Talk:List of accidents and incidents on commercial aircraft/Holding zone

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1935

• April 6 - A KLM Fokker F. XII crashes near Brilon, probably caused by flying at a low height. Both passengers and all 5 crew are killed.

1937

• November 16 – A Sabena Junkers Ju 52 crashes near Ostende, Belgium killing all 11 on board, including the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Hesse.

• I left this in the main list because it seems pretty noteworthy; nevertheless I am not aware of any corresponding article. plmoknijb 00:00, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

1938

• August 24 - Omori air disaster: Japanese Flying School Hanriot HD-1 and Japan Airlines Transportation Universal collide over Omori,Tokyo killing the five crew, and 40 people on the ground.

1945

• July 12 – An Eastern Air Lines flight en route from Boston, Massachusetts to Miami with stops in Washington, DC and Columbia, SC collides with a US Army B-25 Mitchell bomber about 3,000 feet above Syracuse, SC; the commercial pilot lands in a cornfield nearby, but one passenger, an infant, is killed; the bomber explodes, killing two, one parachutes safely.

1946

• October 3 – An American Overseas Airlines four-engine Douglas C-54 'Flagship New England' Berlin-bound crashed into a mountainside outside Stephenville, Newfoundland and Labrador. The flight was carrying many wives and children of US Army personnel serving in post-war Germany. All 39 people on board died. At the time, it was the worst accident of its kind among US civilian airlines.
• November 14 - A KLM Douglas C-47 crashes at Schiphol Airport, caused by a wrong landing. All 21 passengers, as well as the 5 crew are killed. One of the passengers was the Dutch writer Herman de Man.
• December 25 – One after the other, 3 aeroplanes crashed while attempting to land during a snowstorm at Shanghai airport in China; a total of 72 people perished in what became known as China's "Black Christmas".

1947

• January 26, A KLM Douglas Dakota crashes after takeoff from Copenhagen Airport (called Kastrup Airport at the time), killing all 22 on board, including Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden and American opera singer and actress Grace Moore.
• May 30 - Eastern Air Lines Flight 605 DC-4 (N88814) crashed into the ground near Point Deposit, Maryland, United States. All 53 on board died.

1948

• January 30 – A British South American Airways Avro Tudor IV "Star Tiger" G-AHNP en route from the Azores to Bermuda with 25 on board, disappears without trace. At last contact the plane was estimated to be just under two hours away from landing.

1949

• May 7 – A Philippine Air Lines aircraft is destroyed by a time bomb, killing all 13 aboard.
• October 27 – Air France Lockheed Constellation crashes in the Azores; 48 die including French boxing star Marcel Cerdan and young concert violinist Ginette Neveu.

1950

• March 12 - Fairflight Avro Tudor (G-AKBY) crashed into the ground on approach to RAF Llandow, Wales, United Kingdom. All 80 on board died.
• July 21 – A Canadian Pacific Airlines Douglas C-54A-10-DC departs Vancouver, British Columbia for Anchorage, Alaska, but disappears en route without a trace. All 37 on board are eventually declared legally dead.

• December 16 – A Miami Airlines Curtiss C-46F-1-CU departs Newark, New Jersey, bound for Tampa, Florida, but catches fire and crashes in Elizabeth, New Jersey, while attempting to return to the airport. All 56 people on board die.

1952

• April 11 - Pan Am Flight 526A, a DC-4 (N88899) ditched into the sea near San Juan Airport, Puerto Rico. 52 passengers died.
• May 26 – BOAC four-engined Handley Page Hermes IV G-ALDN crash-lands in the Sahara Desert with 10 passengers on board, 1,300 miles off-course on a flight between Tripoli and Kano. All passengers and crew survive the initial crash landing, but the First Officer later dies of injuries sustained in the crash.

1953

• March 3 – A de Havilland Comet of Canadian Pacific Airlines crashes on take-off from Karachi, Pakistan, killing 11 on board, the world's first jetliner crash fatalities. The accident is attributed to crew inexperience.
• May 2 – A de Havilland Comet crashes in a severe storm soon after take-off from Calcutta in the second of a series of crashes that leads to the grounding of Comet 1 fleet and signals the beginning of the end for Britain's pioneering jetliner.

• Again, I didn't actually remove these Comets from the main page because they are historically prominent crashes with or without articles (in my opinion), but as far as I know they have no corresponding articles. plmoknijb 00:47, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

• September 1 – Air France Lockheed 749C Constellation flies into Mt Cemet in the French Alps, killing all 42 people on board, including renowned French classical violinist Jacques Thibaud.

1954

• March 13 – BOAC Lockheed Constellation, "Belfast", arrives at Singapore from Sydney, Australia, and crashes on landing at the Kallang Airport, killing 32 passengers and one crew member.
• April 8 – While climbing after takeoff from Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, an RCAF Harvard collided mid-air with a Canadair C-4 Argonaut flying from Calgary to Vancouver, killing all aboard both planes (36 total) and 1 on the ground. Documented in Episode 10 of Disasters of the Century.

1955

• July 27 – El Al Constellation shot down after straying into Bulgarian airspace; 58 killed.

1959

• February 17 - The Prime Minister of Turkey, Adnan Menderes, survives a plane crash near London, England. 12 others are not so fortunate.

1960

• March 17 – A Northwest Airlines Lockheed Electra lost a wing due to propeller whirl mode and crashed in southern Indiana near Tell City. All 63 on board including the crew perished. The victims were impacted in a 30-foot-deep crater, which became their final resting place. A monument with the names of the victims and the date of the tragedy marks the grave.

1961

• January 3 - Aero DC-3 Flight 311 that was being flown by a drunken pilot stalled and crashed in the woods in the village of Koivulahti (Kvevlax in Swedish) near Vaasa, Finland. All 25 on board were killed. The accident remains the worst in Finnish aviation history.
• November 23 - an Aerolineas Argentinas Comet 4 crashes on takeoff from Campinas, Brazil, killing all 52 people on board.

1962

• November 8 - A Finnair DC-3 crashes on Mariehamn, Åland; 22 of 24 on board perish.

1963

• February 1 – Middle East Airlines Flight 265 - Vickers Viscount and Turkish Air Force C-47 CBK28 collide in Ankara, Turkey killing 87.
• November 8 – Aero OY Flight 217, DC-3 crashed near Mariehamn, Åland Islands, in poor visibility, due to a malfunctioning altimeter. All but two of the 24 passengers and crew died.

1965

• March 17 - Maritime Central Airways a Dart Harald Aircraft was on a regularly scheduled flight from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. It exploded in mid-air that morning shortly after takeoff. All passengers and crew on board were killed. The plane crashed in Upper Musquodoboit just outside of Halifax.
• March 31 – Iberia Airlines Convair CV-440-62 crashes into the sea on approach to Tangier killing 50 of 53 occupants; the crash is blamed on a stall due to "undetermined reasons."
• July 20 - A Cambrian Airways Vickers Viscount crashed on landing at Liverpool, killing both pilots and two persons on the ground.

1967

• March 30 – Delta Airlines Flight 9877, a Douglas DC-8 crashed into a Hilton Hotel at the airport killing the passengers and crew of 6 and 13 on the ground.

1968

• April 20 South African Airways Flight 228, a Boeing 707, crashes on take-off from Windhoek Airport; 123 are killed, 5 survive.
• December 24 - Allegheny Airlines Flight 736, a Convair CV-580, crashes near Bradford Airport, killing 17 passengers and 3 crew.

1969

• March 16 - AVENSA Flight 742, a Douglas DC-9 (YC-C-AVD) hit power lines on take-off from Maracaibo Airport, Venezuela. All 84 on board died and 71 on the ground.
• September 20 - An Air Vietnam Douglas DC-4 collided on approach to landing with an American United States Air Force F-4 Phantom near Da Nang, Vietnam. 77 died.

1970

• July 3 – Dan Air Flight TBA, a de Havilland Comet, crashed into mountains on approach to Barcelona Airport, with 105 Passenger and 7 crew fatalities.
• October 2: A chartered Martin 4-0-4 twin-prop airliner, N464M, crashes just over ten miles west of Silver Plume, Colorado, killing 30 of those on board including the coach and 13 members of the Wichita State football team, en route to play Utah State. Cause was controlled flight into terrain due to poor flight planning.

1971

• May 5 – American Airlines Flight 946, A Boeing 727 flight flying from New Zealand to Texas, loses the engine power for no known reason. It crashes into the pacific ocean near New Zealand. The plane was found, but many of the passangers were never recovered.

1972

• October 1 – An Aeroflot Ilyushin Il-18 ditches into the Black Sea not long after taking off from the Russian resort city of Sochi in good weather. Between 105 and 109 passengers and crew are thought to have been on board; no bodies were ever recovered, and the cause of the crash remains unknown.
• October 13 – An Aeroflot Ilyushin Il-62 chartered from Paris crashes into a small lake about 6 km east of Moskva-Sheremetyevo Airport (SVO) after several attempts at landing in poor weather. The airport's instrument landing system (ILS) is inoperative at the time of the crash. Between 173 and 176 passengers and crew are killed; at the time, this is the largest death toll in civil aviation history.

1973

• September 11 - JAT Yugoslav Airlines a Sud Aviation Caravelle (Registration: YU-AHD) on a flight Skopje-Titograd struck Maganik mountain at 6300 feet while descending from 9000 to 6000 feet in instrument meteorological conditions, killing all 41 on board.

1974

• December 4 – A chartered Martinair DC-8 Series 55F hits the Seven Virgins mountain range in Maskeliya, Sri Lanka; 191 are killed.

1975

• January 20 - Terrorists hijack an Air France Boeing 707 to Baghdad
• August 3 - A privately chartered Boeing 707 impacts a mountainside near Agadir, Morocco killing 188.

1976

• January 3 - An Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-124 crashed on take-off near Moscow USSR, 87 died.
• March 5 - An Aeroflot Ilyushin Il-18 crashed near Veronezh USSR, 120 died.
• August 15 - A SETA Vickers Viscount missing on a flight from Quito to Ceunca, presumed 59 died.
• September 19 - A THY Boeing 727 crashed into a mountain in Turkey killing 154.
• October 13 - A LAB Boeing 707 crashed into a football pitch in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. 3 crew died and at least 78 were killed on the ground (11 listed as missing).
• October 13 - An Indian Airlines Sud Caravelle crashed on take-off at Bombay, India. 95 died.
• November 23 - A Olympic Airways NAMC YS-11 crashed in bad weather near Serviakozanis, Greece. 50 died.
• November 28 - An Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-104 crashed near Moscow. USSR. 72 died.
• December 25 - An Egyptair Boeing 707 crashed at Bangkok, Thailand. 52 died.

1977

• November 19 - TAP Portugal Flight 425, a Boeing 727, overran the runway at Funchal, Madeira Islands and exploded, killing 131.
• December 13 – A National Jet Services Douglas DC-3 charter crashed on takeoff from Evansville, Indiana en route to Nashville International Airport (BNA), killing all 29 on board, including the entire University of Evansville basketball team.

1979

• February 12 - Air Rhodesia Flight 827, a Vickers Viscount shot down by a SAM-7 missile shortly after take-off from Kariba Airport, Rhodesia, 59 killed.
• March 13 - An Alia Boeing 727 (JY-ADU), forced into the ground during a thunderstorm near Doha Airport, Qatar. Of the 64 on board, 41 passengers and 3 crew died.
• March 17 - An Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-104 crashed in freezing fog and rain near Moscow USSR. All 90 on board died.
• April 23 - A SAETA Vickers Viscount (HC-AVP) missing on a flight from Quito to Cuenca. Aircraft found five years later. All 57 on board died (52 passengers and 5 crew).
• July 31 - A Dan-Air HS 748 (G-BEKF) failed to become airborne at Sumburgh Airport, Scotland. Of the 47 on board, 15 passengers and two crew died.
• August 4 - An Indian Airlines HS 748 (VT-DXJ) crashed into the Kiroli Hills 11km east of Bombay. All 45 on board died (40 passengers and five crew).
• August 11 - Collision of two Aeroflot Tupolev aircraft. ATC separation error. 178 killed.
• September 14 - An ATI Douglas DC-9 (I-ATJC) crashed into a mountain ridge near Cagliari, Italy. All 31 on board died (27 passengers and four crew).
• October 31 - Western Airlines Flight 2605 Douglas DC-10 (N903WA) lands on the wrong runway and hits vehicles at Benito Juarez International Airport in Mexico City. 73 killed.
• December 23 - A THY Fokker F-28 (TC-JAT) crashed into a hill near Ankara, Turkey on approach. All 45 on board died (38 passengers and 3 crew).

1980

• January 21 - An Iran National Airlines Boeing 727 (EP-IRD) crashed into a mountain near Tehran, Iran. All 128 on board died (120 passengers and eight crew).
• March 14 – LOT Flight 007 a Ilyushin Il-62 from New York crashed on approach to Warszawa-Okecie Airport caused by the damage from an engine disintegration. All 87 people on aboard - including 77 passangers - were killed.
• April 12 - A Trans-Brasil Boeing 727 (PT-TYS) crashed into a hill near Florianopolis, Brazil on approach. Of the 58 on board. 47 passengers and eight crew died.
• April 25 - A Dan-Air Boeing 727 (G-BDAN) crashed into mountain near Tenerife, Spain. All 146 on board died (138 passengers and eight crew).
• April 27 - A Thai Airways HS 748 (HS-THB) crashed during a thunderstorm near Bangkok, Thailand. All 53 on board died (40 passengers and four crew).
• July 7 – Aeroflot Tupolev TU-154B crashed on takeoff from Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan. All 166 passengers and crew aboard were killed.
• August 19 - A Saudi Arabian Airlines Lockheed Tristar (HZ-AHK) destroyed on ground after airborne fire. All 301 on board died (287 passengers and 141 crew).
• August 26 - A Bouraq Indonesian Vickers Viscount (PK-IVS) crashed into a swamp. All 37 on board died (31 passengers and six crew).
• September 12 - A Florida Commuter Airlines Douglas DC-3 (N75KW) crashed into the Atlantic Ocean. All 34 on board died (30 passengers and four crew).
• December 21 - An Aerovias del Cesar Sud Caravelle (HK-1810) crashed after onboard explosion. All 70 on board died (63 passengers and seven crew).

1981

• July 20 – Somali Airlines Flight 1977, a Fokker F-27 Friendship 600RF, crashes 8 minutes after take off near Balad, North of Mogadishu, Somalia. Severe turbulence, strong vertical gusts lead to right wing breaking off; all 44 passengers and 6 crew perish.
• November 16 - Aeroflot Tupolev TU-154B crashed while on final approach to Norilsk after the elevator failed. 99 on board were killed.
• December 1 - Inex-Adria Aviopromet MD-80 crashed into Mt. San Pietro while approaching Campo Dell'Oro Airport in Ajaccio, Corsica killing all 173 passengers and 7 crew. It was and still is the worst accident involving an MD-80.

1982

• April 26 - CAAC Trident 2E crashed into a mountain while on approach to Guilin, killing all 112 people on board.
• September 13 - Spantax Flight 995, crashed after an aborted takeoff in Málaga, Spain; this DC-10-30 overshot the runway, crossed a four lane highway and killed three people in vehicles, and burst into flames in a field. Fifty people died.
  • Crum375 20:35, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

1983

• July 11 – a TAME Boeing 727 scrapes a mountain peak and explodes while attempting to land at Cuenca, Ecuador. All 118 people on board died.
• November 8 – an Angola Airlines Boeing 737 was shot down over Huíla province, Angola by rebels. All 130 passengers and crew died.
• December 7 – Iberia Flight 350 a Boeing 727 collided with Aviaco Flight 134 (a DC-9) which had strayed onto its takeoff runway at Madrid, Spain during heavy fog. 51 on the 727 and all 42 aboard the DC-9 were killed.

1984

• January 10 – a Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Tupolev Tu-134 crashed into a forest near Sofia, Bulgaria during a snowstorm. All 50 people on board died.
• August 5 – a Biman Bangladesh Airlines Fokker F-27 crashed while attempting to land at Dacca, Bangladesh. All 49 passengers and crew were killed.
• August 5 – an Aeroflot Antonov An-12 flew into a hailstorm over Nawabshah, Pakistan which damaged its engines. The plane broke up during a steep descent, killing all 24 passengers and crew.
• October 11 – Aeroflot Flight 3352, a Tupolev Tu-154, hit two cleaning vehicles on the runway while taking off from Omsk, Russia. Four crew and one passenger out of 179 survived.
• December 23 – Aeroflot Flight 3519, a Tupolev Tu-154, crashed while attempting to land at Krasnoyarsk, Russia, after an engine caught fire. All 110 people on board died.

1985

• February 19 – Iberia Flight 610, a Boeing 727, crashed after hitting a television antenna installed on the summit of Mount Oiz while landing in Bilbao Airport, Pais Vasco, Spain. All 148 passenger and crew on board are killed.
• September 4 – Ariana Afghan Airlines Antonov An-26 shot down by terrorists near Kandahar, killing all 47 passengers and 5 crew.

1986

• November 6 - a British International Helicopters Boeing Vertol 234 crashed 2.5 miles east of Sumburgh Airport, Scotland killing 45 of the 47 people on board due to an inflight component failure.

1987

• January 3 – Varig Flight 797, a Boeing 707, crashed into the jungle near Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire due to an engine fire. 51 people died.
• January 14 - Skywest Airlines Flight 1834 a Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner SA-226 collides with a Mooney Bravo over Kearns, Utah killing 10 people.
• May 9 – LOT Flight 5055, an Ilyushin Il-62, crashed near Warsaw, Poland, after an engine fire. All 183 people on board died. crashes shortly after takeoff from Warsaw due to an uncontained engine failure. 183 people on board are killed, making it the worst air disaster in Poland's history.
• 15 October 1987, an Aero Transporti Italiani (ATI) ATR 42-300 crashes on Mt. Crezzo, Italy during a flight from Milan-Linate to Köln, Germany. All 37 on board died. Icing conditions existed.

1988

• September 9 - Vietnam Airlines Tupolev Tu-134 crashed near Don Mueang, 76 passengers were killed, 14 survivors.
• October 19 – Thirty-four die when a Vayudoot Fokker F27 Friendship (tail VT-DMC) crashes near Guwahati, India. [1][2][3]

1990

• December 3, 1990 - A Northwest Airlines DC-9 taxied onto an active runway at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport in Romulus, Michigan and was struck by a Northwest Boeing 727 on its takeoff roll. Seven of the 40 passengers and one of two flight attendants on the DC-9 were killed.
  • Moved here per Guideline Crum375 13:09, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
• October 2 – Xiamen Airlines Flight 8301, an Boeing 737-247, hijacked shortly land after crushed into Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, China, and two aircraft are damaged. Total 128 killed.
  • Moved here per Guideline LeadSongDog (talk) 17:47, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

1991

• July 11 – A Nationair DC-8-61 chartered by Nigeria Airways to transport Nigerian pilgrims to Mecca caught fire and crashed shortly after takeoff from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, killing all 261 on board. Underinflated tires burst and caught fire during the takeoff roll, and were subsequently retracted into the fuselage. Here the fire spread, leading to a progressive failure of the aircraft systems and its structure before the aircraft could return to the airport for an emergency landing.

1992

• January 20 - Air Inter Flight 148, an Airbus A320, crashed on approach to Strasbourg. 87 of 96 people on board were killed.
• July 31 – A Thai Airways Airbus A310 crashed 22.5 miles (36 km) from Kathmandu, Nepal. All 14 crew and 99 passengers were killed.

1993

• May 19 – SAM Colombia SAM Colombia Flight 505, a Boeing 727, The plane, on route from Panama City, Panama, to Medellin, hit Mt. Paramo de Frontino at 12,300 ft. while on approach to Maria Cordova Airport. Errors by the crew and the ATC. The aircraft descended into mountainous terrain before actually reaching the Abejorral NDB beacon. The VOR/DME had been sabotaged by terrorists and not in service. All 132 passengers (including a group of Panamanian dentists on their way to a convention) were killed.
• 4 November – China Airlines Flight 605, a Boeing 747-409, overran the Kai Tak Airport runway 13 while landing during a typhoon. The wind was gusting to gale force at the time. Despite the plane's unstable approach, the captain did not go around. It touched down more than two-thirds down the runway and was unable to stop before its end, crashing into Hong Kong's harbor. The aircraft was evacuated without injuries.

1995

• January 11 – Intercontinental de Aviación Flight 256, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9, bursts into flame and crashes while descending to land at Cartagena, Colombia. Of the 52 people on board, 51 were killed.
• August 9 – Aviateca Flight 901, a Boeing 737, crashes into Mt. Chichontepec, El Salvador during a thunderstorm killing all 65 people on board.
• September 9 – A SATENA CASA C.212 Aviocar crashes during an attempted landing near La Macarena, Colombia killing 21 of the 22 people on board.
• September 15 – Malaysia Airlines Flight 2133, a Fokker F50 overruns the runway in Tawau, Malaysia killing 34 of the 53 people on board.
• September 21 – An MIAT Mongolian Airlines Antonov An-24 crashes into a mountain near Mörön, Mongolia killing 42 of the 43 people on board.
• November 13 – Nigeria Airways Flight 357, a Boeing 737, veers off the runway and catches fire in Kaduna, Nigeria. Of the 137 people on board, nine are killed.
• December 3 – Cameroon Airlines Flight 3701, a Boeing 737, crashes during an attempted landing near Douala, Cameroon killing 72 of the 78 on board.
• December 5 – An Azerbaijan Airlines Tupolev Tu-134 crashes shortly after takeoff while attempting to make an emergency landing near Nakhichevan City, Azerbaijan killing 54 of the 82 people on board.
• December 7 – Dalavia Flight 3949, a Tupolev Tu-154, crashes a mountain near Grossevichi, Russia killing all 98 people on board.
• December 13 – A Romavia Flight 166, an Antonov An-24 crashes shortly after taking off from Verona, Italy killing all 50 people on board.

1996

• January 8 - An African Air Antonov An-32 crashed into a busy street market after failing to take off in Kinshasa, Zaire. Of the six people on board, two were killed as well as 225-350 people on the ground.
• April 5 – A Krasnoyarskie Avialinii Ilyushin Il-76 near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia due to fuel starvation killing all 20 people on board.
• May 3 – A Federal Airlines Antonov An-24 crashes near Haj Yousif, Sudan during a sand storm killing all 53 people on board.
• June 13 – Garuda Indonesia Flight 865, a McDonnell Douglas DC-10, over runs the run way during a takeoff attempt in Fukuoka, Japan killing three of the 275 people on board.
• July 6 – Delta Air Lines Flight 1288, a McDonnell Douglas MD-80, experiences an engine failure during takeoff at Pensacola, Florida. The left engine sustained an uncontained failure, causing pieces of the engine to penetrate the cabin, killing 2 of the 142 people on board.
• October 31 – TAM Linhas Aéreas Flight 402, a Fokker F100, crashes into a residential area in São Paulo, Brazil shortly after takeoff, killing all 96 people on board as well as three people on the ground.

1997

• February 1 – An Air Senegal Avro 748 crashes shortly after takeoff in Tambacoumba, Senegal killing 25 of the 52 on board.
• March 18 – A Stavropol Airlines Antonov An-24 crashes near Cherkessk, Russia killing all 50 on board.
• June 6 – A Bazair Vickers Viscount crashes near Irumu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo after a cabin fire. All 27 on board died.
• July 11 – A Cubana de Aviación Antonov An-24 crashes into the ocean shortly after taking off from Santiago de Cuba, Cuba killing all 44 on board.
• July 17 – A Sempati Air Fokker F27 crashes in Bandung, Indonesia while attempting an emergency landing after an engine fire. Of the 50 people on board, 30 died.
• September 3 – A Vietnam Airlines Tupolev Tu-134 crashes in Phnom Penh, Cambodia while attempting to land in heavy rain. Of the 66 passengers and crew members only one survived.
• September 12 – A TMK Air Commuter de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter flies into a hill near Uvira, Democratic Republic of the Congo killing all 22 on board.
• October 10 – Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 2553, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9, crashes in Nuevo Berlín, near Fray Bentos, Uruguay, killing all 74 on board.
• December 9 – A Tajikistan Airlines Tupolev Tu-154 crashes while attempting to land in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates killing 85 of the 86 people on board.
• December 17 – An Aerosweet Airlines Yakovlev Yak-42 crashes into Mount Olympus near Fotina, Greece killing all 70 people on board.
• December 28 – A United Airlines Boeing 747 encounters turbulence over the Pacific Ocean off Japan killing one person.

1998

• January 13 – An Ariana Afghan Airlines Antonov An-12 crashed near Tor Kach, Pakistan after it ran out of fuel in poor weather. All 51 people on board died.
• January 27 – A Myanmar Airways Fokker F27 crashed while taking off from Yangon, Myanmar killing 16 of the 45 people on board.
• March 19 – An Ariana Afghan Airlines Boeing 727 hit a mountain near Charasyab, Afghanistan while descending to land. All 45 on board died.
• April 20 – Air France Flight 422, a Boeing 727 leased from TAME, crashed directly into a mountain east of Bogotá, Colombia, shortly after take-off in poor weather and low visibility due to pilot's failure to follow standard take-off procedures and the failure of ATC to warn the aircraft of the deviation. All 53 people on board were killed.
• May 26 – An MIAT Mongolian Airlines Antonov An-24 crashed into a mountain near Erdenet, Mongolia. All 28 people on board died.
• August 21 – A Lumbini Airways de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter crashed in a mountainous region near Ghorepani, Nepal. All of the 18 people on board were killed.
• August 24 – A Myanmar Airways Fokker F27 crashed in Manibagi, Myanmar during poor weather. All 44 people on board were killed. It has also been reported that there may have been survivors that were tortured to death by local villagers that thought the aircraft carried military personnel.
• August 29 – A Cubana de Aviación Tupolev Tu-154 crashed during takeoff into buildings in Quito, Ecuador. Seventy-five of the 90 people on board died as well as 10 on the ground.
• September 2 – A Permaviatrans Antonov An-26 was shot down by UNITA rebels over Angola. All 24 people on board were killed.
• September 25 – A Paukn Air BAe 146 crashed near Nador, Morocco killing all 38 people on board.
• September 29 – A Lion Air Antonov An-2 was shot down by LTTE rebels and crashed into the sea off Mannar, Sri Lanka. All 55 people on board were killed.
• October 10 – A Congo Airlines Boeing 727 was shot down by Tutsi rebels near Kindu in the Democratic Republic of Congo. All 41 on board died.

1999

• February 24 – A China Southwest Airlines Tupolev Tu-154 crashes in Ruian, China while descending to land at an airport. All 61 passengers and crew members were killed.
• August 7 – A TACV Cabo Verde Airlines Dornier Do 228 (charter from the Cape Verde Coast Guard) crashed into a cliff on Santo Antão, Cape Verde during poor weather. All 18 people on board were killed.
• August 24 – On board an Uni Air McDonnell Douglas MD-90 a fire starts in an overhead luggage compartment over Hualien Taiwan. The fire was cause by the accidental ignition fumes from a bottle of household cleaner. One person died.
• December 11 – A SATA International British Aerospace APT crashed on São Jorge Island in the Azores. All 35 people on board were killed.
• December 21 – A Cubana de Aviación McDonnell Douglas DC-10 overshot the runway in Guatemala City, Guatemala and crashes into homes. Of the 314 people on board, 16 die as well as two people in the homes.
• December 25 – A Cubana de Aviación Yakovlev Yak-42 crashed into a mountain near Bejuma, Venezuela killing all 22 on board.

2000

• January 13 – An Avisto Shorts 360 ditches in the ocean near Marsa el-Brega, Libya after both engines failed; 22 of the 41 people on board died.
• April 19 – Air Philippines Flight 541, a Boeing 737, crashes in Samal Island in the Philippines during a landing attempt. All 131 on board were killed.
• May 21 – An Executive Airlines BAe Jetstream 3101-31 near Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania killing all 19 on board.
• June 22 – A Wuhan Airlines Xian Yunshuji Y-7-100C is struck by lightning over Shitai, China and explodes. Part of the plane crashes into a farmhouse and another into the Hanjiang River. All 44 people on the aircraft were killed as well as seven people who drowned after their boat capsized when the aircraft hit the river.
• July 8 – An Aerocaribe British Aerospace BAe Jetstream 32EP crashed in heavy fog near Villahermosa, Mexico. All 19 people on board were killed.
• July 27 – A Royal Nepal Airlines de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter crashes into the Siwalik Hills range near Jodhura, Nepal, killing all 25 on board.
• August 12 – A Staer Air Antonov An-26 crashes near Tshikapa, Democratic Republic of the Congo during an attempted landing. All 21 passengers and six crew members are killed.
• October 6 – Aeroméxico Flight 250, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9, misses the runway while landing at Reynosa, Mexico during bad weather. All of the 88 people on board survived, but four people on the ground were killed when the aircraft crashed into homes and vehicles.
• October 31 – An Aca-Ancargo Antonov An-26 explodes in flight near Monaquimbundo, Angola. UNITA rebels claim to have shot it down. All 44 people on board died.
• November 15 – An Asa Pesada Antonov An-26 crashes near Luanda, Angola. All 57 people on board are killed.
• November 20 – An American Airlines Airbus A300 takes off from Miami, Florida and goes back and lands after the cabin pressure could not be maintained at 16,000 ft. Upon landing, the aircraft fails to depressurize and a door explodes open, killing a flight attendant.

2001

• January 25 – A Rutaca Douglas DC-3 aircraft crashes shortly after taking off from Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela, killing all 20 passengers and four crew members.

• March 24 – Air Caraïbes Flight 1501, a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter, crashes into a home while attempting to land on the island of Saint-Barthélemy. All of the 17 passengers and two crew members die as well as one person on the ground.
• March 29 – An Avjet charter flight, a Gulfstream III jet with 15 passengers and 3 crew, crashes on approach into Aspen, CO, killing all on board
• May 17 – A Qeshm Air Yakovlev Yak-40 aircraft crashes into a mountain during poor weather conditions near Sari, Iran, killing all 25 passengers and five crew members on board.
• July 3 – A Vladivostok Air Tupolev Tu-154 aircraft crashes while attempting to land at Irkutsk, Russia, killing all 145 on board.
• August 25 - A twin engine Cessna 402B(N8097W) crashes shortly after takeoff about 200 ft.(70m) from the runway at Marsh Harbour, Abaco Island, Bahamas. Victims of the crash include the pilot, American singer Aaliyah Haughton(better known as Aaliyah)and entourage.
• September 12 – A charted Aero Ferinco LET 410 aircraft crashes after taking off from Chichen Itza, Mexico, killing all 19 on board.
• November 19 – A chartered IRS Aero Ilyushin Il-18 aircraft crashes in Kalyazin, Russia, killing all 27 on board.

2002

• February 12 – Iranair Tours Flight 956, a Tupolev Tu-154 crashes into a mountain near Khorramabad, Iran. All 108 passengers and 9 crew members are killed.
• May 4 – EAS Airlines Flight 4226, a BAC 1-11 crashes into a number of buildings in Kano, Nigeria after taking off. Of the 77 people on board the aircraft, 74 were killed along with 75 on the ground.
• May 7 – EgyptAir Flight 843, a Boeing 737, crashes near Tunis, Tunisia while landing in rough weather. Of the 62 people on board, 14 die.
• July 4 – A Prestige Airlines Boeing 707 en route to Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo from N'Djamena, Chad crashes while trying to perform an emergency landing due to a mechanical problem in Bangui, Central African Republic. Of the 27 people on board, 25 were killed.
• November 11 – Laoag International Airlines Flight 585, a Fokker F27 ditches into Manila Bay near the Philippines after the pilot declares an emergency. Nineteen of the 35 people on board were killed.
• August 30 – A Rico Taxi Aéreo Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia crashes in Rio Branco, Brazil while attempting to land during a rain storm. Only eight of 31 on board survive.
• December 23 – An Aeromist-Kharkiv Antonov An-140 crashes near Isfanan, Iran killing all 38 passengers and six crew members.

2003

• January 8 – A Turkish Airlines Avro RJ-100 aircraft crashes during landing near Diyarbakir, Turkey killing 71 of the 75 passengers and four of the five crew members.
• January 9 – A TANS Peru Fokker F28 crashes into a mountain close to its destination Chachapoyas, Peru killing all 46 on board.
• April 1 – A Cubana de Aviación Antonov An-24 was forced to fly to Key West, Florida by a man with hand grenades. No one was injured.
• May 26 – An Ukrainian-Mediterranean Airlines Yakovlev Yak-42 crashes near Macka, Turkey killing all 75 on board.
• July 8 – Sudan Airways Flight 39, a Boeing 737, crashes shortly after taking off from Port Sudan, Sudan. The plane crashed into a hill while attempting an emergency landing; 116 of the 117 people on board were killed.
• July 19 – A Ryan Blake Air Charter Swearingen SA-226T Metro II carrying tourists crashes into Mount Kenya, Kenya killing all 14 on board.
• August 24 – Tropical Airways Flight 1301 crashes after taking off from Cap-Haïtien, Haiti; all 19 passengers and two crew members are killed.

2004

• January 13 – An Uzbekistan Airways Yakovlev Yak-40 aircraft crashes while attempting to land in Tashkent, Uzbekistan killing all 32 passengers and six crew members.
• February 10 – A Kish Air Fokker F-50 crashes during landing at Sharjah, United Arab Emirates; 43 of the 46 people on board died.
• May 14 – A Rico Linhas Aereas Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia crashes near Manaus, Brazil killing all 33 on board.
• June 8 – A Gabon Express Avro 748 aircraft crashes shortly after taking off from Libreville, Gabon killing 19 of the 30 people on board.

2005

• March 16 – A Regional Airlines Antonov An-24 aircraft carrying oil workers to Varandey, Russia crashed five kilometers from the runway. A mixture of bad weather and pilot error caused the crash. Twenty-six of the 45 passengers died as well as two of the seven crew members.
• April 12 – A GT Air de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 100 aircraft crashes in Indonesia, all 18 on board die.
• May 25 – A chartered Maniema Union Antonov An-28 aircraft, owned by Victoria Air, crashed into a mountain near Walungu, Democratic Republic of the Congo about 30 minutes after takeoff. All of the 22 passengers and 5 crew members were killed.
• July 16 – An Ecuatair Antonov An-24 crashed shortly after takeoff from Baney, Equatorial Guinea killing all 54 passengers and 6 crew members.
• August 6 – A Tuninter ATR-72 crashes in the Mediterranean Sea off Palermo, Italy, killing 16 of the 39 on board.
• December 23 – An Azerbaijan Airlines Antonov An-140 crashes into the Caspian Sea shortly after taking off from Baku, Azerbaijan; all 23 on board were killed.

2006

• March 18 – While landing in Madrid, Spain, an Air Algeria Boeing 737's right landing gear collapses. The aircraft veered off the runway and injured about 45 of the 108 on board. There were no fatalities.
• March 31 – A Team Air L-410 crashes near Rio Bonito in Brazil and catches fire. All of the 19 people on board were killed.

2007

• May 4 - Two Cuban military deserters hijack a bus and reroute it to Havana Airport, before attempting to steal an empty passenger jet with the occupants of the bus as hostages. The plan is ultimately foiled but one hostage is killed before the men are captured.

2008

• February 24- An American Airlines flight, Flight 896 from Port-Au-Prince, Haiti to Brooklyn, New York has a sick passenger who asks the flight attendents for oxygen because she can't breathe. The oxygen tanks are reported empty and the woman dies a few minutes later.
• July 24 - An Air Mauritius Airbus A330-200 abort take off at New Delhi airport after a fire is detected in the under carriage. All 241 passengers and 11 crew survive.