Causes of Airplane Accidents
Air Traffic Control Error | ||
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09/03/1929 | Mt. Taylor, New Mexico | Trans Con. Air Transport |
06/13/1947 | Leesburg, Virginia | Pen Central Air |
11/11/1949 | Arlington, Virginia | Eastern / U.S. AF |
04/14/1958 | Castel de Fels, Spain | Aviaco |
07/21/1961 | Shemya, Alaska | Alaska AL |
02/08/1965 | New York, New York | Eastern AL |
01/14/1970 | Mt. Pumacona, Peru | Faucett |
02/06/1970 | Samarkand, USSR | Aeroflot |
12/20/1972 | Chicago, Illinois | Delta/North Central |
09/09/1976 | Adler, Russia | Aeroflot / Aeroflot |
09/10/1976 | Gaj, Yugoslavia | Inex / British AW |
08/11/1979 | Dneprodzerzhinsk, USSR | Aeroflot |
02/01/1991 | Los Angeles, California | USAir/Skywest |
05/19/1993 | Medellin, Colombia | SAM |
11/07/1996 | Lagos, Nigeria | Aviation Dev. Corp. |
09/26/1997 | Buah Nabar, Indonesia Garuda | Indonesian AL |
07/01/2002 | Uberlinger, Germany | Bashkirian AL / DHL |
Bird Strike | ||
10/04/1960 | Boston, Massachusetts | Eastern AL |
11/23/1962 | Ellicott, Maryland | United AL |
09/15/1988 | Bahar Dar, Ethiopia | Ethiopian AL |
04/18/1990 | Off Panama | Aero Perlas |
09/22/1995 | Anchorage, Alaska | U.S. Air Force |
04/19/2000 | Pepo, Congo | Centraafricain Airlines |
01/25/2007 | Pau, France | Reg Comp Air Eur |
01/15/2009 | New York, New York | US Airways |
Cargo Hold / Cabin Fire | ||
07/09/1945 | Florence, South Carolina | Eastern AL |
06/17/1948 | Mt. Carmel, Pennsylvania | United AL |
08/02/1949 | Jaquirana, Brazil | Varig |
01/09/1964 | Zarate, Argentina | Aero Litoral Argentina |
07/09/1964 | Parrottsville, Tennesee | United AL |
07/26/1969 | Biskra, Algeria | Air Algerie |
08/14/1972 | Konigs, East Germany | Interflug |
08/31/1972 | Magnitogorsk, Russia | Aeroflot |
07/11/1973 | Paris, Orly, France | Varig |
11/03/1973 | Boston, Massachusetts | Pan American |
11/26/1979 | Ta’if, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia | Pakistan Inter. AL |
08/19/1980 | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | Saudi Arabian AL |
12/24/1982 | Guangzhou, China | CAAC |
06/02/1983 | Covington, Kentucky | Air Canada |
07/02/1986 | Syktyvar, Russia | Aeroflot |
05/09/1987 | Warsaw, Poland | LOT |
11/28/1987 | Mauritius, Indian Ocean | South African Airways |
01/13/1990 | Pervouralsk, Russia | Aeroflot |
07/12/1995 | Gumey, New Guinea | Milne Bay Air |
05/11/1996 | Everglades, Florida | ValuJet |
09/02/1998 | Peggy’s Cove, Nova Scotia | Swissair |
05/07/2002 | Off Dalian, China | China Northern Airlines |
Design Flaw | ||
03/31/1933 | Bazaar, Kansas | Trans Cont. & Western AW |
10/24/1947 | Bryce Canyon, Utah | United AL |
11/11/1947 | Gallup, New Mexico | American AL |
06/17/1948 | Mt. Carmel, Pennsylvania | United AL |
08/29/1948 | Winona, Minnesota | Northwest Orient AL |
05/02/1953 | Jalalogori, India | British Overseas AW |
01/10/1954 | Elba, Italy | British Overseas AW |
04/08/1954 | Off Stromboli, Italy | Trans Canada AL |
02/05/1955 | Calabar, Nigeria | West African AW |
09/29/1959 | Buffalo, Texas | Braniff AL |
03/17/1960 | Tell City, Indiana | Northwest Orient AL |
07/05/1970 | Toronto, Canada | Air Canada |
07/06/1982 | Moscow, Russia | Aeroflot |
03/03/1991 | Colorado Springs, Colorado | United Airlines |
07/30/1992 | New York, New York | Trans World Airlines |
04/06/1993 | Over the Pacific Ocean | China Eastern Airlines |
09/08/1994 | Aliquippa, Pennsylvania | US Air |
12/05/1997 | Irkutsk, Russia | Russian Air Force |
Sabotage – Explosive Device | ||
03/28/1933 | Dixmude, Belgium | Imperial AW |
10/10/1933 | Chesterton, Indiana | United AL |
05/07/1949 | Sibuyan Sea, Philippines | Phillipine AL |
09/09/1949 | Sault-aux-Cochons, Canada | Canadian Pacific AL |
08/12/1952 | Palmeria de Goias, Brazil | Trans Aero Nac. |
04/11/1955 | Great Natuna Island, Sarawak | Air India |
11/01/1955 | Longmont, Colorado | United AL |
07/25/1957 | Daggett, California | Western AL |
04/17/1959 | Puerto Kino,Mexico | Tigres Voladores |
09/06/1959 | Poza Rica, Mexico | Mexicana |
11/16/1959 | Gulf of Mexico | National AL |
01/06/1960 | Bolivia, North Carolina | National AL |
05/10/1961 | In Amenas, Libya | Air France |
05/22/1962 | Unionville, Missouri | Continental AL |
12/08/1964 | Tripuani, Bolivia | Aerolineas Abaroa |
07/08/1965 | Dog Creek, British Columbia | Canadian Pacific AL |
11/22/1966 | Aden, Yemen | Aden AW |
02/09/1967 | Mexico City, Mexico | Cubana |
10/12/1967 | Rhodes, Greece | British European AW |
12/22/1969 | Nha Trang, Vietnam | Air Vietnam |
02/21/1970 | Zurich, Switzerland | Swissair |
04/21/1970 | Manila, Philippines | Philippine AL |
11/21/1971 | Penhu Island, Taiwan | China AL |
01/26/1972 | Hermsdorf, Czechoslovakia | JAT |
06/15/1972 | Pleiku, Vietnam | Cathay Pacific AW |
03/19/1973 | Ben Me Thout, South Vietnam | Air Vietnam |
04/21/1973 | Patabangan, Philippines | Philippine AL |
12/17/1973 | Rome, Italy | Pan American AW |
09/08/1974 | Ionian Sea, Greece | Trans World AL |
01/01/1976 | Al Qaysumah, Saudi Arabia | Middle East AL |
10/06/1976 | Bridgetown, Barbados | Cubana |
02/19/1979 | Barentu, Ethiopia | Ethiopian Airlines |
06/27/1980 | Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy | Itavia |
12/21/1980 | Rio Hacha, Colombia | Trans. Aereos del Caribe |
09/23/1983 | Mina Jebel Ali, UAE | Gulf Air |
06/23/1985 | Atlantic Ocean, Ireland | Air India |
04/02/1986 | Athens, Greece | Trans World AL |
05/03/1986 | Colombo, Sri Lanka | Air Lanka |
11/29/1987 | Andaman Sea | Korean AL |
03/01/1988 | Johannesberg, South Africa | Comair |
12/21/1988 | Lockerbie, Scotland | Pan American AW |
09/19/1989 | Bilma, Niger | Union des Trans. Aeriens |
11/27/1989 | Bogota, Colombia | Avianca |
07/19/1994 | Colon, Panama | Alas Chiricanas |
12/11/1994 | Pacific Ocean, Okinawa | Philippine AL |
07/09/1997 | Suzano, Brazil | TAM |
03/03/2001 | Bangkok, Thailand | Thai Airways |
05/07/2002 | Off Dalian, China | China Northern Airlines |
08/24/2004 | Toula, Russia | Volga-Avia Express |
08/24/2004 | Rostov-on-Don, Russia | Sibir Airlines |
Fuel Starvation | ||
05/06/1936 | Macon, Missouri | Transcon. & West. Air |
12/31/1935 | Alexandria, Egypt | Imperial AW |
01/14/1936 | Goodwin, Arkansas | American AL |
07/02/1937 | Lae, New Guinea | Purdue Res. Found. |
11/28/1938 | Off Point Reyes, Calif. | United Air Lines |
02/09/1943 | Gander, Newfoundland | British Overseas AW |
12/26/1946 | Michigan City, Michigan | American AL |
01/05/1947 | Carmel, New Jersey | Nationwide Air Trans. |
01/11/1947 | Lympne, England | BOAC |
01/07/1948 | Savannah, Georgia | Coastal Air Lines |
01/30/1948 | Near Bermuda | British So. Am. AW |
12/28/1948 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | Airborne Transport |
08/15/1949 | Lurga Point, Ireland | Transocean Air Lines |
07/28/1950 | Porte Alegre, Brazil | Penair do Brasil |
04/30/1952 | Delhi, India | Deccan, AW |
06/19/1954 | Folkestone, England | Swissair |
12/22/1954 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | Johnson Flying Service |
04/04/1967 | Stockport, England | British Midland AW |
05/02/1970 | St. Croix, Virgin Islands | Antillian AL |
08/11/1974 | Ouagadougou, Upper Volta | Air Mali |
10/20/1977 | Gillsburg, Mississippi | L & J Company |
12/02/1977 | Al Bayda, Lebanon | Balkan Bulgarian AL |
12/28/1978 | Portland, Oregon | United AL |
09/04/1982 | Rio Branco, Brazil | Cia Bras. de Tratores |
07/23/1983 | Gimli, Manitoba, Canada | Air Canada |
09/03/1989 | Sao Jose do Xingu, Brazil | Varig |
01/25/1990 | Cove Neck, New York | Avianca |
09/11/1990 | Off Newfoundland, Canada | Faucett |
06/26/1991 | Sokotu, Nigeria | Okada Air |
11/15/1993 | Kerman, Iran | Magistralnye Avialinii |
09/18/1994 | Tamanrasset, Algeria | Oriental AL |
09/26/1994 | Vanavera, Russia | Cheremshanka AL |
09/11/1995 | Jalalabad, Afghanistan | Ariana Afghan AL |
10/31/1995 | Piedras Negras, Mexico | TACSA |
04/05/1996 | Petropavlovsk, Russia | Krasnoyarskie AV |
01/13/1998 | Tor Kach, Pakistan | Ariana Afghan AL |
03/23/2000 | Kadirana, Sri Lanka | OMSK |
06/11/2002 | Winnipeg, Manitoba | Keystone Air Services |
11/11/2002 | Manila, Phillipines | Laoag Int. Airlines |
08/13/2004 | Cincinnati, Ohio | Air Tacoma |
08/06/2005 | Off Palermo, Italy | Tuninter |
Hijacking (resulting in fatalities) | ||
07/16/1948 | Pacific Ocean | Cathay Pacific AW |
11/01/1958 | Nipe Bay, Cuba | Cubana |
04/28/1960 | Calabozo, Venezuela | Linea Aero. Venezolana |
1/23/1971 | Korean Air Lines | Sokcho, South Korea |
12/06/1971 | Tikaka, Sudan | Sudan AW |
05/28/1973 | Chita, Russia | Aeroflot |
09/15/1974 | Phan Rang, Vietnam | Air Vietnam |
05/23/1976 | Zamboanga, Philippines | Philippine AL |
06/27/1976 | Entebbe, Uganda | Air France |
12/04/1977 | Kampung Ladang, Malaysia | Malaysia AL |
06/14/1985 | Athens, Greece | Trans World AL |
11/24/1985 | Luqa, Malta | Egyptair |
09/16/1986 | Karachi, Pakistan | Pan American AW |
12/25/1986 | Ay, Saudi Arabia | Iraqi AW |
07/24/1987 | Geneva, Switzerland | Air Afrique |
04/05/1988 | Combi, Cyprus | Kuwait AW |
10/02/1990 | Guangzhou, China | Xiamen/China SW AL |
08/28/1993 | Khorag, Tajikistan | Tadzhikistan Nat. AL |
12/26/1994 | Algiers, Algeria | Air France |
11/23/1996 | Moroni, Comoros Islands | Ethiopian AL |
07/23/1999 | Tokyo, Japan | All Nippon AW |
09/11/2001 | New York City, New York | American Airlines |
09/11/2001 | New York City, New York | United Airlines |
09/11/2001 | Washington, D.C. | American Airlines |
09/11/2001 | Shanksville, Pennsylvania | United Airlines |
Lightning | ||
07/22/1938 | Stulpica, Romania | LOT |
08/31/1940 | Lovettsville, Virginia | Penn Central AL |
01/17/1951 | Civitavecchia, Italy | Alitalia |
06/26/1959 | Varese, Italy | Trans World AL |
08/29/1960 | Dakar, Senegal | Air France |
07/19/1961 | Azul, Brazil | Aerolineas Argentinas |
12/19/1962 | Warsaw, Poland | LOT |
08/12/1963 | Lyon, France | Air Inter |
12/08/1963 | Elkton, Maryland | Pan American AW |
12/24/1971 | Puerto Inca, Peru | Lineas Aereas Nacionales |
05/09/1976 | Madrid, Spain | Iran Air Force |
02/08/1988 | Mulheim, Germany | NFD |
06/22/2000 | Shitai, China | Wuhan AL |
Overloading / Improper Loading of Aircraft | ||
03/14/1942 | Kunming, China | CNAC |
01/17/1956 | Oreway, Canada | Quebecair |
06/07/1949 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | Strato Feight |
12/08/1956 | Caqueta, Colombia | AIDA |
10/29/1960 | Toledo, Ohio | Arctic Pacific Air |
10/02/1970 | Silver Plume, Colorado | Golden Eagle Av. Inc. |
09/02/1981 | Paipa, Colombia | Taxi Aereo el Venado |
10/30/1981 | Bafoussam, Cameroon | Cameroon AL |
12/22/1991 | Heidelberg, Germany | Classic Wings |
07/20/1992 | Tbilisi, Georgia | Georgian Air |
11/11/1992 | Tver-Kallinen, Russia | Aeroflot |
08/26/1993 | Aldan, Russia | Sakha AL |
08/28/1993 | Khorag, Tajikistan | Tadzhikistan Nat. AL |
12/13/1995 | Verona, Italy | Romanian Banat Air |
12/18/1995 | Kahengula, Angola | Trans Service Airlift |
11/27/1996 | Abakan, Siberia, Russia | Russian Air Force |
11/30/1996 | Medellin, Colombia | ACES |
05/26/1998 | Erdenet, Mongolia | MIAT |
01/15/2000 | San Jose, Costa Rica | TACA |
Pilot Incapacitation | ||
10/30/1959 | Waynesborough, Virginia | Piedmont AL |
12/14/1962 | Burbank, California | Flying Tiger Line |
10/06/1965 | Centennial, Wyoming | United AL |
04/22/1966 | Ardmore, Oklahoma | American Flyers AL |
03/13/1967 | East London, South Africa | South African AW |
01/14/1970 | Mt. Pumacona, Peru | Faucett |
06/18/1972 | Staines, Surrey, England | British European AW |
10/13/1972 | Krasnaya, Polyana, USSR | Aeroflot |
02/09/1982 | Tokyo, Japan | Japan AL |
03/31/1995 | Balotesti, Romania | Trans. Aeriene Rom. |
09/04/2000 | Near Burketown, Australia | Central Air |
08/14/2005 | Grammatikos, Greece | Helios Airways |
Pilots Shot by Passenger | ||
05/07/1964 | San Ramon, California | Pacific AL |
12/04/1977 | Kampung Ladang, Malaysia | Malaysian AL |
12/07/1987 | San Luis Obispo, California | Pacific Southwest AL |
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