List of accidents and incidents on commercial airliners grouped by location

Table of contents

1 Africa 1.1 Algeria 1.2 Canary Islands, Spain 1.3 Niger 2 Andaman Sea 3 Antarctica 4 Arabian Sea 5 Asia 5.4 Georgia 5.5 Hong Kong 5.6 Japan 5.7 Pakistan 5.8 Saudi Arabia 5.9 Taiwan 5.10 United Arab Emirates 5.11 Various countries 6 Atlantic Ocean 7 Bight of Benin 8 Black Sea 9 Caribbean Sea 10 Europe 10.12 Czech Republic 10.13 France 10.14 Germany 10.15 Greece 10.16 Italy 10.17 Luxembourg 10.18 United Kingdom 11 Indian Ocean 12 North America 12.19 Canada 12.19.1 Newfoundland and Labrador 12.20 United States, including North American territories 12.20.2 Arkansas 12.20.3 California 12.20.4 Colorado 12.20.5 Florida 12.20.6 Illinois 12.20.7 Iowa 12.20.8 New York 12.20.9 Pennsylvania 12.20.10 Puerto Rico 12.20.11 Texas 12.20.12 Virginia 12.21 Panama 13 Pacific Ocean 14 Philippine Sea 15 Red Sea 16 Sea of Okhotsk 17 South America 18 Strait of Hormuz 19 Taiwan Strait

Africa

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

• KLM Flight 4805 and Pan Am Flight 1736 - KLM plane crashes into Pan Am plane during takeoff from Tenerife in the Canary Islands (Tenerife disaster)

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

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

• Air New Zealand Flight 901 - Crashed into Mount Erebus

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

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

• Mandarin Airlines Flight 642 - Crashed upon landing in Hong Kong, People's Republic of China

• All Nippon Airways Flight 61 - Hijacked and taken back over Tokyo, Japan
• Japan Airlines Flight 123 - Crashed into Mount Osutaka, Japan

• Pan Am Flight 73 - Hijacked in Karachi, Pakistan.

• Iraqi Airways Hijacking - Hijacked on the way from Baghdad to Amman, later crashed after a grenade exploded

• Singapore Airlines Flight 6 - Crashed upon takeoff in Taipei, Taiwan

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

• Indian Airlines Flight 814 - Hijacked on the way to India, and flown to India, Pakistan, the UAE, and Afghanistan before the passengers are released.

• Air India Flight 182 - Bombed off the coast of Ireland
• American Airlines Flight 63 - Attempted bombing over Atlantic Ocean, terrorist is restrained and sedated
• Egyptair Flight 990 - Crashed off the coast of Nantucket
• Swissair Flight 111 - Crashed off the coast of Nova Scotia
• TWA Flight 800 - Crashed off the coast of Long Island

• UTA Flight 141 - Crashed after takeoff

• Transair Georgian Airline Crash (21 September) - Shot down by a missile upon landing.

• Dominicana DC-9 air disaster - Crashed shortly after takeoff

• JAT Yugoslav Flight 364, bombed, then crashed in Srbska Kamenice, Czechoslovakia

• Air France Flight 4590 - Concorde that crashed in Gonesse, France
• Air France Flight 8969 - Hijacked after takeoff from Algiers and taken back in France
• Turkish Airlines Flight 981 - Crashed in Ermenonville, France (Ermenonville air disaster)

• British European Flight 609, crashed in Munich, West Germany (Munich air disaster)
• Bashkirian Airlines Flight 2937, collided in mid-air with DHL Flight 611.

• TWA Flight 840 - Bombed on the way to Athens, Greece, sucking out 4 on board - the plane landed safely.

• Scandinavian Airlines Flight 686 - Crashed upon takeoff in Milan, Italy (Linate Airport disaster)

• Luxair Flight 9642, crashed on final approach to Luxembourg

• British European Flight 548, crashed in the United Kingdom (Staines air disaster)
• British Midland Flight 92, crashed in Kegworth, United Kingdom (Kegworth air disaster)
• KLM Constellation air disaster, crashed near Prestwick, Scotland.
• Pan Am Flight 103, bomb exploded over Scotland (Lockerbie disaster)

• Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 - crashed off of the Comoros Islands

• Arrow Air Flight 1285 - Crashed shortly after takeoff from Gander

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

• PSA Flight 182 - Collided with a Cessna over San Diego
• PSA Flight 1771 - Hijacked and crashed by a disgruntled former airline employee

• United Airlines Flight 629 - Exploded after a bomb on board detonated over Longwood after takeoff from Stapleton Airport in Denver, Colorado - Bomb was placed by John Graham as part of a scheme to collect insurance money

• ValuJet Flight 592 - Crashed in the Everglades in Florida after takeoff

• American Airlines Flight 191 - Crashed on take-off O' Hare International Airport, Chicago after No. 1 engine fell off

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

• American Airlines Flight 11 - Hijacked after takeoff from Boston, crashed in Manhattan (WTC North Tower), New York City (September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks)
• United Airlines Flight 175 - Hijacked after takeoff from Boston, crashed in Manhattan, New York City (WTC South Tower) (September 11 Terrorist Attacks)
• American Airlines Flight 587 - Broke up over Queens, New York City

• United Airlines Flight 93 - Hijacked after takeoff from Newark, New Jersey, crashed in Somerset County (September 11 Terrorist Attacks)

• Prinair Flight 191 - Crashed upon landing in Ponce. Pilot error was responsible.

• Delta Airlines Flight 191 - Crashed upon landing in Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport near Dallas
• Delta Airlines Flight 1411 - Crashed after takeoff from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport near Dallas

• Air Florida Flight 90 - Crashed in Arlington
• American Airlines Flight 77 - Hijacked after takeoff from Dulles, crashed in Arlington (The Pentagon) (September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks)

• Alas Chiricanas bombing - Bombed near Colon

• AeroPeru Flight 603 - Off of the coast of Peru
• Alaska Airlines Flight 261 - Off the coast of Oxnard, California
• Aloha Flight 243 - Passenger roof blew off while the aircraft was flying an inter-island flight in Hawaii. The plane landed safely.

• Philippine Airlines Flight 434 - bombed over Minami Daito Island, near Okinawa, Japan

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

• Korean Air Flight 7 - Shot down over Soviet airspace

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

• Iran Air Flight 655 - Shot down by an American naval vessal

• China Airlines Flight 611 - Broke up in the Taiwan Strait