had narrowly missed being on the same flight.

Surinam

Surinam Airways Flight 764 - Crashed at Zanderij airport, Surinam.

Venezuela

West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 in western Venezuela; 160 killed, no survivors.
Cubana Flight 3010: Russian-built Yak-42 crashed near Valencia, Venezuela and killed 22. The crash took the number of Cubana disasters from 1970 to 2000 to eight; one of them (see above) was the result of sabotage [9]. [10].
Cubana Ilyushin 18 Venezuela 28 March 2005 [11]