This list of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft includes notable events that have a corresponding Wikipedia article. Entries in this list involve passenger or cargo aircraft that are operating commercially and meet this list's size criteria—passenger aircraft with a seating capacity of at least 10 passengers, or commercial cargo aircraft of at least 20,000 lb (9,100 kg). The list is grouped by the year in which the accident or incident occurred.

1910s and 1920s

1919

• July 21 – The Goodyear dirigible Wingfoot Air Express caught fire and crashed into the Illinois Trust and Savings Building in Chicago, Illinois, while carrying passengers to a local amusement park, killing thirteen people: three out of the five on board and ten others on the ground, with 27 others on the ground being injured.
• August 2 – A Caproni Ca.48 crashed at Verona, Italy, during a flight from Venice to Taliedo, Milan, killing all on board (14, 15, or 17 people, according to different sources).

1920

• December 14 – A Handley Page O/400 hit a tree and crashed at Golders Green, London, after failing to gain height following takeoff, killing four out of eight on board.

1922

• March 31 – A Beijing-Han Airlines Handley Page O/7 hit trees and crashed while landing at Beijing Nanyuan Airport, killing all 14 on board in China's first fatal aviation accident.
• April 7 – In the Picardie mid-air collision, a De Havilland DH.18A, G-EAWO, operated by Daimler Hire Ltd., collided with a Farman F.60 Goliath, F-GEAD, operated by Compagnie des Grands Express Aériens (CGEA), over the Thieulloy-St. Antoine road near Picardie, France, killing all seven people on both aircraft. This is the first mid-air collision of two airliners.

1923

• January 13 – An Aeromarine 75 seaplane of Aeromarine West Indies Airways, Columbus, rapidly sank after a botched ditching in the Straits of Florida north of Havana, Cuba, leading to the deaths of four passengers out of the nine occupants in the first airliner disaster of American aviation.
• May 14 – An Air Union Farman F.60 Goliath crashed near Monsures, Somme, France, due to the structural failure of a wing, killing all six on board.
• August 27 – An Air Union Farman F.60 Goliath crashed near East Malling, Kent, England, due to an engine failure, and the passengers misunderstanding given instructions, killing one of 13 on board.
• September 14 – A Daimler Airway de Havilland DH.34 crashed at Ivinghoe, Buckinghamshire, England, after stalling while attempting an emergency landing, killing all five on board.

1924

• December 24 – An Imperial Airways de Havilland DH.34 crashed near Purley, Surrey, England, due to a stall during an attempted emergency landing in response to an unknown mechanical defect. All eight on board were killed.

1926

• August 18 – An Air Union Blériot 155 crashed during a failed emergency landing attempt at College Farm in Aldington, Kent, England, after experiencing an engine failure. Two of the 15 on board were killed on impact and the pilot died of his injuries one day later.
• October 2 – An Air Union Blériot 155 crashed at Leigh, Kent, England, after the aircraft caught fire in mid-air during an attempted emergency landing at Penshurst Airfield, killing all seven on board; this was the first in-flight fire to occur on an airliner.

1927

• August 22 – A KLM Fokker F. VIII crashed near Sevenoaks, Kent, England, due to a structural failure of the tailfin, killing one of 11 on board.

1928

• July 13 – In the 1928 Imperial Airways Vickers Vulcan crash, an Imperial Airways Vickers Vulcan on a test flight from Croydon Airport, England, crashed near Purley, Surrey, 3 miles (4.8 km) from the airport resulting in the deaths of four passengers.

1929

• June 17 – An Imperial Airways Handley Page W.10 ditched in the English Channel due to an engine failure, killing seven of the 13 on board.
• September 6 – An Imperial Airways de Havilland Hercules crashed whilst landing at Jask Airport, Iran, killing three of the five occupants on board.
• November 6 – A Luft Hansa Junkers G 24 crashed near Marden Park in Godstone, Surrey, England, killing 7 of the eight occupants on board.

1930s

1930

• February 10 – An Air Union Farman F.63 Goliath crashed during an emergency landing at Marden Airfield, Marden, Kent, following failure of the right tailplane, killing two of the six on board.
• October 5 – On its maiden voyage from the United Kingdom to British India, the British civil airship R101 crashed and burned in Allonne, Oise, France, while flying at low altitude at night in a rainstorm, killing 48 out of 54 on board, the worst civil airship disaster in history.

1931

• March 21 – An Australian National Airways Avro 618 Ten, Southern Cloud, disappeared in severe weather on a flight from Sydney to Melbourne, killing all eight on board in Australia's first significant airline disaster; the crash site in the Snowy Mountains remains undiscovered until 1958.
• March 31 – A Transcontinental & Western Air Fokker F-10 Trimotor crashed near Bazaar, Kansas, after a wing breaks off in flight, killing all eight aboard, including University of Notre Dame football coach Knute Rockne.

1933

• March 28 – The 1933 Imperial Airways Diksmuide crash: An Armstrong Whitworth Argosy II caught fire in mid-air and crashed near Diksmuide, Belgium in the first suspected case of air sabotage; all 15 on board are killed.
• October 10 – United Air Lines Trip 23, a Boeing 247, exploded in mid-air over Chesterton, Indiana, United States, in the first proven case of air sabotage on a commercial aircraft; all seven on board are killed.
• December 30 – In the 1933 Imperial Airways Ruysselede crash in Belgium, an Avro Ten struck a radio mast, killing all 10 on board.

1934

• February 23 – A United Air Lines Boeing 247 crashed into a Utah canyon in bad weather, killing all eight on board.
• May 9 – An Air France Wibault 282T crashed into the English Channel off Dungeness, Kent, killing all six on board.
• July 27 – A Swissair Curtiss T-32 Condor II crashed near Tuttlingen, Germany, after a wing separates in a thunderstorm, killing all 12 passengers and crew on board.
• October 2 – A Hillman's Airways de Havilland Dragon Rapide crashed into the English Channel off Folkestone, Kent, due to pilot error, killing all seven on board.

1935

• May 6 – TWA Flight 6, a Douglas DC-2 operating a multi-leg flight from Los Angeles, California, to Newark, New Jersey, United States, crashed on farmland near Atlanta, Macon, or Kirksville, Missouri, due to poor visibility and depleted fuel; five of the 13 on board are killed, including Senator Bronson M. Cutting.
• October 7 – United Air Lines Trip 4, a Boeing 247D flying from Salt Lake City, Utah, to Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States, crashed near Silver Crown, Wyoming, due to pilot error; all 12 people on board die.
• December 10 – A SABENA Savoia-Marchetti S.73 crashed near Tatsfield, Surrey, England, due to pilot error, while en route from Brussels Airport, Belgium, to Croydon Airport in South London; all 11 people on board die in the accident.

1936

• January 14 – American Airlines Flight 1, a Douglas DC-2, crashed into a swamp near Goodwin, Arkansas for reasons unknown, killing all 17 passengers and crew on board.
• April 7 – TWA Flight 1, a Douglas DC-2, crashed near Uniontown, Pennsylvania, United States, due to pilot error, killing 12 of the 14 passengers and crew aboard.
• June 16 – In the Havørn Accident, a Norwegian Air Lines Junkers Ju 52 crashed into Lihesten mountain in Hyllestad, Norway, killing all seven on board.
• August 5 – Chicago and Southern Flight 4, a Lockheed Model 10 Electra, crashed after takeoff due to pilot error, killing all eight on board.
• December 9 – A KLM Douglas DC-2 crashed on takeoff from Croydon Airport, England; 15 of 17 on board die.
• December 27 – United Airlines Trip 34, a Boeing 247, crashed at Rice Canyon (near Newhall, California, United States) due to pilot error, killing all 12 on board.

1937

• January 12 – Western Air Express Flight 7, a Boeing 247, crashed into a mountain near Newhall, California, United States. Five of the 13 people aboard die, including famed adventurer, author and filmmaker, Martin Johnson.
• February 19 – An Airlines of Australia Stinson Model A suffers a controlled flight into terrain in Queensland, killing four of the seven people on board.
• March 25 – TWA Flight 15A, a Douglas DC-2, crashes in Clifton, Pennsylvania due to ice accumulation. All 13 passengers and crew are killed.
• May 6 – The Zeppelin Hindenburg burst into flames and crashed while attempting a landing at Naval Air Engineering Station, Lakehurst, New Jersey, United States; of the 97 people on board, 35 are killed; one person on the ground also dies.
• November 16 – The 1937 Sabena Junkers Ju 52 Ostend crash killed all 11 on board, including the Grand Duke Georg Donatus and Grand Duchess Cecilie of Hesse.

1938

• January 10 – Northwest Airlines Flight 2, a Lockheed L14H Super Electra, crashed near Bozeman, Montana, United States, killing all 10 on board; the machine with which the manufacturer measured component vibration is found to be inaccurate, causing the aircraft to be more prone to flutter than anticipated.
• January 11 – Pan American World Airways Flight 1, a Sikorsky S-42 flying boat named the Samoan Clipper, exploded in mid-air over Pago Pago, American Samoa, killing all seven on board.
• March 1 – TWA Flight 8, a Douglas DC-2, disappeared on a flight from San Francisco to Winslow, Arizona; the aircraft is found three months later on a mountain in Yosemite National Park; all nine on board die.
• July 28 – Pan American World Airways Flight 229, a Martin M-130 flying boat named the Hawaii Clipper, disappeared over the Pacific Ocean westbound from Guam to Manila with 15 on board.
• October 25 – Kyeema, an Australian National Airways Douglas DC-2, crashed in heavy fog into Mount Dandenong in Victoria, Australia, killing all 18 people on board.
• November 4 – In the 1938 Jersey Airport disaster, a Jersey Airways de Havilland DH.86 crashed on take-off from Jersey Airport due to pilot error; all 13 passengers and crew lose their lives as well as one person on the ground.

1939

• January 13 – Northwest Airlines Flight 1, a Lockheed L14H Super Electra, crashed on descent to Miles City, Montana, United States, after an intense fire breaks out in the cockpit due to a fuel leak from the aircraft's cross-feed fuel valve; all four on board are killed.
• January 21 – An Imperial Airways flying boat ditched in the North Atlantic, 285 miles (459 km) southeast of New York, due to loss of power; the aircraft later sinks and three of the 12 on board die.
• August 13 – A Pan Am Sikorsky S-43 crashed into Guanabara Bay, Brazil, due to loss of control following engine failure, killing 12 of the 14 on board.

1940s

1940

• June 14 – In the Kaleva shootdown, Aero Flight 1631, an Aero Junkers Ju 52 en route from Tallinn, Estonia, to Helsinki, Finland, was shot down by two Soviet bombers over the Gulf of Finland during peacetime; all nine on board were killed.
• August 31 – In the Lovettsville air disaster, Pennsylvania Central Airlines Trip 19, a Douglas DC-3A, crashed at Lovettsville, Virginia, United States, during an intense thunderstorm; all 25 on board die.
• November 8 – A Deutsche Lufthansa Ju 90 crashed near Schönteichen in Saxony, Germany due to tail icing, killing all 29 passengers and crew on board.

1941

• February 26 – Eastern Air Lines Flight 21, a Douglas DC-3, crashed while descending to land at Atlanta, Georgia, United States, killing eight of 16 aboard; World War I hero and Eastern Air Lines president Eddie Rickenbacker is among the survivors.
• October 30 – American Airlines Flight 1, a Douglas DC-3, stalled and crashed at Lawrence Station, Ontario, Canada while attempting to find a place to land, killing all 20 on board; the cause of the crash is never determined.
• October 30 – Northwest Airlines Flight 5, a Douglas DC-3, crashed at Moorhead, Minnesota in fog due to icing; of the 15 on board, only the pilot survived.

1942

• January 16 – TWA Flight 3, a Douglas DC-3 returning to California crashed into Potosi Mountain 30 miles (48 km) southwest of Las Vegas, Nevada, United States; all 22 aboard are killed, including actress Carole Lombard and her mother.
• January 30 – Qantas Short Empire G-AEUH was shot down by seven Japanese fighters and crashed 13 nautical miles (24 km) from East Timor; 13 of 18 on board are killed.
• March 3 – KNILM Douglas DC-3 PK-AFV was shot down by three Japanese fighters and crashed 50 miles (80 km) north of Broome, Western Australia, killing four of 12 on board.
• October 23 – American Airlines Flight 28, a Douglas DC-3, crashed near Palm Springs, California, United States, after colliding with a U.S. Army Air Corps Lockheed B-34 bomber; the DC-3 crashed, killing all 12 on board while the bomber landed safely with minor damage.

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• January 21 – Pan Am Flight 1104, a Martin M-130 named the Philippine Clipper, crashed into a mountain near Boonville, California, United States, due to pilot error; all 19 occupants are killed, including Rear Admiral Robert H. English, the serving submarine commander of the US Pacific Fleet.
• June 1 – BOAC Flight 777, a Douglas DC-3 flying from Lisbon in Portugal, to Bristol, England, was shot down by Luftwaffe fighter aircraft over the Bay of Biscay, killing all 17 people on board, including film actor Leslie Howard.
• July 28 – American Airlines Flight 63, a Douglas DC-3 named the Flagship Ohio, crashed near Trammel, Kentucky, United States, after the crew lost control in severe turbulence and violent downdrafts; 20 of the 22 people on board are killed.
• October 15 – American Airlines Flight 63, a Douglas DC-3 named the Flagship Missouri, crashed near Centerville, Tennessee, United States due to wing and propeller icing; all eight passengers and three crew members are killed.

1944edit

• February 10 – American Airlines Flight 2, a Douglas DC-3, crashed into the Mississippi River between Arkansas and Tennessee, United States for reasons unknown, killing all 24 occupants (21 passengers and three crew members).
• June 20 – TWA Flight 277, a Douglas C-54 Skymaster, crashed into Fort Mountain, Maine, United States, in severe weather, killing all seven passengers and crew on board.

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• January 8 – The China Clipper, a Pan Am Martin M-130 flying boat operating an airmail service from Miami, Florida, United States, to Leopoldville in the Belgian Congo, crashed at Port of Spain, Trinidad, killing all 25 people on board.
• January 10 – American Airlines Flight 6001, a Douglas DC-3-277B crashed into a hillside on approach to Hollywood Burbank Airport, killing all 24 on board.
• January 31 – The Tokana, a Stinson operated by Australian National Airways, crashed near Tooborac, about 50 miles (80 km) north of Melbourne, Victoria, as the result of a fatigue crack in a wing spar; all 10 people on board are killed.
• July 12 – Eastern Air Lines Flight 45, a Douglas DC-3A, collided with a Douglas A-26 Invader over Florence, South Carolina, United States; one of the 24 on board the DC-3 and two of the three on board the A-26 die.
• October 5 – National Airlines Flight 16, a Lockheed L-18 Lodestar operating a multi-leg domestic flight in Florida, United States, overshot the runway after landing at the new municipal airport in south Lakeland, killing two of the 15 people on board.
• November 3 – The Honolulu Clipper, Boeing's 314 prototype, made a forced landing in the Pacific Ocean 650 miles (1,050 km) east of Oahu due to double engine failure; all 37 on board survive the incident; the aircraft was deliberately sunk when salvage was deemed impractical.

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• January 6 – Pennsylvania Central Airlines Flight 105, a Douglas DC-3, crashed in Birmingham, Alabama, United States, killing three of the four crew members; the flight attendant and all 16 passengers survive.
• March 10 – The 1946 Australian National Airways DC-3 crash near Hobart, Tasmania, killed all 25 on board.
• July 11 – TWA Flight 513, a Lockheed L-049 Constellation, crashed near Reading, Pennsylvania, United States, after a fire in the baggage compartment; of the six crew on board, only one survives.
• August 7 – British European Airways Flight 530, a Douglas C-47, crashed into Mistberget mountain near Eidsvoll, Norway; killing three of five crew; all 10 passengers survive.
• October 3 – An American Overseas Airlines Douglas DC-4 crashed into mountainous terrain after takeoff from Stephenville, Newfoundland, killing all 39 passengers and crew on board.
• November 14 – In the 1946 KLM Douglas DC-3 Amsterdam accident, a Douglas DC-3 crashed while attempting to land at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport in the Netherlands; all 26 passengers and crew on board are killed.
• December 19 – In the 1946 Railway Air Services Dakota crash, a Douglas DC-3 crashed shortly after taking off from Northolt Airport, England and comes to rest on top of a house. All five occupants survive the crash without injury.
• December 28 – TWA Flight 6963, a Lockheed L-049 Constellation, crashed near Shannon Airport due to an inaccurate altimeter caused by maintenance errors, killing nine of 23 on board.
• December 28 – American Airlines Flight 2207, a Douglas C-50, crashed near Michigan City, Indiana, United States following double engine failure caused by unexplained fuel starvation, killing both pilots; the remaining crew member and all 18 passengers survive.

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• January 11 – In the 1947 BOAC Douglas C-47 crash, a BOAC Douglas C-47A crashed into Barley Hill near Stowting, Kent, United Kingdom, due to fuel starvation, killing eight of the 16 on board.
• January 12 – Eastern Air Lines Flight 665, a Douglas C-49, crashed into high ground near Galax, Virginia, after the pilot became disorientated; of the 17 on board, only one survived.
• January 25 – In the 1947 Croydon Dakota accident, a Spencer Airways Douglas C-47A failed to get airborne at Croydon Airport, United Kingdom, and crashes into a parked ČSA aircraft; 12 of the 22 on board are killed.
• January 26 – In the 1947 KLM Douglas DC-3 Copenhagen accident, a Douglas DC-3 crashed shortly after takeoff from Kastrup Airport in Denmark, killing all 22 passengers and crew on board.
• February 15 – An Avianca Douglas DC-4 crashed into Mount El Tabalazo due to pilot error, killing all 53 passengers and crew on board.
• May 29 – In the 1947 Héðinsfjörður air crash, a Flugfélag Islands Douglas DC-3 crashed into Hestfjall on the west side of Héðinsfjörður fjord, killing all 25 on board in Iceland's deadliest air disaster.
• May 29 – United Air Lines Flight 521, a Douglas DC-4, crashed on takeoff from LaGuardia Airport, New York, United States, due to pilot error; 42 of the 48 on board die.
• May 30 – Eastern Air Lines Flight 605, a Douglas DC-4, lost control and crashed near Bainbridge, Maryland, United States, killing all 53 passengers and crew on board in the deadliest airliner crash in US history at the time.
• June 13 – Pennsylvania Central Airlines Flight 410, a Douglas DC-4, crashed into Lookout Rock, in the West Virginia Blue Ridge Mountains of the United States en route from Pittsburgh to Washington DC; all 50 passengers and crew are killed.
• June 19 – Pan Am Flight 121, a Lockheed L-049 Constellation, crashed in the Syrian desert, en route from Karachi to Istanbul, killing 14 of the 36 on board.
• August 2 – In the 1947 BSAA Star Dust accident, an Avro Lancastrian airliner disappeared over the Andes after transmitting an enigmatic coded message ("STENDEC"); the fate of the aircraft remains a mystery for more than 50 years until the crash site is finally located in 2000; it is apparent that all 11 people on board died in the accident.
• August 28 – In the Kvitbjørn disaster, a Norwegian Air Lines Short Sandringham flying boat struck a mountain near Lødingsfjellet, Norway, killing all 35 on board.
• October 24 – United Air Lines Flight 608, a Douglas DC-6, crashed near Bryce Canyon Airport, Utah, United States when a fire caused by a design flaw destroys the aircraft; all 52 on board die in the first hull loss of the DC-6.
• October 26 – Pan Am Flight 923, a Douglas DC-4, crashed into Tamgas Mountain on Annette Island, Alaska for reasons unknown, killing all 18 passengers and crew on board.
• December 27 – In the 1947 Korangi Creek crash, an Air India Douglas C-48 crashed shortly after takeoff, killing all 23 on board.

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• January 28 – In the 1948 Los Gatos DC-3 crash, an Airline Transport Carriers Douglas DC-3 crashed in the Diablo Range, California, after an engine fire; all 32 passengers and crew are killed.
• January 30 – In the BSAA Star Tiger disappearance, an Avro Tudor IV disappeared without a trace en route from the Azores to Bermuda with 31 on board; the loss of the aircraft remains an unsolved mystery to this day, with the resulting speculation contributing to the Bermuda Triangle legend.
• March 2 – In the 1948 Heathrow disaster, a Sabena DC-3 crashed at Heathrow Airport in poor visibility due to pilot error, killing 20 of 22 on board.
• March 12 – Northwest Airlines Flight 4422, a Douglas C-54 Skymaster, crashed into Mount Sanford in the Alaska Territory (now Alaska), killing all 30 on board; although found, the wreckage was initially inaccessible and was not rediscovered until 1999 after being buried for more than 50 years.
• April 5 – In the 1948 Gatow air disaster, a British European Airways Vickers VC.1 Viking crashed near RAF Gatow, Berlin, following a collision with a Soviet Air Force Yakovlev Yak-3 fighter; all 14 people on board the Viking were killed, as well as the Soviet pilot.
• April 15 – Pan Am Flight 1-10, a Lockheed Constellation, crashed while on approach to Shannon Airport, Ireland; of the 31 people on board, only one survived.
• April 21 – British European Airways Flight S200P, a Vickers VC.1 Viking, crashed into Irish Law Mountain in Scotland due to pilot error; all on board survive.
• May 12 – In the 1948 Sabena Douglas DC-4 crash, a Douglas DC-4 crashed near Libenge, Belgian Congo (now Democratic Republic of the Congo) after flying into a tornado, killing 31 of 32 on board.
• June 17 – United Air Lines Flight 624, a Douglas DC-6, crashed near Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, after failed attempts to extinguish what was believed to have been an onboard fire; all 39 passengers and four crew were killed.
• July 4 – The 1948 Northwood mid-air collision, between a Scandinavian Airlines System-operated Douglas DC-6 and an RAF Avro York, killed all 39 passengers and crew on board both aircraft.
• July 17 – Miss Macao, a Catalina seaplane en route from Macau to Hong Kong in southern China, was hijacked over the Pearl River delta by a group attempting to rob the passengers; following a struggle in the cockpit, a crash killed all but one of the 26 people on board (the sole survivor is later identified as the lead hijacker); this is the earliest known airliner hijacking.
• August 1 – Air France Flight 072, a Latécoère 631, disappeared over the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all 52 people on board. This was the worst aviation accident in the Atlantic Ocean at the time and remains the worst ever involving the Latécoère 631.
• August 29 – Northwest Airlines Flight 421, a Martin 2-0-2, crashed near Winona, Minnesota, due to structural failure of a wing, killing all 37 on board in the worst ever accident involving the Martin 2-0-2. This crash is also the first loss of a 2-0-2.
• September 2 – In the 1948 Lutana crash, Australian National Airways Flight 331, a Douglas DC-3, crashed into high terrain near Nundle, New South Wales, killing all 13 people on board.
• October 2 – In the Bukken Bruse disaster, a Norwegian Air Lines Short Sandringham flying boat crashes upon landing in Trondheim, Norway, killing 19 of the 43 people on board; Bertrand Russell is among the 24 survivors.
• October 12 – An Aeroflot Ilyushin Il-12 disappeared over the Caucasus Mountains near Yevlakh, Azerbaijan with ten on board.
• October 20 – In the 1948 KLM Constellation air disaster, a Lockheed Constellation named Nijmegen, flying from Schiphol Airport, Netherlands, to New York City, United States, crashed near Prestwick, Scotland, killing all 40 on board.
• December 28 – In the 1948 Airborne Transport DC-3 (DST) disappearance, a Douglas DC-3 flying from San Juan, Puerto Rico to Miami, Florida, disappeared without a trace off the coast of Florida with 32 on board.

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• January 17 – In the BSAA Star Ariel disappearance, an Avro Tudor IV disappeared without a trace en route from Bermuda to Jamaica with 20 on board; the loss of the aircraft remains an unsolved mystery to this day, with the resulting speculation contributing to the Bermuda Triangle legend.
• February 19 – A British European Airways Douglas Dakota collided with a RAF Avro Anson over Exhall, Warwickshire, killing all 14 on board both aircraft.
• March 10 – A Queensland Airlines Lockheed Lodestar crashed on takeoff from Coolangatta airstrip, killing all 21 on board.
• May 4 – In the Superga air disaster, an Italian Airlines Fiat G.212 CP carrying the Torino football team crashed into the Superga hills near Turin, killing all 31 on board.
• June 7 – In the 1949 Strato-Freight Curtiss C-46A crash, a Curtiss Wright C-46A-50 Modified D, crashed into the Atlantic Ocean shortly after takeoff from San Juan, Puerto Rico. Of the 81 passengers and crew on board, 53 are killed.
• July 2 – A MacRobertson Miller Airlines Douglas DC-3 crashed on takeoff from Perth, Western Australia, killing all 18 on board.
• July 12 – Standard Air Lines Flight 897R, a Curtiss C-46, crashed at Chatsworth, California, due to pilot error, killing 35 of 48 on board.
• August 19 – A British European Airways Douglas DC-3 crashed into a hillside near Oldham, United Kingdom; of the 32 on board, only eight survive.
• September 9 – Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 108, a Douglas DC-3, exploded over Cap Tourmente near Sault-au-Cochon, Quebec, due to a bomb planted by Albert Guay; all four crew members and 19 passengers on board are killed.
• September 26 – A Mexicana de Aviacion DC-3 crashed into Popocatepetl volcano, killing all 23 on board.
• October 28 – Air France Flight 009, a Lockheed Constellation crashed into a mountain on São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal, killing all 48 people on board, including boxer Marcel Cerdan and violinist Ginette Neveu.
• November 1 – Eastern Air Lines Flight 537, a Douglas DC-4 on approach to Washington National Airport, collided with a Lockheed P-38; all 55 people on board the DC-4 die, including Congressman George J. Bates, New Yorker cartoonist Helen E. Hokinson, and former Congressman Michael J. Kennedy; the pilot and sole occupant of the P-38 is seriously injured.
• November 20 – In the Hurum air disaster, an Aero Holland Douglas DC-3 crashed near Hurum, Norway, killing 34 of the 35 on board, including 25 children.
• November 29 – American Airlines Flight 157, a Douglas DC-6 en route from New York City to Mexico City with 46 passengers and crew, veered off the runway and strikes buildings after the flight crew lost control on final approach to Dallas Love Field; 26 passengers and two flight attendants die.
• December 18 – A Sabena Douglas DC-3 crashed after suffering a structural failure of a wing, killing all eight on board.

1950sedit

1950edit

• January 5 – In the 1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash, a Lisunov Li-2 crashed near Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg), Soviet Union, killing all 19 on board.
• March 7 – Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 307, a Martin 2-0-2, crashed near Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport after hitting a flagpole during approach, killing all 13 on board and two on the ground.
• March 12 – The Llandow air disaster: An Airflight Avro 689 Tudor V stalled and crashed on approach to Llandow Aewrodrome due to improper loading, resulting in a center of gravity exceeding the aft limit; 80 out of the 83 people on board die, at the time the worst air disaster in history.
• 1950 Air France multiple Douglas DC-4 accidents:
  • June 12 – An Air France Douglas DC-4 (F-BBDE) on a flight from Saigon to Paris crashed in the Arabian Sea while on approach to Bahrain Airport, killing 46 of 52 on board.
  • June 14 – An Air France Douglas DC-4, F-BBDM, crashed in the Arabian Sea while on approach to Bahrain Airport, killing 40 of 53 on board. This aircraft was operating on the same flight route as F-BBDE.
• June 24 – Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 2501, a Douglas DC-4, with 58 people on board, disappeared without a trace over Lake Michigan.
• June 26 – Australian National Airways Amana, a Douglas DC-4, crashed after takeoff from Perth Airport, killing all 29 people on board.
• August 31 – TWA Flight 903, a Lockheed L-749A Constellation, crashed following an engine fire in the desert about 65 miles (105 km) NNW of Cairo, Egypt; all 55 on board are killed in the worst ever accident involving the Lockheed L-749.
• October 31 – A British European Airways Vickers VC.1 Viking crashed on the runway at London Heathrow Airport in foggy weather; of the 30 on board, only a stewardess and a passenger survived.
• November 3 – Air India Flight 245, a Lockheed L-749A Constellation, crashed into Mont Blanc in France; all 40 passengers and eight crew are killed. Sixteen years later, Air India Flight 101 crashed in almost exactly the same spot.
• November 13 – In the 1950 Tête de l'Obiou C-54 crash, a Douglas C-54 Skymaster operated by Curtiss Reid Flying Services crashed 30 miles (48 km) from Grenoble, France, on the Tête de l'Obiou mountain; all 52 passengers and crew die.

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• January 14 – National Airlines Flight 83, a Douglas DC-4, crashed on landing at Philadelphia International Airport, Pennsylvania. Seven of the 28 passengers and crew were killed, one of them being heroine flight attendant Frankie Housley who died trying to save more passengers.
• March 27 – In the 1951 Ringway Dakota crash, an Air Transport Charter Douglas DC-3 crashed shortly after taking off from Manchester-Ringway Airport, England. Two of the three crew members were killed.
• April 25 – Cubana de Aviación Flight 493, a Douglas DC-4 en route from Miami to Havana, collided in mid-air with a United States Navy Beech SNB-1 Kansan off Key West; all 43 aboard both aircraft were killed.
• June 22 – Pan Am Flight 151, a Lockheed L-049 Constellation en route from Accra, Ghana to Monrovia, Liberia, crashed into a hill near Sanoye in Bong County, Liberia, 54 miles (86 km) from the airport; all 31 passengers and six crew members die.
• June 30 – United Air Lines Flight 610, a Douglas DC-6, crashed into a mountain in Larimer County, Colorado, due to a navigational error; all 45 passengers and five crew members were killed.
• July 21 – Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 3505, a Douglas DC-4, disappeared on a flight from Vancouver to Tokyo; all 37 on board are presumed dead; the aircraft has never been found.
• August 24 – United Air Lines Flight 615, a Douglas DC-6B, crashed near Decoto (now Union City, California), while on final approach to Oakland, California; all 44 passengers and six crew members die.
• November 15 – A LOT Polish Airlines Lisunov Li-2 crashed near Tuszyn shortly after takeoff due to engine failure, killing all 16 passengers and crew on board.
• December 16 – A Miami Airlines Curtiss C-46 Commando crashed at Elizabeth, New Jersey due to loss of control following an engine fire, killing all 56 passengers and crew on board.
• December 22 – A Misrair SNCASE Languedoc crashed west of Tehran in a snowstorm, killing all 20 people on board.
• December 29 – Continental Charters Flight 44-2, a Curtiss C-46, crashed into a ridge near Napoli, New York, while en route to Buffalo, New York; three crew members and 23 passengers die.

1952edit

• January 10 – An Aer Lingus C-47 crashed near Llyn Gwynant after encountering a mountain wave triggered by Snowdon, killing all 23 on board.^[1]
• January 22 – American Airlines Flight 6780, a Convair 240, crashed on approach to Newark, New Jersey, into dwellings in Elizabeth, New Jersey, killing 30 and leading to the Doolittle Commission recommendation for laws coordinating urban zoning to keep airport approach paths clear.
• February 11 – National Airlines Flight 101, a Douglas DC-6, crashed into an apartment building in Elizabeth, New Jersey, two minutes after departing Newark Airport, killing 33 people (including four residents of the building).
• March 3 – An Air France SNCASE Languedoc crashed on takeoff from Nice, France, due to jammed controls. All 38 people on board are killed.
• March 22 – KLM Flight 592, a Douglas DC-6, crashes on approach to Ciampino Airport for reasons unknown, killing 45 of 47 on board.
• April 9 – Japan Air Lines Flight 301, a Martin 2-0-2 leased from Northwest Airlines and named Mokusei, struck the side of Mount Mihara, killing all 37 on board; the cause was not determined, but a navigation error was blamed.
• April 11 – Pan Am Flight 526A, a Douglas DC-4, ditched in the Atlantic 11 miles (18 km) north of San Juan, Puerto Rico following double engine failure; 52 of 69 on board die.
• April 28 – Pan Am Flight 202, a Boeing 377 Stratocruiser, broke up in mid-air and crashed after a possible engine separation in a remote area of Brazil on its way from Buenos Aires, Argentina, to New York City via Rio de Janeiro; all 50 on board are killed in the deadliest accident involving the Boeing 377.
• June 28 – American Airlines Flight 910, a Douglas DC-6 carrying 55 passengers and five crew collided with a Temco Swift private plane on final approach to Dallas Love Field; the Swift crashed, killing both occupants while the DC-6 landed safely with no injuries to the passengers or crew.
• August 12 – A Transportes Aéreos Nacional Douglas C-47A crashes on a domestic flight in Brazil following an in-flight fire; all 24 on board die.
• December 6 – A Cubana de Aviación Douglas DC-4 stalled and crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off Bermuda shortly after takeoff from Kindley Air Force Base for reasons unknown, killing 37 of 41 on board.

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• January 5 – In the 1953 Nutts Corner BEA Vickers Viking accident, a Vickers Viking operated by British European Airways crashed on approach to Belfast-Nutts Corner Airport, killing 27 of the 31 on board.
• January 7 – Associated Air Transport Trip 1-6-6A, a Curtiss C-46F Commando, crashed into a ravine due to wing icing and severe turbulence, killing all 40 passengers and crew.
• February 2 – In the 1953 Skyways Avro York disappearance, a plane with 39 on board disappeared over the North Atlantic.
• February 14 – National Airlines Flight 470, a Douglas DC-6 en route from Tampa, Florida to New Orleans, Louisiana broke up in mid-air and crashed into the Gulf of Mexico after encountering severe turbulence, killing all 46 on board.
• May 2 – BOAC Flight 783, a de Havilland Comet, broke up in mid-air and crashed near Calcutta, India after flying into a thunderstorm; all 43 on board die.
• July 12 – Transocean Air Lines Flight 512, a Douglas DC-6A, crashed in the Pacific Ocean while en route from Wake Island to Honolulu, Hawaii for reasons unknown, killing all 58 on board.
• August 3 – Air France Flight 152, a Lockheed L-749A Constellation ditched in the Mediterranean Sea while en route from Rome to Beirut following engine separation. Four elderly passengers drowned.
• September 1 – Air France Flight 178, a Lockheed L-749 Constellation, crashed into Mont Le Cimet in southern France; all 42 on board are killed.
• September 16 – American Airlines Flight 723, a Convair 240, crashed while on approach to Albany Airport; all 28 passengers and crew die.
• October 14 – A Sabena Convair 240 lost control and crashed shortly after takeoff from Frankfurt Airport following double engine failure, killing all 44 on board.
• October 29 – BCPA Flight 304, a Douglas DC-6B, crashed into King's Mountain, southeast of Half Moon Bay, California, on approach to San Francisco International Airport, killing all 19 on board, including American pianist William Kapell.

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• January 10 – BOAC Flight 781, a de Havilland Comet flying from Rome to London on the last leg of a flight from Singapore, broke up in mid-air due to metal fatigue in the fuselage and crashed in the Mediterranean Sea off Elba, killing all 35 on board.
• March 13 – A BOAC Lockheed L-749A Constellation crashed as it attempts to land at Kallang Airport, Singapore; of the 40 passengers and crew on board, 33 are killed.
• April 8 – South African Airways Flight 201, a de Havilland Comet flying from Rome to Cairo bound for Johannesburg, broke up in mid-air and crashed in the Mediterranean between Naples and Stromboli, killing all 21 on board; as in BOAC Flight 781, the cause is metal fatigue at stress risers at the corners of the square windows in the aluminum skin.
• April 8 – Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 9, a Canadair C-4 North Star, collided with a RCAF Harvard over Moose Jaw, Canada, killing all 37 on both aircraft.
• June 19 – In the 1954 Swissair Convair CV-240 crash, a Convair 240 ditched in the English Channel after running out of fuel. All survive the ditching, but three of the passengers drown due to a lack of lifejackets.
• July 23 – The 1954 Cathay Pacific Douglas DC-4 shootdown: a Cathay Pacific Douglas DC-4 was shot down by two PLAAF La-7 fighters and crashed off Hainan Island, killing 10 of 19 on board.
• August 23 – KLM Flight 608, a Douglas DC-6, crashed into the North Sea for reasons unknown, killing all 21 on board.
• September 5 – KLM Flight 633, a Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation, ditched after takeoff from Shannon Airport in Ireland after the landing gear extended, killing 28 of 56 on board.
• September 27 – Aeroflot Flight 10, an Ilyushin Il-12, struck trees and crashed near Severny Airport, killing all 29 on board.
• December 25 – In the 1954 Prestwick air disaster a British Overseas Airways Corporation Boeing 377 Stratocruiser crashed on landing at Prestwick Airport, Scotland due to pilot error, killing 28 of the 36 on board.

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• January 12 – TWA Flight 694, a Martin 2-0-2, collided with a privately owned Douglas DC-3 over Cincinnati, Ohio, killing all 15 on board both aircraft.
• January 13 – Aeroflot Flight 31, a Lisunov Li-2, crashed on takeoff from Bykovo Airport due to engine failure caused by sabotage, killing the five crew.
• February 13 – Sabena Flight 503, a Douglas DC-6B, crashed into Monte Terminillo, Italy in poor weather, killing all 29 on board.
• February 19 – TWA Flight 260, a Martin 4-0-4, crashed into the Sandia Mountains near Albuquerque, New Mexico following an unexplained deviation from the flight route, killing all 16 on board.
• March 20 – American Airlines Flight 711, a Convair 240, crashed into a field on approach to Springfield-Branson Regional Airport, Missouri due to pilot error, killing 13 of 35 on board.
• March 26 – Pan Am Flight 845/26, a Boeing 377 Stratocruiser, ditched in the Pacific Ocean off the Oregon coast following engine separation, killing four of the 23 on board.
• April 4 – A United Air Lines Douglas DC-6 crashes after takeoff from Long Island MacArthur Airport during a training flight due to pilot error, killing all three on board.
• April 11 – Air India Flight 300, a Lockheed L-749 Constellation named Kashmir Princess, crashed off the Natuna Islands following a bomb explosion; 16 people are killed and three survive.
• July 27 – El Al Flight 402, a Lockheed L-049 Constellation, inadvertently strayed over Bulgarian territory on its way from Vienna to Tel Aviv and was shot down by two Bulgarian fighter aircraft, killing all 58 on board.
• October 6 – United Air Lines Flight 409, a Douglas DC-4, crashed into Medicine Bow Peak near Centennial, Wyoming, killing all 66 on board.
• November 1 – United Air Lines Flight 629, a Douglas DC-6B, was bombed by Jack Gilbert Graham over Longmont, Colorado; all 44 on board are killed.

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• February 18 – In the Żurrieq Scottish Airlines crash, a Scottish Airlines Avro York crashed near Żurrieq, Malta due to pilot error, killing all 50 on board.
• April 1 – TWA Flight 400, a Martin 4-0-4, crashed on takeoff at Greater Pittsburgh International Airport, killing 22 of the 36 on board; 14 survive.
• April 2 – Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 2, a Boeing 377 Stratocruiser, ditched into Puget Sound after takeoff from Seattle–Tacoma International Airport after the cowl flaps are incorrectly set for takeoff; four passengers and a flight attendant die.
• June 20 – Linea Aeropostal Flight 253, a Lockheed L-1049 Constellation, crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off Asbury Park, New Jersey. All 74 passengers and crew on board are killed.
• June 24 – In the 1956 Kano Airport BOAC Argonaut crash, a Canadair C-4 Argonaut crashed shortly after taking off from Kano Airport, Nigeria, into a thunderstorm, killing 32 of the 38 passengers and three of the seven crew.
• June 30 – The 1956 Grand Canyon mid-air collision between United Airlines Flight 718, a DC-7 and TWA Flight 2, a Lockheed Constellation, over the Grand Canyon, killed all 128 aboard both aircraft; operating under Visual Flight Rules, the planes failed to see each other and collided; the Federal Aviation Administration is created in the aftermath.
• July 9 – Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 304, a Vickers Viscount, shedded a propeller blade over Flat Rock, Michigan; the blade penetrates the passenger cabin, killing one of 35 aboard; this is the first known case of a turboprop shedding a blade in passenger service.
• October 16 – Pan Am Flight 6, a Boeing 377 Stratocruiser, ditched in the Pacific Ocean between Hawai'i and San Francisco following double engine failure; all 31 on board are rescued by a nearby United States Coast Guard ship.
• November 7 – Braathens SAFE Flight 253, a de Havilland Heron, crashed into Hummelfjell mountain near Tolga, Norway, killing two of 12 on board.
• November 27 – Linea Aeropostal Flight 253, a Lockheed L-749 Constellation, crashed on approach to Caracas International Airport, killing all 25 on board.
• December 9 – Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 810, a Canadair North Star, crashed near Hope, British Columbia, Canada, killing all 62 people on board; the wreckage is located several months later. Aboard are four members of the Canadian Football League Saskatchewan Roughriders, and former Iowa Hawkeye Outland Trophy winner Cal Jones.

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• February 1 – Northeast Airlines Flight 823, a Douglas DC-6, crashed during a snowstorm shortly after takeoff from LaGuardia Airport; 20 of the 101 occupants die.
• March 14 – British European Airways Flight 411, a Vickers Viscount, crashed while on approach to Manchester Airport, killing all 20 on board and two on the ground.
• May 1 – In the 1957 Blackbushe Viking accident, an Eagle Aviation Vickers VC.1 Viking crashed after engine failure at Blackbushe Airport; of the 35 on board, only a passenger survives.
• July 16 – KLM Flight 844, a Lockheed Super Constellation, crashed after takeoff from Biak-Mokmer Airport, Indonesia, killing 58 of 68 on board.
• August 11 – Maritime Central Airways Flight 315, a Douglas DC-4, crashed near Issoudun, Quebec after encountering turbulence in a thunderstorm, killing all 79 passengers and crew on board.
• August 17 – In the 1957 Kiev mid-air collision, two Ilyushin Il-14s collided over Kiev, Ukraine killing all nine on board both aircraft; six people on the ground also die.
• September 15 – Northeast Airlines Flight 285, a Douglas DC-3, crashed on approach to New Bedford Regional Airport following a premature descent due to pilot error, killing 12 of 24 on board.
• November 8 – Pan Am Flight 7, a Boeing 377 Stratocruiser, disappeared between San Francisco and Honolulu; small pieces of wreckage and human remains are found almost a week later by the United States Navy; all 44 on board are believed to have been killed.
• November 15 – In the 1957 Aquila Airways Solent crash, a flying boat crashed near Chessell, Isle of Wight, UK, due to engine failure, killing 45 of 58 on board.

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• February 6 – In the Munich air disaster, a British European Airways Airspeed Ambassador operating as Flight 609 crashed while attempting a take off in a snowstorm from Munich-Riem Airport, killing 23 of 44 passenger and crew members on board including eight Manchester United footballers.
• February 27 – In the Winter Hill air disaster, a Silver City Airways Bristol 170 Freighter traveling from the Isle of Man to Manchester Ringway Airport crashed into Winter Hill, Lancashire, killing 35 people and injuring seven.
• April 6 – Capital Airlines Flight 67, a Vickers 745D Viscount, crashed at Tri-City Airport (now MBS International Airport) near Freeland, Michigan, killing all 47 passengers and crew; an undiscovered ice buildup on the wing and windy conditions are possible causes.
• April 21 – United Airlines Flight 736, a Douglas DC-7, collides with a US Air Force F-100 Super Sabre fighter on a training mission near Las Vegas. All 47 aboard the airliner and both F-100 crew members are killed.
• May 20 – Capital Airlines Flight 300, a Vickers Viscount, collided with a USAF T-33, killing all 13 on board the Viscount and one of two on board the T-33; the T-33s pilot parachuted to the ground and survived.
• May 25 – An Avro York 685 cargo aircraft crashed during a forced landing after an engine catches fire en route from Karachi to Delhi, killing four of the five people on board.
• August 9 – Central African Airways Flight 890, a Vickers Viscount, crashes due to pilot error near Benina International Airport, Libya. Of the 54 on board, 36 are killed.
• August 14 – KLM Flight 607-E, a Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation (named Hugo de Groot) en route from Amsterdam to New York, crashed in the Atlantic Ocean shortly after takeoff from Shannon Airport in Ireland, killing all 99 passengers and crew, including six members of the Egyptian fencing team.
• August 15 – Aeroflot Flight 04, a Tupolev Tu-104, crashed after stalling in an updraft, killing all 64 people on board.
• August 15 – Northeast Airlines Flight 258, a Convair 240, crashed near Nantucket International Airport due to pilot error, killing 25 of 34 on board.
• September 2 – An Independent Air Travel Vickers VC.1 Viking crashed near Southall, Middlesex, killing all three crew on board and another four people on the ground.
• September 5 – Aeroflot Flight 365, an Avia 14P, was hijacked mid-air by a passenger who demanded to talk to the pilot. The aircraft landed at Jõhvi in flames after the hijacker's bomb started a fire; all 17 on board escaped the burning aircraft except the hijacker, who died when the aircraft burned out.
• October 17 – An Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-104 crashed near Kanash, Russia due to a loss of control after encountering severe turbulence, killing all 80 on board.
• October 22 – British European Airways Flight 142, a Vickers Viscount, collided with an Italian Air Force North American F-86 Sabre over Italy, all 31 on board die.
• December 4 – An Aviaco SNCASE Languedoc crashed in the Guadarrama Mountains, killing all 21 people on board.
• December 24 – A BOAC Bristol Britannia crashed near Christchurch, Dorset, England, killing nine of 12 on board.

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• January 8 – Southeast Airlines Flight 308, a Douglas DC-3A, crashed into the Holston Mountain range, Tennessee, on approach to the Tri-Cities Regional Airport, killing all 10 people on board.
• January 11 – Lufthansa Flight 502, a Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation, crashed on approach to Rio de Janeiro–Galeão International Airport, Brazil, 36 of the 39 on board are killed.
• January 16 – Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 205, a Curtiss C-46 Commando, crashed after a missed approach to Mar Del Plata Airport in Argentina, killing 51 of the 52 people on board.
• February 3 – American Airlines Flight 320, a Lockheed L-188 Super Electra, crashed into the East River, New York City, as a result of pilot error; 65 passengers and crew are killed.
• February 3 – Pan Am Flight 115, a Boeing 707 with 119 people on board experienced an unplanned emergency descent from 35,000 ft to 6,000 ft. The crew manage to regain control and make an emergency landing in Gander, Canada.
• February 17 – In the 1959 Turkish Airlines Gatwick crash, a chartered Vickers Viscount 793 carrying the Turkish prime minister and other government officials crashed in heavy fog during its final approach into London Gatwick Airport; five of the eight crew and nine of the 16 passengers die in the accident; Prime Minister Adnan Menderes is among the 10 survivors.
• April 23 – In the 1959 Air Charter Turkey crash, an Avro Super Trader IV crashed on Mount Süphan, Turkey; all 12 crew on board die.
• May 12 – Capital Airlines Flight 75, a Vickers Viscount 745D flying from New York City to Atlanta, broke up in flight over Chase, Maryland, due to loss of control in severe turbulence; all 31 on board are killed.
• June 26 – TWA Flight 891, a Lockheed Starliner, broke up in mid-air and crashed near Marnate after it was struck by lightning; all 68 passengers and crew on board are killed.
• August 15 – American Airlines Flight 514, a Boeing 707 crashed near Calverton-Peconic River Airport, New York after a loss of control. All five crew members are killed in the first crash involving a Boeing 707.
• August 19 – A Transair Douglas Dakota crashed into a mountain in Spain, killing all 32 on board.
• September 24 – TAI Flight 307, a Douglas DC-7, crashed into a pine forest on departure from Mérignac Airport, France; 54 of the 65 people on board are killed.
• September 29 – Braniff Flight 542, a Lockheed L-188 Electra, broke up in mid-air and crashed 4 miles (6.4 km) from Buffalo, Texas; all 34 on board die.
• October 30 – Piedmont Airlines Flight 349, a Douglas DC-3, crashed on Bucks Elbow Mountain near Charlottesville, Virginia, killing the crew of three and 23 of 24 passengers; the sole survivor was seriously injured; the cause is a navigational error during an Instrument Landing System approach.
• November 16 – National Airlines Flight 967, a Douglas DC-7B, exploded in mid-air for reasons unknown and crashed into the Gulf of Mexico while on a flight from Tampa, Florida, to New Orleans, Louisiana; all 40 on board die.
• November 16 – Aeroflot Flight 315, an Antonov An-10, entered a nosedive and crashed on approach to Lviv Airport due to tail icing, killing all 40 on board.
• November 21 – Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 202, a Douglas DC-4, crashed into a hillside near Beirut shortly after takeoff, killing 24 of 27 on board.
• December 1 – Allegheny Airlines Flight 371, a Martin 2-0-2 crashed on approach into Williamsport Regional Airport, Pennsylvania. Only one passenger survives out of the 26 passengers and crew on board.
• December 13 – Aeroflot Flight 120, an Ilyushin Il-14, crashed in the Baysuntau mountain range, Uzbekistan, after the pilot deviates from the flight route; all 30 on board die.

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• January 6 – National Airlines Flight 2511, a Douglas DC-6B bound from New York to Miami, exploded in mid-air and crashed near Bolivia, North Carolina following a possible bomb explosion; all 34 people on board are killed.
• January 18 – Capital Airlines Flight 20, a Vickers Viscount, en route from Washington National Airport to Norfolk International Airport crashed near Holdcroft, Virginia due to engine failure caused by icing; all 50 on board are killed.
• January 19 – Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 871, a Sud Aviation Caravelle, crashed while on approach to Esenboğa Airport, Ankara, Turkey, following an unexplained descent, killing all 42 on board in the first fatal crash of the Caravelle.
• January 21 – Avianca Flight 671, a Lockheed L-1049E Constellation, crashed on landing at Sangster International Airport, Jamaica following a heavy landing, killing two of the seven crew and 35 of 39 passengers on board in Jamaica's worst aviation accident.
• February 5 – In the 1960 Douglas DC-4 Cochabamba crash, a domestic flight from Cochabamba to La Paz, crashed shortly after take off following an apparent engine fire, killing all 59 on board; a technical defect was blamed.
• February 25 – The 1960 Rio de Janeiro mid-air collision: A United States Navy Douglas R6D-1 (DC-6A) collided with Real Transportes Aéreos Flight 753, a Douglas DC-3, over Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; of the 64 total on board both aircraft, there were only three survivors, all from the R6D-1.
• February 26 – Aeroflot Flight 315, an Antonov An-10A, crashed short of the runway at Lviv Airport due to tail icing; of the 33 on board, only a passenger survived.
• February 26 – Alitalia Flight 618, a Douglas DC-7C, crashed shortly after takeoff from Shannon Airport for reasons unknown, killing 34 of 52 on board.
• March 17 – Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 710, a Lockheed L-188 Super Electra en route from Chicago to Miami, Florida, broke up in mid-air at 15,000 feet (4,600 m) and crashed near Tell City, Indiana, killing all 63 on board.
• June 10 – Trans Australia Airlines Flight 538, a Fokker F-27, crashed into the ocean near Mackay, Queensland, Australia for reasons unknown, killing all 29 on board in Australia's worst civilian air disaster. This crash was responsible for the mandatory installation of cockpit voice recorders in airliners in Australia.
• June 10 – Aeroflot Flight 207, an Ilyushin Il-14, crashed into a mountain near Tkvarcheli, Georgia after the crew deviated from the flight route; all 31 on board die.
• July 14 – Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 1-11, a Douglas DC-7C, ditched off Polillo Island, Philippines following an engine failure and in-flight fire; one passenger was killed when the number two propeller slashed through the fuselage.
• July 15 – Ethiopian Air Lines Flight 372, a Douglas C-47 Skytrain, crashed into a mountain near Jimma, Ethiopia due to pilot error, killing one of the pilots.
• August 17 – Aeroflot Flight 36, an Ilyushin Il-18, crashed near Tarasovich, Ukraine following an engine fire, killing all 34 on board.
• August 29 – Air France Flight 343, a Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation, crashed in the Atlantic Ocean off Dakar, Senegal for reasons unknown following an aborted landing, killing all 63 on board.
• September 19 – World Airways Flight 830, a Douglas DC-6, struck Mount Barrigada, Guam due to pilot error, killing 80 of 94 on board.
• September 26 – Austrian Airlines Flight 901, a Vickers Viscount, crashed short of runway 07 at Sheremetyevo International Airport. 31 of the 37 passengers and crew on board are killed.
• October 4 – Eastern Air Lines Flight 375, a Lockheed L-188 Super Electra, crashed on takeoff from Boston's Logan International Airport into Winthrop Bay, after multiple bird strikes; 62 of 72 aboard die.
• October 29 – The Cal Poly football team plane crash: a chartered Curtiss C-46 crashed on takeoff at the Toledo Express Airport in Toledo, Ohio, with the loss of 22 people including 16 players on the California Polytechnic State University football team.
• November 23 – Philippine Air Lines Flight S26, a Douglas DC-3C, struck the slope of Mount Baco due to a possible navigation error; all 33 on board die.
• December 16 – The 1960 New York mid-air collision: United Airlines Flight 826, a Douglas DC-8, and TWA Flight 266, a Lockheed Super Constellation, collided in mid-air over Staten Island in New York; all 128 aboard the two planes and six people on the ground are killed. This is the first crash in which a flight recorder was used to provide details in a crash investigation. The accident was the deadliest aviation disaster in history at the time.
• December 22 – Philippine Airlines Flight S85, a Douglas DC-3C, crashed shortly after takeoff due to loss of control following engine failure, killing 28 of 37 on board.

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• January 3 – Aero Flight 311, a Douglas DC-3, crashed into woods near Kvevlax, Finland due to pilot error, killing all 25 on board. Both pilots were drunk.
• January 28 – American Airlines Flight 1502, a Boeing 707, crashed into the sea off Montauk Point, New York during a training flight following a loss of control. All six crew members on board are killed.
• February 3 – Garuda Indonesian Airways Flight 542, a Douglas DC-3, disappeared off Madura Island, Indonesia with 26 on board.
• February 15 – Sabena Flight 548, a Boeing 707, crashed on approach in Brussels, Belgium, killing 73, including the entire United States figure skating team: a runaway stabilizer was thought to have been the cause of the first fatal accident involving a 707 in regular passenger service.
• March 16 – Aeroflot Flight 068, a Tupolev Tu-104, crashed shortly after takeoff from Koltsovo Airport following engine failure, killing five of 51 on board; two people on the ground also die when the aircraft hits a house.
• March 28 – ČSA Flight 511, an Ilyushin Il-18, broke up and crashed at Gräfenberg, West Germany. All 52 passengers and crew on board are killed.
• April 3 – LAN-Chile Flight 621, a Douglas DC-3, crashed in the Andes for reasons unknown, killing all 24 on board including footballers and coaching staff from the CD Green Cross Chilean football team. The fuselage was found in 2015.
• May 10 – Air France Flight 406, a Lockheed Starliner, broke up in mid-air and crashed into the Sahara Desert near the Edjele oilfield in Algeria following a possible bomb explosion, killing all 78 on board.
• May 30 – Viasa Flight 897, a Douglas DC-8, crashed shortly after taking off from Lisbon Portela Airport. All 61 passengers and crew on board are killed.
• June 12 – KLM Flight 823, a Lockheed L-188 Electra, crashed while on approach to Cairo International Airport due to pilot error; 20 of 36 on board die.
• July 11 – United Airlines Flight 859, a Douglas DC-8, crashed on landing at Stapleton International Airport, killing 17 passengers and one person on the ground.
• July 12 – ČSA Flight 511, an Ilyushin Il-18, crashed at Anfa Airport, Morocco for reasons unknown, killing all 72 on board.
• July 19 – Aerolíneas Argentinas Flight 644, a Douglas DC-6, broke up and crashed 12 miles west of Pardo, Buenos Aires, Argentina after encountering severe turbulence shortly after takeoff. All 67 passengers and crew on board are killed.
• July 21 – Alaska Airlines Flight 779, a Douglas DC-6A on a military contract flight crashed short of the runway at Shemya Air Force Base, Alaska. All six crew members are killed.
• August 6 – In the 1961 Malév Hungarian Airlines Douglas C-47 Skytrain crash, a Malév Douglas C-47 crashed into an apartment building in Zugló, Budapest during a sightseeing flight due to pilot error, killing all 27 on board and three more on the ground; all in the apartment survived.
• August 9 – The Holtaheia Accident: An Eagle Airways Vickers VC.1 Viking crashed at Holta, Strand, Norway, killing all 39 on board, including 36 people from the Archbishop Lanfranc School.
• September 1 – TWA Flight 529, a Lockheed Constellation L-049 propliner, abruptly pitched up and crashed shortly after takeoff from Chicago's Midway Airport, killing all 73 passengers and five crew on board; a 5/16 inch bolt that fell out of the elevator control linkage just before the crash is blamed.
• September 11 – A President Airlines Douglas DC-6 crashed shortly after takeoff from Shannon Airport en route to Gander due to loss of control caused by possible pilot error, killing all 83 passengers and crew on board. The crash remains the worst in Irish territory.
• September 12 – Air France Flight 2005, a Sud Aviation Caravelle, crashes on approach to Rabat–Salé Airport due to misread instruments, killing all 77 on board.
• September 17 – Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 706, a Lockheed L-188 Electra, crashes on takeoff from Chicago as a result of a maintenance error causing the ailerons to become detached from the control wheels; all 37 on board die.
• September 18 – In the 1961 Ndola Transair Sweden DC-6 crash, a Douglas DC-6B carrying Dag Hammarskjöld, second Secretary-General of the United Nations, crashes near Ndola, killing all 16 on board.
• September 23 – Turkish Airlines Flight 835, a Fokker F27 Friendship crashed while on approach to Esenboğa Airport; of the 29 on board, only a passenger survived.
• October 7 – In the 1961 Derby Aviation crash, a Douglas Dakota, crashed into Canigou mountainside en route to Perpignan from London due to a navigation error, killing all 34 aboard.
• November 8 – Imperial Airlines Flight 201/8, a Lockheed Constellation L-049, crashed on landing at Byrd Field near Richmond, Virginia; all 74 passengers—mostly new US Army recruits being flown to their base for training—die of carbon monoxide asphyxiation, along with three crew members; the captain and flight engineer survive by escaping the burning wreckage.
• November 23 – Aerolíneas Argentinas Flight 322, a de Havilland Comet, crashed at Campinas, Brazil shortly after takeoff due to pilot error, killing all 52 on board.
• November 30 – Ansett-ANA Flight 325, a Vickers Viscount, crashed into Botany Bay, Australia, 9 minutes after takeoff due to in-flight breakup in a thunderstorm, killing all 15 people on board. Australia would require all airliners to have weather radar by 1963.
• December 17 – Aeroflot Flight 245, an Ilyushin Il-18, entered a nosedive and crashes near Chebotovka, Russia, after the pilot deployed the flaps by mistake, killing all 59 on board.

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• February 25 – An Avensa Fairchild F-27 crashed into San Juan mountain on Margarita Island in the Caribbean Sea, killing all 23 on board.
• March 1 – American Airlines Flight 1, a Boeing 707 destined for Los Angeles, California, United States, crashed in Jamaica Bay, Queens, New York, due to a rudder malfunction; all 95 passengers and crew on board are killed.
• March 4 – Caledonian Airways Flight 153, a Douglas DC-7 operating a non-scheduled multi-leg flight out of Luxembourg, crashed into a jungle swamp at Douala, Cameroon for reasons unknown, killing all 111 on board.
• March 8 – A Turkish Airlines Fairchild F-27 crashed into the Bolkar Mountains while on approach to Turkey's Adana Airport, killing all 11 on board.
• March 16 – Flying Tiger Line Flight 739, a Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation chartered by the United States military to transport 96 American soldiers to South Vietnam, disappears over the western Pacific.
• May 6 – A Channel Airways Douglas C-47 Dakota crashed into a hill on the Isle of Wight in bad weather, while en route from Jersey to London's Southend Airport, killing 12 of the 18 on board.
• May 12 – An Eastern Provincial Airlines Canso flying boat sunk at Godthab Harbour, Greenland, killing 15 of the 21 on board.
• May 22 – Continental Airlines Flight 11, a Boeing 707 flying from Chicago, Illinois, to Kansas City, Missouri, broke up in mid-air near Unionville, Missouri, after a passenger's bomb explodes in the lavatory, killing all 45 people on board.
• June 3 – Air France Flight 007, a chartered Boeing 707, caught fire after overshooting the runway on takeoff, killing all but two of the 130 passengers and crew on board; among the fatalities are many of the civic and cultural leaders of Atlanta, Georgia; it is the worst single-aircraft accident to that date.
• June 22 – Air France Flight 117, a Boeing 707 operating an international multi-leg flight from Paris, France, to Santiago, Chile, crashed into a forested hill on the island of Guadeloupe for reasons unknown, while approaching Pointe-à-Pitre International Airport; all 113 on board are killed.
• June 30 – Aeroflot Flight 902, a Tupolev Tu-104 operating a domestic flight in the Soviet Union, was shot down by a missile near Voznesenka, Krasnoyarsk Krai; all 84 people on board die in Russia's worst air accident to that date.
• July 7 – Alitalia Flight 771, a Douglas DC-8 operating a multi-leg flight between Sydney, Australia, and Rome, Italy, hit high terrain while descending near Junnar in India, due to navigation error; all 94 on board are killed.
• July 19 – United Arab Airlines Flight 869, a de Havilland Comet 4C operating an international scheduled flight from Hong Kong to Cairo, via Bangkok, crashed into Khao Yai mountain while descending to Bangkok; all 26 people on board lose their lives.
• July 22 – Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 301, a Bristol Britannia destined for Nadi, Fiji, crashed during an attempted "go-around" on a three-engined approach at Honolulu Airport, Hawaii, after experiencing engine problems shortly after takeoff; 27 of the 40 on board are killed.
• July 28 – Aeroflot Flight 415, an Antonov An-10 operating a domestic flight in the Soviet Union, crashed into a mountain near Sochi Airport due to ATC and crew errors; all 81 on board lose their lives.
• September 3 – Aeroflot Flight 3, a Tupolev Tu-104 operating a domestic flight in the Soviet Union, crashed near Kuruna, Nanaysky District, due to an unexplained loss of control; all 86 on board are killed.
• September 18 – Aeroflot Flight 213, an Ilyushin Il-14 operating a domestic flight in the Soviet Union, crashed near Chersky Airport, Sakha Republic, after controlled flight into terrain caused by poor weather; all 32 people on board are killed.
• November 23 – United Airlines Flight 297, a Vickers Viscount 745D operating a multi-leg flight between the US states of New Jersey and Georgia, crashed near Ellicott City, Maryland, following a bird strike; all 17 people on board lose their lives.
• November 27 – Varig Flight 810, a Boeing 707-441 flying from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to Los Angeles, California, United States, crashed into a mountain near Lima airport in Peru, killing all 97 occupants.
• November 30 – Eastern Air Lines Flight 512, a Douglas DC-7B operating a domestic flight from Charlotte, North Carolina, United States, to New York City, crashed as a result of pilot error during a missed approach at New York's Idlewild Airport; 25 of the 51 on board are killed.
• December 19 – A LOT Vickers Viscount Warsaw crashed on approach to Okecie International Airport, Warsaw, Poland, due to loss of control; all 33 passengers and crew on board lose their lives.

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• February 1 – In the Ankara mid-air collision, Middle East Airlines Flight 265, a Vickers Viscount, collided with a Turkish Air Force Douglas C-47, killing all 17 on board both aircraft and 87 on the ground.
• February 12 – Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 705, a Boeing 720, broke up in turbulence associated with a severe thunderstorm and crashed into the Everglades; all 43 passengers and crew members on board are killed.
• March 2 – Philippine Airlines Flight 984, a Douglas C-47B, crashed on the slops of Mount Boca after reported bad weather. All 27 on board died.
• March 5 – Aeroflot Flight 191, an Ilyushin Il-18, crashed on landing at Ashgabat International Airport due to a dust storm, killing 12 of 54 on board.
• April 4 – Aeroflot Flight 25, an Ilyushin Il-18, crashed in Tatarstan after suffering an engine malfunction, killing all 67 people aboard.
• June 3 – Northwest Airlines Flight 293, a Douglas DC-7C operating a military charter crashed into the sea off Annette Island, Alaska for reasons unknown. All 101 passengers and crew are killed.
• July 2 – Mohawk Airlines Flight 121, a Martin 4-0-4, crashed near Rochester, New York, while attempting takeoff, killing seven of the 43 people on board.
• July 3 – New Zealand National Airways Corporation Flight 441, a Douglas DC-3 en route from Whenuapai Airport, Auckland to Tauranga, crashed into the Kaimai Ranges; all 23 aboard die, making it the worst air disaster in mainland New Zealand to date.
• July 13 – Aeroflot Flight 12, a Tupolev Tu-104, crashed on approach to Irkutsk following a premature descent, killing 33 of 35 on board.
• July 27 – United Arab Airlines Flight 869, a de Havilland Comet 4C, crashed into the sea while on approach to Bombay Airport, India, killing all 63 on board.
• August 21 – An Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-124 ditched in the Neva river in Leningrad after engine failure; there are no fatalities among the 52 on board, but the aircraft is destroyed.
• August 24 – Aeroflot Flight 663, an Avia 14P, crashed into a mountain near Gegechkori, Georgia in bad weather after the pilot deviated from the flight route; all 32 on board die.
• September 4 – Swissair Flight 306, a Sud Aviation Caravelle, crashed near Dürrenäsch, Switzerland, due to an in-flight fire, killing all 80 on board.
• November 8 – Aero Flight 217, a Douglas DC-3, crashed in poor visibility near Mariehamn Airport, killing 22 out of 25 on board.
• November 29 – Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 831, a Douglas DC-8, crashed shortly after takeoff from Montreal/Dorval Airport, killing all 118 people on board.
• December 8 – Pan Am Flight 214, a Boeing 707, was struck by positive lightning and crashed near Elkton, Maryland, killing all 81 people on board.

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• February 25 – Eastern Air Lines Flight 304, a Douglas DC-8, crashed into Lake Pontchartrain due to loss of control following a pitch trim failure, killing all 51 passengers and seven crew aboard.
• February 29 – British Eagle International Airlines Flight 802/6, a Bristol Britannia, crashed into a mountain near Innsbruck, Austria. All 75 passengers and eight crew are killed in the crash.
• March 1 – Paradise Airlines Flight 901A, a Lockheed L-049 Constellation, struck a mountain near Lake Tahoe due to pilot error in low visibility, killing all 85 on board.
• May 7 – Pacific Air Lines Flight 773, a Fairchild F27, crashed near San Ramon, California, killing all 44 aboard, after a passenger shoots both the captain and first officer before turning the gun on himself.
• May 20 – Philippine Airlines Flight 26/25, a de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter, crashed at Sibuco Point, Philippines, killing all 11 on board.
• June 20 – Civil Air Transport Flight 106, a Curtiss C-46, crashed near Shenkang, Taiwan, due to loss of control following engine failure, killing all 57 on board.
• July 9 – United Air Lines Flight 823, a Vickers Viscount, crashed near Parrottsville, Tennessee, following an unexplained in-flight fire; all 39 passengers and crew die.
• September 2 – Aeroflot Flight 721, an Ilyushin Il-18, crashed into a hillside while on approach to Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Airport due to pilot error, killing 87 of 93 on board.
• October 2 – A UTA Douglas DC-6 crashed into Mount Alcazaba, Spain due to an unexplained deviation from the flight route, killing all 80 on board.
• November 15 – Bonanza Air Lines Flight 114, a Fairchild F-27, struck a hilltop in poor weather while on a nighttime approach to Las Vegas, Nevada, killing all 29 on board; the crash was initially thought to have been caused by the pilot misreading the approach chart, but it was later revealed that the approach chart was marked incorrectly.
• November 20 – Linjeflyg Flight 267V, a Convair 440, crashed during the approach to Engelholm, Sweden, when, in instrument meteorological conditions, the crew abandoned the set procedure and descended prematurely; 31 people are killed; 12 survive.
• November 23 – TWA Flight 800, a Boeing 707, suffered engine failure and crashed at Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport when a thrust reverser failed to deploy, killing 50 of 73 on board.
• December 24 – Flying Tiger Line Flight 282, a Lockheed Constellation, crashed near San Bruno, California, after an unexplained course deviation, killing the crew of three.

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• January 4 – Aeroflot Flight 101/X-20, an Ilyushin Il-18, crashed on approach to Alma-Ata in poor visibility, killing 64 of 103 on board.
• February 6 – LAN Chile Flight 107, a Douglas DC-6, crashed shortly after takeoff from Santiago-Los Cerrillos Airport in Santiago, Chile. All 87 passengers and crew on board are killed.
• February 8 – Eastern Air Lines Flight 663, a Douglas DC-7B on takeoff, overreacted in avoiding Pan Am Flight 212 (a Boeing 707) on approach, lost control, and crashed into the ocean several miles off Jones Beach State Park, New York, killing all 84 on board.
• March 7 – Aeroflot Flight 542, a Lisunov Li-2, crashed in the mountains in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia after the left wing failed in severe turbulence, killing all 31 on board in the deadliest accident involving the Li-2.
• March 8 – Aeroflot Flight 513, a Tupolev Tu-124V stalled and crashed after taking off from Kuibyshev Airport, Russia. 30 out of the 39 passengers and crew are killed.
• April 14 – British United Airways Flight 1030X, a Douglas C-47, crashed on landing at Jersey Airport due to pilot error; of the 27 passengers and crew on board, only a flight attendant survived.
• May 5 – Iberia Airlines Flight 401, a Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation, crashed after striking a tractor on the runway at Los Rodeos Airport, Tenerife, during a go-around in foggy weather; 30 of 49 passengers and crew die.
• May 20 – PIA Flight 705, a Boeing 720, crashed on descent to Cairo International Airport, killing 119 of 125 on board in the worst-ever accident involving the 720.
• July 1 – Continental Airlines Flight 12, a Boeing 707, ran off the end of the runway at Kansas City Downtown Airport, breaking into three pieces; all 66 on board survive.
• July 8 – Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 21, a Douglas DC-6, crashed near 100 Mile House, British Columbia, after a bomb in the lavatory exploded; all 46 passengers and six crew aboard die.
• July 10 – A Skyways Coach-Air Avro 748 crashed on landing at Lympne Airport, Kent, United Kingdom, due to a waterlogged runway; all 52 on board survive; this crash marks the first loss of the Avro 748/HS 748.
• July 20 – In the Cambrian Airways Liverpool crash, a Vickers Viscount crashed on approach into Liverpool-Speke Airport, United Kingdom. Both crew members, as well as two on the ground, are killed.
• August 16 – United Airlines Flight 389, a Boeing 727, crashed into Lake Michigan at night, after the pilots apparently misread their altimeters; all 24 passengers and six crew die in the first fatal crash of the Boeing 727.
• September 17 – Pan Am Flight 292, a Boeing 707, crashed into Chances Peak, Montserrat, in stormy weather; all 30 on board die.
• October 20 – Philippine Airlines Flight 741, a Douglas DC-3, crashed shortly after takeoff from Manila Airport due to rudder deflection caused by pilot error, killing one of 37 on board.
• November 8 – American Airlines Flight 383, a Boeing 727, crashed while on approach to Greater Cincinnati airport; of the 62 people on board, one flight attendant and three passengers survive.
• November 11 – United Air Lines Flight 227, a Boeing 727, crashed short of the runway during landing at Salt Lake City International Airport, Utah; 43 of 91 aboard are killed.
• November 11 – Aeroflot Flight 99, a Tupolev Tu-124, crashed near Murmansk, Russia, due to pilot error, killing 32 of 64 on board.
• December 4 – The 1965 Carmel mid-air collision; Eastern Air Lines Flight 853, a Lockheed Super Constellation, collided with TWA Flight 42, a Boeing 707 over Carmel, New York. Flight 42 was able to land safely at John F. Kennedy International Airport with no casualties while Flight 853 was forced to crash land on Hunt Mountain near Danbury, Connecticut, killing three passengers and one of the pilots on board.

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• January 15 – Avianca Flight 4, a Douglas C-54, suffered engine failure and crashes off Cartagena, Colombia, killing 56 of the 64 on board.
• January 24 – Air India Flight 101, a Boeing 707-437, crashed into the southwest face of Mont Blanc in France; all 106 passengers and 11 crew are killed. Sixteen years earlier Air India Flight 245 had crashed in almost exactly the same spot.
• January 28 – Lufthansa Flight 005, a Convair 440, stalled and crashed at Bremen Airport while attempting a go-around following an aborted landing; all 46 on board die.
• February 2 – Pakistan International Airlines Flight 17, a Sikorsky S-61 helicopter, crashed near Faridpur, Bangladesh, Pakistan following main gearbox failure; of the 23 on board, only a passenger survived.
• February 4 – All Nippon Airways Flight 60, a Boeing 727-100, crashed in Tokyo Bay, Japan for reasons unknown; all 133 aboard are killed in Japan's worst air disaster at that time.
• February 17 – Aeroflot Flight 065, a Tupolev Tu-114, crashed on takeoff from Sheremetyevo International Airport due to crew and ATC errors, killing 21 of 63 on board.
• March 4 – Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 402, a McDonnell Douglas DC-8-43, crashed on landing at Tokyo International Airport due to pilot error, killing 64 of 72 on board.
• March 5 – BOAC Flight 911, a Boeing 707 bound for Hong Kong, broke up in mid-air in severe turbulence and crashed at Mount Fuji near Gotenba, Japan, killing all 124 passengers and crew.
• March 18 – United Arab Airlines Flight 749, an Antonov An-24, crashed while attempting to land at Cairo International Airport. All 30 passengers and crew on board are killed.
• April 22 – American Flyers Airline Flight 280/D, a Lockheed L-188 Electra, crashed into a hill short of Ardmore Municipal Airport in Oklahoma, United States after the pilot suffers a heart attack, killing 83 of 98 on board.
• April 23 – Aeroflot Flight 2723, an Ilyushin Il-14, ditched in the Caspian Sea following unexplained engine problems; all 33 on board die.
• April 27 – LANSA Flight 501, a Lockheed L-749A Constellation, crashed into a mountain in Tomas District, Peru, killing all 49 passengers and crew on board.
• August 6 – Braniff Flight 250, a BAC One-Eleven, flew into an active squall line and broke apart in mid-air near Falls City, Nebraska. All 42 on board are killed.
• September 1 – Britannia Airways Flight 105, a Bristol Britannia, crashed on approach to Jože Pučnik Airport, Slovenia, due to an incorrectly set altimeter, killing 98 of 117 passengers and crew on board.
• September 22 – Ansett-ANA Flight 149, a Vickers Viscount, crashed near Winton, Queensland, Australia, killing all 24 people on board.
• October 1 – West Coast Airlines Flight 956, a Douglas DC-9, crashed 5.5 miles (8.9 km) south of Wemme, Oregon for reasons unknown, killing all 18 on board in the first loss of a DC-9.
• November 13 – All Nippon Airways Flight 533, a NAMC YS-11, plunged into Seto Inland Sea after an overrun at Matsuyama Airport, Shikoku, Japan, killing all 50 passengers and crew; this crash is the first loss of a YS-11.
• November 15 – Pan Am Flight 708, a Boeing 727, crashed near Berlin, Germany for reasons unknown; all three crew members are killed.
• November 24 – TABSO Flight 101, an Ilyushin Il-18B, crashed into a wooded hillside shortly after takeoff from Bratislava, Czechoslovakia due to pilot error, killing all 82 aboard.
• December 24 – A Flying Tiger Line Canadair CL-44 crashed into the village of Binh Thai, South Vietnam due to pilot error, killing all four crew and another 107 on the ground.

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• January 14 – Aeroflot Flight 5007, an Antonov An-12, crashed shortly after takeoff from Tolmachevo Airport following an in-flight fire, killing the six crew.
• February 16 – Garuda Indonesian Airways Flight 708, a Lockheed L-188 Electra, crashed on landing at Sam Ratulangi Airport, killing 22 of 84 passengers on board; all eight crew survive.
• February 28 – Philippine Airlines Flight 345, a Fokker F-27, lost control while on approach to Cebu International Airport and crashed due to improper weight distribution, killing 12 of 19 on board.
• March 5 – Lake Central Airlines Flight 527, a Convair 580, broke up in mid-air and crashed near Marseilles, Ohio due to propeller failure; all 38 on board die.
• March 5 – Varig Airlines Flight 837, a Douglas DC-8, crashed while on approach to Roberts International Airport due to pilot error, killing 51 of 90 on board as well as five on the ground.
• March 9 – TWA Flight 553, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9, collided with a Beechcraft Baron near Dayton, Ohio, killing all 26 on both aircraft.
• March 10 – West Coast Airlines Flight 720, a Fokker F27 Friendship, crashed shortly after taking off from Klamath Falls, Oregon due to icing, killing all four on board.
• March 13 – South African Airways Flight 406, a Vickers Viscount 818, crashed in the Indian Ocean off Cape Province, South Africa while on approach to East London following an unexplained loss of control, killing all 25 passengers and crew on board.
• March 30 – Delta Air Lines Flight 9877, a Douglas DC-8, stalled during a simulated two engine-out approach and crashed at New Orleans, killing all 6 people on board and 13 on the ground.
• April 11 – An Air Algérie DC-4 crashed into a mountain near Tamanrasset, Algeria, killing 35 of 39 on board.
• April 20 – The 1967 Nicosia Britannia disaster: a Globe Air-operated Bristol Britannia on a charter flight crashed near Lakatamia, Cyprus, killing 126 of 130 on board.
• June 3 – In the 1967 Air Ferry DC-4 accident, a Douglas DC-4 struck a mountain en route from Manston Airport, England to Perpignan Airport, France due to crew errors stemming from carbon monoxide poisoning, killing all 88 on board.
• June 4 – The Stockport air disaster: British Midland Flight 542, a Canadair C-4 Argonaut carrying passengers returning from Palma de Mallorca crashed near Stockport while on approach to Ringway Airport, Manchester after both right side engines failed due to a defect in the fuel system, killing 72 of 84 on board.
• June 23 – Mohawk Airlines Flight 40, a BAC One-Eleven, crashed at Blossburg, Pennsylvania due to loss of control following an in-flight fire, killing all 34 people on board.
• June 30 – Thai Airways International Flight 601, a Sud Aviation Caravelle, crashed into the sea on landing at Kai Tak Airport during a typhoon due to pilot error, killing 24 of 80 on board.
• July 6 – Philippine Airlines Flight 385, a Fokker F-27 Friendship 100, struck Mount Kanlaon in bad weather, killing all 21 on board.
• July 19 – Piedmont Airlines Flight 22, a Boeing 727 departing from Asheville, North Carolina, collided with a Cessna 310 on instrument approach to Asheville, killing all 82 on board both aircraft.
• September 5 – ČSA Flight 523, an Ilyushin Il-18D, crashed after takeoff from Gander, Canada after it failed to climb for reasons unknown, killing 37 of 69 people on board.
• October 12 – Cyprus Airways Flight 284, a de Havilland Comet, exploded in mid-air over the Mediterranean Sea after a bomb went off, killing all 66 on board.
• November 4 – Iberia Flight 062, a Sud Aviation Caravelle, struck Blackdown Hill, United Kingdom for reasons unknown, killing all 37 on board.
• November 6 – TWA Flight 159, a Boeing 707, overran the runway at Greater Cincinnati Airport and catches fire; all on board escape the aircraft, but a passenger dies four days later.
• November 16 – Aeroflot Flight 2230, an Ilyushin Il-18, crashed shortly after takeoff from Koltsovo Airport due to electrical and instrument failure following engine failure, killing all 107 passengers and crew on board.
• November 20 – TWA Flight 128, a Convair 880, crashed at Constance, Kentucky, on approach to Greater Cincinnati Airport due to pilot error, killing 70 of 82 people on board.
• December 8 – A Faucett Perú Douglas C-54 crashed into a mountain near Cordillera de Carpish, Peru, killing all 72 on board.
• December 30 – Aeroflot Flight L-51, an Antonov An-24, crashed on approach to Liepāja Airport, Latvia due to pilot error, killing 43 of 51 on board.

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• January 6 – Aeroflot Flight 1668, an Antonov An-24, crashed shortly after takeoff from Olekminsk, Russia due to an unexplained loss of control, killing all 45 on board.
• February 16 – Civil Air Transport Flight 10, a Boeing 727, crashed at Hunan village, Linkou Township, Taipei County (now Linkou District, New Taipei City) due to pilot error, killing 21 of 63 on board and one person on the ground.
• February 29 – Aeroflot Flight 15, an Ilyushin Il-18D, lost control and crashed near Parchum, Russia; of the 84 on board, only one survived.
• March 6 – Air France Flight 212, a Boeing 707, crashed into the northwestern slope of La Soufrière Mountain in Guadeloupe with the loss of all 63 lives on board.
• March 24 – Aer Lingus Flight 712, a Vickers Viscount 803, crashed off the Irish coast due to an unexplained mid-air breakup, killing all 61 on board
• March 27 – Ozark Air Lines Flight 965, a Douglas DC-9, collided with a Cessna 150 over St. Louis, Missouri; the Cessna crashed, killing both occupants while the DC-9 landed safely at Lambert Field with no casualties.
• April 8 – BOAC Flight 712, a Boeing 707, suffered an uncontained engine failure after takeoff from London Heathrow Airport; the plane makes an emergency landing at Heathrow, but five of 127 aboard die in the resultant fire.
• April 20 – South African Airways Flight 228, a Boeing 707, crashed just after takeoff from Strijdom International Airport, Windhoek, South West Africa (now Namibia), due to pilot error; of the 128 on board, only five survive.
• May 3 – Braniff Flight 352, a Lockheed L-188A Super Electra en route from Houston, Texas to Dallas, broke up in mid-air in a thunderstorm and crashed near Dawson, Texas, killing all 85 on board.
• May 22 – Los Angeles Airways Flight 841, a Sikorsky S-61L, crashed near Paramount, California due to rotor system failure, killing all 23 on board.
• May 28 – Garuda Indonesia Flight 892, a Convair 990, stalled and crashed near Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport just minutes after takeoff after all four engines failed due to misfueling, killing all 29 on board; one person on the ground also dies.
• July 1 – Seaboard World Airlines Flight 253A, a Douglas DC-8, was forced to land in the Soviet Union; on board are over 200 American troops bound for Vietnam.
• July 3 – In the 1968 BKS Air Transport Heathrow crash, an Airspeed Ambassador freight aircraft experienced metal fatigue and crashed while landing, striking two unoccupied British European Airways airliners. Six of the freighter's crew of eight are killed, as are eight racehorses being transported. All Airspeed Ambassadors were grounded until a redesign strengthened the flaps.
• July 23 – Three members of Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine hijacked El Al Flight 426 from Rome to Tel Aviv. Diverting to Algiers the negotiations extend over 40 days. Both the hijackers and the hostages go free.
• August 14 – Los Angeles Airways Flight 417, a Sikorsky S-61L prototype, crashed at Compton, California after a main rotor blade separated due to fatigue, killing all 21 on board.
• September 11 – Air France Flight 1611, a Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle, crashed near Nice, France due to loss of control following an unexplained in-flight fire, killing all 95 passengers and crew on board.
• October 25 – Northeast Airlines Flight 946, a Fairchild Hiller FH-227, crashed near Etna, New Hampshire due to pilot error, killing 32 passengers and crew.
• November 22 – Japan Airlines Flight 2, a Douglas DC-8, ditched in San Francisco Bay as a result of pilot error, all 107 on board survived.
• November 24 – Pan Am Flight 281, Four men hijacked a Pan Am flight heading from JFK International Airport to San Juan International Airport. All 208 people survived and the hijackers were arrested.
• December 2 – Wien Consolidated Airlines Flight 55, a Fairchild F-27B, crashed in Pedro Bay, Alaska after a wing separated in severe turbulence, killing all 39 on board.
• December 12 – Pan Am Flight 217, a Boeing 707, crashed near Caracas, Venezuela, as a result of pilot error; all 51 on board die.
• December 24 – Allegheny Airlines Flight 736, a Convair 580, crashed while on approach to Bradford Regional Airport, killing 20 of 47 on board
• December 27 – North Central Airlines Flight 458, a Convair 580, crashed into a hangar at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois due to pilot error and spatial disorientation, killing 27 of the 45 people on board and one person on the ground.
• December 31 – MacRobertson Miller Airlines Flight 1750, a Vickers Viscount, crashed near Port Hedland in Western Australia after much of the right wing separated due to a maintenance error, killing all 26 people on board.

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• January 5 – Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701, a Boeing 727-100C, arriving at London Gatwick Airport from Frankfurt Airport crashes into a house in dense fog, killing 48 of the 62 people aboard; a married couple living at the house also die, but their baby survives.
• January 6 – Allegheny Airlines Flight 737, a Convair CV-580, crashes while on approach to Bradford Regional Airport. 11 of the 28 passengers and crew on board are killed.
• January 13 – Scandinavian Airlines Flight 933, a Douglas DC-8, crashes into Santa Monica Bay due to pilot error, killing 15 of 45 on board.
• January 18 – United Airlines Flight 266, a Boeing 727, en route from Los Angeles to Milwaukee loses all electrical power and crashes into Santa Monica Bay; six crew and 32 passengers are killed.
• February 18 – Hawthorne Nevada Airlines Flight 708, a Douglas DC-3, crashes near Lone Pine, California, killing all 35 people on board.
• February 24 – Far Eastern Air Transport Flight 104, a Handley Page Dart Herald, suffers engine failure and crashes while on approach to Tainan Airport, Taiwan; all 36 on board die.
• March 5 – Prinair Flight 277, a de Havilland Heron, crashes into mountainous territory at Luquillo, Puerto Rico, killing all 19 people on board.
• March 16 – Viasa Flight 742, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30, crashes on takeoff from Maracaibo, Venezuela. All 84 passengers on board, plus 71 people on the ground are killed in the crash. At 155 people dead, it was the worst aviation disaster in history at that time.
• March 20 – In the 1969 Aswan Ilyushin Il-18 crash, a United Arab Airlines flight crashes while attempting to land at Aswan International Airport. 100 of the 105 passengers and crew on board are killed.
• April 2 – LOT Polish Airlines Flight 165, an Antonov An-24, crashes in southern Poland, killing all 53 people on board.
• April 28 – LAN Chile Flight 160, a Boeing 727, crashes near Colina, Chile; all 60 on board survive.
• June 4 – Mexicana Flight 704, a Boeing 727, crashes near Salinas Victoria in Mexico. All 79 passengers and crew on board are killed.
• June 23 – In the Yukhnov mid-air collision, Aeroflot Flight 831, an Ilyushin Il-14, collides in mid-air with a Soviet Air Force Antonov An-12 over Yukhnovsky District, Russia, killing all 120 people on both aircraft.
• August 29 – In the TWA Flight 840 hijacking, two operatives from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine force a Boeing 707 to land at Damascus, Syria; all passengers are released except for two passengers who are released two months later; there are no casualties to the 127 on board, but the aircraft's nose section is blown up.
• September 9 – Allegheny Airlines Flight 853, a Douglas DC-9, collides in flight with a Piper PA-28 Cherokee and crashes near Fairland, Indiana, killing all 83 occupants aboard the two aircraft.
• September 12 – Philippine Air Lines Flight 158, a BAC One-Eleven, crashes on approach to Manila International Airport, killing 45 of the 47 passengers and crew on board.
• November 19 – Mohawk Airlines Flight 411, a Fairchild 227, crashes near Glens Falls, New York, killing all 14 people on board.
• November 20 – Nigeria Airways Flight 825, a Vickers VC-10, crashes on approach to Lagos International Airport, killing all 87 passengers and crew on board.
• December 3 – Air France Flight 212, a Boeing 707-328B, crashes into the sea shortly after takeoff from Simón Bolívar International Airport with the loss of all 62 on board.
• December 8 – Olympic Airways Flight 954, a DC-6, crashes into Mt. Paneio while on approach to Athens-Ellinikon International Airport. All 90 passengers and crew on board are killed.

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• January 5 – A Spantax Convair 990 Coronado crashed shortly after takeoff from Stockholm's Arlanda Airport when the flight crew lost control of the aircraft; five of the ten people on board were killed.
• February 4 – Aerolíneas Argentinas Flight 707, a Hawker Siddeley HS 748 operating a multi-leg flight from Paraguay to Argentina, crashed near Loma Alta when the pilots lost control of the aircraft due to severe turbulence; all 37 passengers and crew are killed.
• February 6 – Aeroflot Flight U-45, an Ilyushin Il-18 operating a domestic flight in Uzbekistan, crashed into a mountain on approach to Samarkand International Airport due to ATC error; 92 of the 106 people on board the aircraft were killed.
• February 15 – A Dominicana Douglas DC-9 crashed shortly after takeoff from Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic, due to a dual-engine failure; all 102 people on board were killed.
• February 21 – Swissair Flight 330, a Convair CV-990 bound for Tel Aviv, Israel, en route to Hong Kong, crashed when a bomb detonated in the cargo hold nine minutes after takeoff from Zurich International Airport, Switzerland; all 38 passengers and nine crew were killed.
• March 17 – Eastern Air Lines Shuttle Flight 1320, a Douglas DC-9-31 flying from Newark, New Jersey, to Boston, Massachusetts, was hijacked by a suicidal man who shot both pilots before being subdued; the captain made a successful emergency landing in Boston where the hijacker was arrested; the co-pilot died from his injuries.
• March 31 – Japan Airlines Flight 351, a Boeing 727 operating a domestic flight from Tokyo to Fukuoka, was hijacked by a Japanese Red Army faction who forced the crew to proceed to North Korea after releasing 21 passengers at Fukuoka Airport; the hijackers eventually surrendered and all 129 people on board the flight were unharmed.
• April 1 – Aeroflot Flight 1661, an Antonov An-24 operating a domestic flight in Russia, crashed on climbout after departing from Novosibirsk Tolmachevo Airport, due to a collision with a weather balloon; all 45 passengers and crew were killed.
• April 21 – Philippine Airlines Flight 215, a Hawker Siddeley HS 748 operating a domestic flight from Cauayan Airport to Manila International Airport, exploded in mid-air and crashed 75 miles (121 km) north of its destination, killing all 36 on board; a bomb was most likely responsible for the crash.
• May 2 – ALM Flight 980, a Douglas DC-9 operated by Overseas National Airways, ditched into the Caribbean Sea near St. Croix, Virgin Islands, due to fuel exhaustion after several unsuccessful landing attempts at St. Maarten in the Dutch Antilles; 23 of the 63 people on board were killed.
• July 3 – Dan-Air Flight 1903, a de Havilland Comet 4 operating a flight from Manchester, England, to Barcelona, Spain, crashed near Arbúcies in Catalonia on approach to El Prat Josep Tarradellas Airport; all 112 people on board the aircraft were killed.
• July 5 – Air Canada Flight 621, a Douglas DC-8 operating a flight from Montreal, Canada, to Los Angeles, United States, crashed during a failed landing attempt at its scheduled stopover at Toronto Pearson International Airport, killing all 109 on board.
• August 9 – LANSA Flight 502, a Lockheed L-188 Electra turboprop operating a domestic flight in Peru, crashed shortly after takeoff from Cusco's Quispiquilla Airport due to engine failure, killing 99 of the 100 people on board, including 49 U.S. high school exchange students, as well as two on the ground.
• August 12 – China Airlines Flight 206, a NAMC YS-11, crashed into Yuan Mountain in thick fog during a severe thunderstorm, while on approach to Taipei International Airport; 14 of the 31 people on board lost their lives.

• September 2 – Aeroflot Flight 3630, a Tupolev Tu-124 en route from southern Russia to Lithuania, crashed after the pilots lost control of the aircraft at cruise altitude between Rostov-on-Don Airport and Vilnius Airport, on the second leg of the flight; all 37 passengers and crew were killed.
• September 6 – The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine orchestrated the Dawson's Field hijackings of El Al Flight 219 (Boeing 707), Pan Am Flight 93 (Boeing 747), Swissair Flight 100 (Douglas DC-8), TWA Flight 741 (Boeing 707), and (on September 9) BOAC Flight 775 (Vickers VC10); the unprecedented scale of the incident drew international outrage and contributed to the eventual widespread implementation of systematic air passenger screening; Pan Am Flight 93 is the first ever loss of the Boeing 747.
• September 8 – Trans International Airlines Flight 863, a Douglas DC-8 on a re-positioning flight, crashed during takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York, killing all 11 crew members on board.
• September 26 – Flugfélag Islands Flight 704, a Fokker F-27 Friendship crashed into an island while approaching Vágar Airport in clouds. 8 people were killed and 26 survived.
• October 2 – A chartered Martin 4-0-4 airliner crashed into a mountain near Silver Plume, Colorado, United States, while carrying members of the Wichita State University football team to Logan, Utah, for a game; 31 of the 40 people on board were killed.
• October 15 – Aeroflot Flight 244, an Antonov An-24 flying from Georgia to Abkhazia along the Black Sea coast, was hijacked by a Lithuanian national and his 13-year-old son, who kill one flight attendant and forced the plane to divert to Trabzon, Turkey, where they surrendered to the Turkish government; this is the first known successful airline hijacking in the Soviet Union.
• November 14 – Southern Airways Flight 932, a chartered Douglas DC-9 flying from North Carolina to West Virginia, United States, crashed on approach to Huntington's Tri-State Airport due to pilot error; all 75 on board were killed, including 37 players of the Marshall University football team and eight of the coaching staff.
• November 27 – Capitol International Airways Flight C2C3/26, a chartered Douglas DC-8 scheduled to fly from McChord Field to Cam Ranh Air Base crashed on takeoff from Alaska during a stopover resulting in the deaths of 47 out of the 229 people onboard.

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• January 22 – An Aeroflot Antonov An-12 crashes due to icing while on approach to Surgut International Airport, RSFSR, Soviet Union, killing all 14 on board the aircraft.
• January 30 – In the 1971 Indian Airlines hijacking, a Fokker F-27 Friendship 100 operating a domestic passenger flight is hijacked en route from Srinagar to Jammu and flown to Lahore in Pakistan where the passengers and crew are released and the plane is subsequently destroyed.
• January 31 – An Aeroflot Antonov An-12 crashes due to icing while on approach to Surgut International Airport, RSFSR, Soviet Union. All seven on board are killed.
• March 31 – Aeroflot Flight 1969, an Antonov An-10, crashes on approach to Voroshilovgrad Airport (now Luhansk Airport), Ukrainian SSR, following an unexplained structural failure of the right wing, killing all 65 on board.
• May 23 – Aviogenex Flight 130, a Tupolev Tu-134 flying from London's Gatwick Airport to Rijeka Airport in Croatia, crashes on landing at its destination due to pilot error, killing 78 of the 83 people on board.
• June 6 – Hughes Airwest Flight 706, a Douglas DC-9 operating a domestic flight from Los Angeles, California, to Seattle, Washington, United States, collides with a US Marine Corps McDonnell Douglas F-4B Phantom II fighter jet, and crashes into the San Gabriel Mountains near Duarte, California, killing all 49 people on board; the fighter jet pilot is also killed, but the Radar Intercept Officer successfully bails out.
• June 7 – Allegheny Airlines Flight 485, a Convair CV-580 operating a multi-leg domestic flight between Washington, D.C., and Virginia in the United States, crashes on approach to Tweed New Haven Airport, Connecticut, killing 28 of the 31 people on board.
• July 3 – Toa Domestic Airlines Flight 63, a NAMC YS-11 operating a domestic flight in Japan, crashes into Yokotsu Mountain near Hakodate Airport on Japan's Hokkaidō island, killing all 68 passengers and crew in the worst-ever disaster involving the YS-11.
• July 25 – Aeroflot Flight 1912, a Tupolev Tu-104 operating a multi-leg domestic flight between Odessa and Vladivostok in the Soviet Union, lands hard and crashes short of the runway at Irkutsk Airport, killing 97 of the 126 people on board.
• July 30 – All Nippon Airways Flight 58, a Boeing 727-200 operating a domestic flight from Sapporo to Tokyo, Japan, collides with a JASDF F-86 Sabre fighter jet at Shizukuishi near Morioka, killing all 162 passengers and crew on board; the F-86 pilot parachutes to safety, but is later arrested and charged with involuntary manslaughter.
• July 30 – Pan Am Flight 845, a Boeing 747-100 flying from Los Angeles, California, United States, to Tokyo, Japan, collides with approach lighting structures on taking off from its intermediate stop, San Francisco International Airport, and then crashes after turning back to attempt an emergency landing at the same airport; there are no fatalities but 29 of the 199 passengers are injured.
• August 28 – Malév Flight 731, an Ilyushin Il-18, crashes into Øresund off the coast of Denmark, about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from Copenhagen Airport, during a heavy rainstorm. Of the 34 on board, only two survive.
• September 4 – Alaska Airlines Flight 1866, a Boeing 727 operating a flight from Anchorage, Alaska, to Seattle, Washington, United States, crashes into a mountain in the Tongass National Forest near Juneau, Alaska, killing all 111 on board.
• September 6 – Paninternational Flight 112, a BAC One-Eleven flying from Hamburg, Germany, to Málaga, Spain, suffers dual engine failure shortly after takeoff and crashes onto the motorway near Hamburg Airport, killing 22 of the 121 people on board.
• September 16 – Malév Flight 110, a Tupolev Tu-134, crashes while on approach to Kiev-Borispol Airport, Ukrainian SSR, in foggy weather, killing all 49 passengers and crew on board.
• October 2 – British European Airways Flight 706, a Vickers Vanguard turboprop flying from London's Heathrow Airport to Salzburg, Austria, breaks up in mid-air and crashes near Aarsele, Belgium, after suffering explosive decompression; all 63 people on board are killed.
• October 10 – Aeroflot Flight 773, a Tupolev Tu-104, breaks up and crashes near Baranovo, Naro-Fominsky District, Russia when a bomb placed in the cabin explodes; all 25 on board die.
• November 10 – A Merpati Nusantara Vickers Viscount 828 crashes in the Indian Ocean off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, on approach to Tabing Airport in Padang, due to poor visibility in bad weather; all 69 people on board are killed.
• November 12 – Aeroflot Flight N-63, an Antonov An-24, stalls and crashes near Vinnitsa Airport, Ukrainian SSR, during a go-around in foggy weather, killing all 48 people on board.
• November 20 – China Airlines Flight 825, a Sud Aviation Caravelle, explodes in mid-air and crashes into the Taiwan Strait while on a flight from Taipei to Hong Kong due to a terrorist bomb explosion, killing all 25 people on board.
• November 24 – Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305, a Boeing 727 flying from Portland, Oregon, to Seattle, Washington, United States, is hijacked by an unidentified person who parachutes from the aircraft mid-flight after extorting US$200,000 of ransom money from the US government; the aircraft lands safely and all 41 on board are unharmed, but the perpetrator is never apprehended.
• December 1 – Aeroflot Flight 2174, an Antonov An-24, loses control and crashes on approach to Saratov Airport due to wing icing, killing all 57 on board.
• December 24 – LANSA Flight 508, a Lockheed L-188 Electra en route from Lima to Pucallpa, Peru, breaks apart in mid-air during a thunderstorm and crashes in the Amazon Rainforest; of the 92 on board, the sole survivor is a German teenager who falls 2 miles (3.2 km) strapped to her seat, and then walks for 10 days through the rainforest before being rescued by local lumbermen.

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• January 7 – Iberia Airlines Flight 602, a Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle flying from Valencia to Ibiza, crashes into a mountain while on approach to Ibiza Airport, killing all 104 passengers and crew on board.
• January 26 – JAT Flight 367, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9, suffers a bomb explosion in mid-air, killing 27 of the 28 on board; Vesna Vulović, the only survivor, is entered in the Guinness Book of World Records for surviving the longest fall without a parachute, over 33,000 feet (10,000 m).
• February 22 – Lufthansa Flight 649, a Boeing 747 en route from Tokyo to Frankfurt, is hijacked during the Delhi–Athens leg and forced to divert to Aden, South Yemen, where all 182 passengers and crew are released in exchange for a $5 million ransom.
• March 3 – Mohawk Airlines Flight 405, a Fairchild F-27 flying from New York City to Albany, New York, crashes while descending to land at Albany County Airport, killing 16 of the 48 people on board and one on the ground.
• March 14 – Sterling Airways Flight 296, a Sud Caravelle flying from Colombo, Ceylon, to Copenhagen, Denmark, crashes near Kalba in the United Arab Emirates due to pilot error; all 112 on board die in the worst air disaster in the history of the UAE.
• March 19 – EgyptAir Flight 763, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9 flying from Egypt to South Yemen, crashes on approach to Aden International Airport, killing all 30 passengers and crew.
• May 5 – Alitalia Flight 112, a Douglas DC-8 operating a domestic flight from Rome to Palermo, Italy, crashes into Mount Longa some 3 miles (4.8 km) southwest of its destination, killing all 115 passengers and crew on board; it remains the deadliest single-aircraft disaster in Italy.
• May 8 – Sabena Flight 571, a Boeing 707 flying from Brussels to Tel Aviv, is hijacked by members of the Black September Organisation demanding the release of Palestinian prisoners by Israel; during a commando raid the hijackers are killed or captured and one hostage terminally injured, the others freed.
• May 18 – Aeroflot Flight 1491, an Antonov An-10, suffers in-flight structural failure on approach to Kharkiv Airport in Ukraine; all 122 passengers and crew on board are killed.
• May 30 – Delta Air Lines Flight 9570, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9 operating as a training flight, crashes while attempting to land at Greater Southwest International Airport in Fort Worth, Texas, United States, due to wake turbulence from a DC-10 that landed moments earlier; all four crew members are killed.
• June 12 – American Airlines Flight 96, a McDonnell Douglas DC-10, suffers explosive depressurisation when one of its cargo doors fails in mid-flight; the crew performs an emergency landing at Detroit Metro Airport, Michigan, where all 67 on board are evacuated safely.
• June 14 – Japan Airlines Flight 471, a Douglas DC-8 en route from Bangkok, Thailand, to New Delhi, India, crashes on approach to Palam Airport, killing 82 of the 87 on board and three people on the ground.
• June 15 – A carry-on suitcase bomb explodes on Cathay Pacific Flight 700Z, a Convair 880, at 29,000 feet (8,800 m) over Vietnam; all 81 on board die.
• June 18 – British European Airways Flight 548, a Hawker Siddeley Trident, undergoes a series of stalls due to pilot error, followed by a deep stall, and crashes near Staines, United Kingdom; all 118 on board are killed.
• June 24 – Prinair Flight 191, a de Havilland Heron, over-rotates because of pilot error and crashes in Ponce, Puerto Rico, killing five of the 20 people on board.
• June 29 – In the 1972 Lake Winnebago mid-air collision, North Central Airlines Flight 290, a Convair CV-580, and Air Wisconsin Flight 671, a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter, collide over Lake Winnebago near Appleton, Wisconsin, killing all 13 people on board the two aircraft.
• July 2 – Pan Am Flight 841, a Boeing 747 en route from San Francisco to Saigon, South Vietnam, is hijacked over the South China Sea by a political protester; the hijacker is killed at a fake re-fuelling stop and no one else is harmed.
• August 14 – In the 1972 Königs Wusterhausen air disaster, an Interflug Ilyushin Il-62 flying from East Germany to Bulgaria, crashes near Königs Wusterhausen, to the southeast of Berlin; all 156 passengers and crew are killed in Germany's worst air disaster.
• August 16 – A Burma Airways Douglas C-47 crashes into the sea, shortly after departing from Thandwe Airport in Burma, killing 25 of the 28 on board.
• August 31 – Aeroflot Flight 558, an Ilyushin Il-18 en route from Karaganda, Kazakhstan, to Moscow in the Soviet Union, crashes following an in-flight fire; all 102 people on board are killed.
• September 24 – Japan Airlines Flight 472, a Douglas DC-8 flying from London to Tokyo with 122 on board, overshoots the runway after landing at the wrong airport; there are no fatalities.
• October 1 – Aeroflot Flight 1036, an Ilyushin Il-18V, crashes into the Black Sea during takeoff from Sochi International Airport in the Soviet Union, for reasons unknown; all 109 passengers and crew are killed.
• October 13 – Aeroflot Flight 217, an Ilyushin Il-62 flying from Paris to Moscow, crashes on approach to Sheremetyevo International Airport for reasons unknown; all 174 passengers and crew on board are killed.
• October 13 – Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, a Fairchild F-27 en route from Montevideo, Uruguay, to Santiago, Chile, crashes in the Andes due to pilot error; 29 of the 45 on board lose their lives, and the remaining 16 survive for 72 days by feeding on the dead.
• October 29 – Lufthansa Flight 615, a Boeing 727 en route from Damascus to Frankfurt, is hijacked by sympathizers of Black September who demand the release of the three surviving perpetrators of the Munich massacre; the ensuing stand-off is eventually resolved and there are no casualties.
• November 15 – Ansett Airlines Flight 232, a Fokker F27 Friendship operating a domestic flight in Australia, is hijacked on approach to Alice Springs; after landing at the airport, the perpetrator fatally shoots himself during a confrontation with the police.
• November 28 – Japan Air Lines Flight 446, a Douglas DC-8 operating an international flight from Copenhagen, Denmark to Tokyo, Japan via Moscow, USSR, stalls and crashes after rotation from Sheremetyevo International Airport due to pilot error; 62 of the 76 people on board are killed.
• December 3 – Spantax Flight 275, a Convair 990 Coronado, crashes in Tenerife while taking off in almost zero visibility; all 155 passengers and crew on board are killed.

• December 8 – United Airlines Flight 553, a Boeing 737, crashes after aborting its landing attempt at Chicago Midway International Airport, killing 43 of 60 people on board and two people on the ground; one of the fatalities is Dorothy Hunt, wife of Watergate conspirator E. Howard Hunt. The crash is the first fatal crash involving the 737-200.
• December 20 – In the 1972 Chicago–O'Hare runway collision, Delta Air Lines Flight 954, a Convair CV-880, and North Central Airlines Flight 575, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9, collide on the runway due to ATC communication errors, killing 10 people and injuring 17.
• December 23 – Braathens SAFE Flight 239, a Fokker F-28 operating a domestic flight in Norway, crashes into terrain in Asker on approach to Oslo Airport, Fornebu, killing 40 of the 45 people on board.
• December 29 – Eastern Air Lines Flight 401, a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar flying from New York to Miami, crashes in the Florida Everglades when the crew is distracted by a faulty gear-down light, resulting in the deaths of 101 of the 176 people on board; this is the first crash of a widebody aircraft and the first loss of a Lockheed Tristar.

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• January 21 – Aeroflot Flight 6263, an Antonov An-24, lost control, broke up and crashed while on approach to Perm Airport for unknown reasons, killing all 39 on board.
• January 22 – In the Kano air disaster, a Boeing 707 crashed while attempting to land at Kano International Airport in Nigeria, killing 176 of the 202 passengers and crew on board.
• January 29 – EgyptAir Flight 741 crashed in the Kyrenia mountain range while on approach to Nicosia International Airport; all 37 on board die.
• February 19 – Aeroflot Flight 141, a Tupolev Tu-154, crashed short of the runway at Prague Ruzyně Airport for unknown reasons, killing 66 of 100 on board.
• February 21 – Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114, a Boeing 727, strays off course and was shot down by Israeli jets in the Sinai war zone, killing 108 of 113 people on board.
• February 24 – Aeroflot Flight 630, an Ilyushin Il-18, crashed 25 miles (40 km) from Ura-Tube, Tajikistan, due to loss of control as a result of pilot error, killing all 79 on board.
• March 3 – Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Flight 307, an Ilyushin Il-18, crashed short of the runway at Sheremetyevo International Airport, killing all 25 on board.
• March 5 – In the Nantes mid-air collision, an Iberia McDonnell Douglas DC-9 collided with a Spantax Convair CV-990. All 68 people on board the DC-9 were killed while the CV-990 was able to make a successful emergency landing at Cognac – Châteaubernard Air Base.
• April 10 – Invicta International Airlines Flight 435, a Vickers Vanguard 952 flying from Bristol Lulsgate to Basle, crashed into a hillside near Hochwald, Switzerland, somersaults, killing 108 with 37 survivors.
• May 11 – Aeroflot Flight 6551, an Ilyushin Il-18, broke up and crashed 84 km (52 mi) south of Semipalatinsk (now Semey), Kazakhstan following an unexplained loss of control; all 63 on board were killed.
• May 18 – Aeroflot Flight 109, a Tupolev Tu-104, was hijacked en route to Chita from Irkutsk; a bomb the hijacker held detonated and the aircraft crashed east of Lake Baikal, killing all 81 on board.
• May 31 – Indian Airlines Flight 440, a Boeing 737, crashed while on approach to Palam Airport in New Delhi, India. 48 of the 65 passengers and crew on board were killed in the accident.
• June 10 – In the 1973 Royal Nepal Airlines DHC-6 hijacking, a De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter operated by Royal Nepal Airlines was hijacked after takeoff from Biratnagar Airport, Nepal. The hijackers forced the pilot-in-command to land in a grass field in Forbesganj, Bihar, India. All 19 occupants survived.
• June 20 – Aeroméxico Flight 229, a Douglas DC-9, crashed into the side of Las Minas Mountain while on approach to Lic. Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport; all 27 on board were killed.
• July 11 – Varig Flight 820, a Boeing 707, experienced an onboard fire and crashed near Paris, France, killing 123 out of the 134 on board.
• July 22 – Pan Am Flight 816, a Boeing 707, crashed shortly after takeoff from Faa'a's airport Tahiti, French Polynesia, killing 77 out of the 78 on board.
• July 23 – Japan Air Lines Flight 404, a Boeing 747, was hijacked after takeoff from Amsterdam Schiphol Airport in the Netherlands; one hijacker was killed while the flight purser was injured by a grenade blast; after several days and multiple flight legs, the passengers were released in Benghazi, Libya, and the aircraft was blown up on the ground; this was the first loss of a Boeing 747-200.
• July 23 – Ozark Air Lines Flight 809, a Fairchild-Hiller FH-227, crashed short of the runway at St. Louis International Airport due to windshear from a thunderstorm, killing 38 of 44 on board.
• July 31 – Delta Air Lines Flight 723, a Douglas DC-9, descended prematurely and crashed on final approach to Boston Logan International Airport, killing all 89 on board; the probable cause was determined to be an unstabilized final approach by the flight crew.
• August 13 – Aviaco Flight 118, a Sud Caravelle, en route from Madrid to A Coruña crashed while approaching A Coruña Alvedro airport, in Montrove, 2 km from the airport killing all 85 on board, and one on the ground.
• August 18 – Aeroflot Flight A-13, an Antonov An-24, crashed near Baku, Azerbaijan after striking a cable on an oil rig following an engine failure, killing 56 of the 64 on board. The accident remains the deadliest in Azerbaijan.
• August 28 – TWA Flight 742, a Boeing 707, entered severe porpoising oscillations during a descent over the Pacific Ocean near Los Angeles; all on board initially survive, but a passenger died two days later from injuries sustained in the accident.
• September 8 – World Airways Flight 802, a Douglas DC-8-63CF crashed on approach into Cold Bay Airport, Alaska. All six occupants were killed.
• September 11 – JAT Airways Flight 769, a Sud Aviation Caravelle, crashed into Mt. Maganik near Kolašin, Montenegro, killing all 41 on board.
• September 27 – Texas International Airlines Flight 655, a Convair 600, crashed into Black Fork Mountain while avoiding thunderstorms, killing all 11 passengers and crew on board.
• September 30 – Aeroflot Flight 3932, a Tupolev Tu-104, crashed shortly after takeoff from Koltsovo Airport in Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg), Russia after the pilots became disorientated following an electrical failure, killing all 108 on board.
• October 13 – Aeroflot Flight 964, a Tupolev Tu-104, crashed while on approach to Domodedovo International Airport, Moscow, Russia after the pilots became disorientated following an electrical failure, killing all 122 on board in the deadliest accident involving the Tu-104.
• November 2 – Aeroflot Flight 19, a Yakovlev Yak-40, was hijacked ten minutes before landing at Bryansk Airport, Russia. The aircraft was then diverted to Moscow's Vnukovo Airport where it was stormed by the authorities, killing a hijacker, while another hijacker committed suicide. All other passengers and crew survived.
• November 3 – National Airlines Flight 27, a McDonnell Douglas DC-10 with 128 on board, suffered an uncontained engine failure at 39,000 feet 65 miles southwest of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Debris from the engine punctured the fuselage and a passenger was blown out of the aircraft, but the aircraft was able to land safely with no other casualties.
• November 3 – Pan Am Flight 160, a Boeing 707 operating a cargo flight, crashed after smoke in the cockpit prevented the crew from keeping control of the aircraft while attempting an emergency landing at Boston Logan International Airport, Massachusetts, killing all three crew members.
• November 25 – KLM Flight 861, a Boeing 747, was hijacked over Iraq. The hijackers forced the crew to land at several different airports; the last one is at Dubai International Airport where the hijackers surrendered to the authorities. All 264 people on board survived.
• December 16 – Aeroflot Flight 2022, a Tupolev Tu-124, crashed near Karacharovo, Russia after entering a nosedive following a failure in the horizontal stabilizer, killing all 51 on board.
• December 17 – Iberia Flight 933, a Douglas DC-10, crash landed on the runway of Boston Logan International Airport, Massachusetts, after colliding with the approach lighting system 500 metres (1,600 ft) short of the runway threshold. All 168 on board survived, but 3 occupants received serious injuries.
• December 17 – In the 1973 Rome airport attacks and hijacking, armed gunmen killed two people in the terminal, then firebombed Pan Am Flight 110, a Boeing 707, killing 30 inside the aircraft. The gunmen then hijacked Lufthansa Flight 303, a Boeing 737 en route to Munich, killing two more before landing and surrendering in Kuwait.
• December 22 – In the 1973 Royal Air Maroc Sud Aviation Caravelle crash, a Sud Aviation Caravelle operated by Sobelair crashed into Mount Mellaline near Tanger-Boukhalef Airport, Morocco, killing all 106 on board.

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• January 6 – Commonwealth Commuter Flight 317, a Beechcraft Model 99A, crashes short of the runway on approach to Johnstown–Cambria County Airport, Pennsylvania following a premature descent, killing 12 of the 17 on board.
• January 26 – Turkish Airlines Flight 301, a Fokker F28-1000, stalls and crashes after takeoff from Izmir Cumaovasi Airport due to wing icing; of the 73 on board, only seven survive.
• January 30 – Pan Am Flight 806, a Boeing 707-320B, crashes on approach to Pago Pago International Airport, American Samoa due to pilot error after encountering a microburst, killing 97 of 101 on board.
• March 3 – Turkish Airlines Flight 981, a McDonnell Douglas DC-10, crashes in the Ermenonville forest near Senlis, France, after the rear underfloor cargo door opens in mid-flight; all 346 on board die.
• March 13 – Sierra Pacific Airlines Flight 802, a Convair CV-440, crashes shortly after takeoff from Eastern Sierra Regional Airport near Bishop, California, while transporting a movie crew to Burbank. All 36 on board are killed.
• March 15 – Sterling Airways Flight 901, a Sterling Airways Sud Aviation Caravelle suffers landing gear failure at Mehrabad International Airport; the right wing contacts the runway, rupturing a fuel tank and starting a fire that kills 15 of 92 passengers; all four crew survive.
• April 18 – Court Line Flight 95, a BAC One-Eleven, collides with a Piper Aztec on the runway at London Luton Airport, killing the pilot of the Aztec; there are no casualties on board the One-Eleven, but the aircraft is substantially damaged; the Aztec is written off.
• April 22 – Pan Am Flight 812, a Boeing 707-320B, crashes into mountainous terrain 42.5 nautical miles (78.7 km) northwest of Denpasar, Bali due to instrument failure and pilot error, killing all 107 on board.
• April 27 – An Aeroflot Ilyushin Il-18 crashes shortly after takeoff from Pulkovo Airport, Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), Russia due to loss of control following engine failure; all 109 on board die.
• July 10 – An EgyptAir Tupolev Tu-154 crashes near Cairo International Airport during a training flight, killing all six crew members on board.
• September 8 – TWA Flight 841, a Boeing 707, breaks up after a bomb explodes in the cargo hold and plunges into the Ionian Sea, killing all 88 on board.
• September 11 – Eastern Air Lines Flight 212, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9, crashes on approach to Charlotte, North Carolina; 72 of 82 people on board are killed.
• September 15 – Air Vietnam Flight 706, a Boeing 727, is hijacked and crashes in Phan Rang, Vietnam following an aborted landing; all 75 on board die.
• November 1 – Aeroflot Flight 662, an Antonov An-2, collides in mid-air with a Mil Mi-8 helicopter near Surgut, Russia due to ATC errors, killing all 38 on board both aircraft.
• November 20 – Lufthansa Flight 540 crashes shortly after takeoff in Nairobi, Kenya; 59 of 157 on board are killed in the first crash of a Boeing 747.
• December 1 – Northwest Airlines Flight 6231, a Boeing 727, stalls and crashes twelve minutes after takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York due to wing icing caused by pilot error, killing the three crew.
• December 1 – TWA Flight 514, a Boeing 727 inbound to Dulles International Airport, crashes into Mount Weather in Bluemont, Virginia, killing all 92 on board.
• December 4 – Martinair Flight 138, a Douglas DC-8 on a charter flight, crashes into a mountain shortly before landing, on approach to Katunayake, Sri Lanka, for a refueling stop; killing all aboard – 182 Indonesian hajj pilgrims bound for Mecca, and nine crew members.
• December 22 – Avensa Flight 358, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9, suffers dual engine failure after takeoff and crashes near Maturín, Venezuela, killing all 77 on board.

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• January 9 – Golden West Airlines Flight 261, a de Havilland Twin Otter, collides with a Cessna 150 near Whittier, California, killing all 14 people in both aircraft.
• February 3 – 197 people fall ill aboard a Japan Air Lines Boeing 747 en route from Anchorage, Alaska, to Copenhagen, Denmark, after consuming an in-flight meal contaminated with Staphylococci. 144 people are hospitalized, making it the largest food poisoning incident aboard a commercial airliner.
• January 30 – Turkish Airlines Flight 345, a Fokker F-28, crashes into the Sea of Marmara after a missed approach; all 42 on board die; the cause is never determined.
• June 24 – Eastern Air Lines Flight 66, a Boeing 727, encounters wind shear on final approach and strikes approach lights at John F. Kennedy International Airport, killing 113 of 124 people on board.
• August 3 – The Agadir air disaster: an Air Maroc-operated Boeing 707 owned by Royal Jordanian Airlines crashes while on approach to Agadir, Morocco due to pilot error; all 188 on board die in the worst-ever accident involving the Boeing 707.
• August 15 – Aeroflot Flight A-53, a Yakovlev Yak-40 crashes on approach to Krasnovodsk. 23 of the 38 on board die.
• August 20 – ČSA Flight 540, an Ilyushin Il-62 crashes while on approach to Damascus, Syria. 126 of the 128 passengers and crew on board die in the accident.
• August 30 – Wien Air Alaska Flight 99, a Fairchild F-27, crashes into Seuvokuk Mountain, Alaska, while on approach to Gambell Airport, killing 10 of 32 on board.
• September 1 – Interflug Flight 1107, a Tupolev Tu-134, crashes while on approach to Leipzig, killing 27 of 34 on board.
• September 24 – Garuda Indonesia Flight 150, a Fokker F-28 Fellowship, crashes while on approach to Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II Airport in foggy weather; 25 of 61 on board die; one person on the ground also dies.
• September 30 – Malév Flight 240, a Tupolev Tu-154, crashes on approach near Lebanon, killing all 60 people on board.
• October 30 – Inex-Adria Aviopromet Flight 450, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9, crashes on approach in Prague suburb, killing 75 of 120 on board.
• November 12 – Overseas National Airways Flight 032, a McDonnell Douglas DC-10 overruns the runway at John F. Kennedy Airport. Everyone on board survives while the aircraft was written off as it was consumed by fire.

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• January 1 – Middle East Airlines Flight 438, a Boeing 720, crashes in Saudi Arabia when a bomb explodes in the forward baggage compartment, killing all 81 people on board.
• January 3 – Aeroflot Flight 2003, a Tupolev Tu-124, crashes just after takeoff from Vnukovo Airport due to instrument failure, killing all 61 passengers and crew on board and one person on the ground.
• January 15 – In the Taxi Aereo el Venado Douglas DC-4 accident, a Douglas DC-4 crashes into a mountain in Colombia killing all 13 on board.
• February 9 – Aeroflot Flight 3739, a Tupolev Tu-104, crashes on takeoff from Irkutsk after the aircraft rolled to the right, killing 24 of 114 on board.
• March 6 – Aeroflot Flight 909, an Ilyushin Il-18, crashes near Voronezh due to loss of control following an electrical failure, killing all 111 on board.
• April 27 – American Airlines Flight 625, a Boeing 727, crashes on approach to St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, killing 37 of 88 people on board.
• May 15 – Aeroflot Flight 1802, an Antonov An-24, crashes near Viktorovka, Chernigov Region due to loss of control following an unexplained rudder deflection, killing all 52 on board.
• June 1 – Aeroflot Flight 418, a Tupolev Tu-154, crashes into a mountainside on the island of Bioko in Equatorial Guinea for reasons unknown; all 46 on board die.
• June 4 – Air Manila Flight 702, a Lockheed L-188 Electra, crashes shortly after takeoff from NAS Agana, Guam due to engine failure and pilot error, killing all 45 on board; one person on the ground also dies when a car is struck by the aircraft.
• June 6 – In the 1976 Sabah Air GAF Nomad crash, a GAF N-22B Nomad crashes into the sea on approach into Kota Kinabalu International Airport, Malaysia. All 11 passengers and crew are killed. Several local political leaders were on board at the time.
• June 27 – Air France Flight 139, an Airbus A300, is hijacked from Athens by two Palestinians and two Germans who divert the flight to Libya and then to Uganda, where the plane is met by pro-Palestinian forces from Idi Amin's government; Israeli troops eventually storm the airport in Operation Entebbe, killing hijackers and Ugandan soldiers and freeing all but three of the hostages; Israeli colonel Yonatan Netanyahu, brother of Benjamin Netanyahu, is also killed in the raid.
• July 28 – ČSA Flight 001, an Ilyushin Il-18, crashes near Bratislava in Czechoslovakia, killing 76 of 78 people on board.
• August 15 – SAETA Flight 232, a Vickers Viscount 785D, goes missing mid-route from Quito to Cuenca, Ecuador; all four crew members and 55 passengers are killed, but the scene remains undiscovered for 26 years until October 2002, when climbers on the eastern face of the stratovolcano Chimborazo come upon the site.
• August 23 – EgyptAir Flight 321 is hijacked by three armed terrorists. The plane lands in Luxor where the aircraft is stormed. Everyone survives.
• September 9 – In the 1976 Anapa mid-air collision, Aeroflot Flight 7957, an Antonov An-24, collides with Aeroflot Flight C-31, a Yakovlev Yak-40, over the Black Sea off Anapa due to ATC and crew errors, killing all 70 on board both aircraft.
• September 10 – 1976 Zagreb mid-air collision between British Airways Flight 476, a Hawker Siddeley Trident, and Inex-Adria Aviopromet Flight 550, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9, near Zagreb, Yugoslavia, kills all 176 people on board both aircraft.
• September 19 – Turkish Airlines Flight 452, a Boeing 727, crashes into a hillside near Karatepe, Turkey, while on approach to Antalya Airport; all 154 passengers and crew die.
• October 6 – Cubana de Aviación Flight 455, a Douglas DC-8, is bombed by anti-Castro militants and crashes near Bridgetown, Barbados, killing all 73 people on board.
• October 12 – Indian Airlines Flight 171, a Sud Caravelle, crashes while attempting an emergency landing at Bombay Airport; all 95 passengers and crew on board are killed.
• November 23 – Olympic Airways Flight 830, a NAMC YS-11A, crashes into a mountain in Greece in low visibility, killing all 50 on board.
• November 28 – Aeroflot Flight 2415, a Tupolev Tu-104, crashes shortly after takeoff from Sheremetyevo International Airport due to crew disorientation following artificial horizon failure, killing all 73 on board.
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