List of accidents and incidents on commercial airliners grouped by location
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Accidents and incidents on commercial airliners grouped by location of the incident. This list is also available: by airline, by year, alphabetically. See also: Accidents and incidents in aviation.
Africa
Algeria
- Air Algerie Flight 6289 - Crashed after takeoff from Tamranasett, Algeria
- Air France Flight 8969 - Hijacked after takeoff from Algiers and taken back in France
Canary Islands, Spain
- KLM Flight 4805 and Pan Am Flight 1736 - KLM plane crashes into Pan Am plane during takeoff from Tenerife in the Canary Islands (Tenerife disaster)
Niger
- UTA Flight 772 - Blown up over the Sahara Desert by Libyan terrorists.
Andaman Sea
- Korean Air Flight 858 - Blown up over the sea by a bomb planted by North Korean agents
Antarctica
Arabian Sea
- Air India Flight 855 - Crashed after takeoff in Bombay (now Mumbai), India
Asia
Afghanistan
- Kam Air Flight 904 - Crashed in snowstorm.
People's Republic of China
Hong Kong
- Mandarin Airlines Flight 642 - Crashed upon landing in Hong Kong.
Mainland China
- Air China flight 129 - Crashed into terrian in low visibility.
- China Northern flight 6136 - Fire on board caused out of control and crashed into the sea.
- China Eastern flight 5210 - Crashed shortly after take off.
Georgia
- Transair Georgian Airline Crash (22 September) - Shot down as it was trying to takeoff from Sukhumi
India
- A De Havilland Comet crashed in Jalalogori, India soon after take-off from Calcutta (now Kolkata) on 2 May 1953 - first of a series of crashes that led to Comet 1 fleet being grounded and eventually scrapped.
Indonesia
- Silkair Flight 185 - Crashed into the Musi River near Palembang, Sumatra
Japan
- All Nippon Airways Flight 61 - Hijacked and taken back over Tokyo, Japan
- Japan Airlines Flight 123 - Crashed into Mount Osutaka, Japan
Malaysia
- Singapore Airlines Flight 117 - Hijacked enroute from Kuala Lumpur to Singapore.
Pakistan
- Pan Am Flight 73 - Hijacked in Karachi, Pakistan.
Saudi Arabia
- Iraqi Airways Hijacking - Hijacked on the way from Baghdad to Amman, later crashed after a grenade exploded
Singapore
- A BOAC Lockheed Constellation, "Belfast", crashed on landing at the Kallang Airport in 1954
Republic of China (Taiwan)
- Singapore Airlines Flight 006 - Crashed upon takeoff at Chiang Kai-shek International Airport near Taipei, Taiwan
Thailand
- Lauda Air Flight 004 - Crashed into a jungle near Suphan Buri and Ban Nong Rong after an in-flight breakup
United Arab Emirates
- Gulf Air Flight 771 - Bombed, then crashed into a desert in the United Arab Emirates
Various countries
- Air Vietnam Flight 727 - Hijacked, then crashed after a missed approach at Phan Rang.
- Indian Airlines Flight 814 - Hijacked on the way to India, and flown to India, Pakistan, the UAE, and Afghanistan before the passengers are released.
Atlantic Ocean
- Air India Flight 182 - Bombed off the coast of Ireland
- American Airlines Flight 63 - Attempted bombing over Atlantic Ocean, terrorist is restrained and sedated
- Egyptair Flight 990 - Crashed off the coast of Nantucket
- Swissair Flight 111 - Crashed off the coast of Nova Scotia
- TWA Flight 800 - Crashed off the coast of East Moriches, New York
Bight of Benin
- UTA Flight 141 - Crashed after takeoff
Black Sea
- Siberia Airlines Flight 1812 - Shot down by a missile on October 4, 2001
- Transair Georgian Airline Crash (21 September) - Shot down by a missile upon landing.
Caribbean Sea
- American Airlines Flight 625 crashed in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
- Cubana Flight 455 bombed, then crashed off Barbados
- Dominicana DC-9 air disaster - Crashed shortly after takeoff
Europe
Belgium
- Sabena Flight 548 crashed on landing approach near Brussels
Czech Republic
- JAT Yugoslav Flight 364, bombed, then crashed in Srbska Kamenice, Czechoslovakia
France
- Air France Flight 4590 - Concorde that crashed in Gonesse, France
- Air France Flight 8969 - Hijacked after takeoff from Algiers and taken back in France
- Turkish Airlines Flight 981 - Crashed in Ermenonville, France (Ermenonville air disaster)
Germany
- British European Flight 609, crashed in Munich, West Germany (Munich air disaster)
- Bashkirian Airlines Flight 2937, collided in mid-air with DHL Flight 611.
Greece
- TWA Flight 840 - Bombed on the way to Athens, Greece, sucking out 4 on board - the plane landed safely.
Italy
- Scandinavian Airlines Flight 686 - Crashed upon takeoff in Milan, Italy (Linate Airport disaster)
- Itavia Flight 870 - Crashed off Ustica Island, Italy (Ustica Disaster)
Luxembourg
- Luxair Flight 9642, crashed on final approach to Luxembourg
Netherlands
- Bijlmer Disaster: El Al Flight 1862 crashed into 2 apartment buildings in Amsterdam.
Poland
- LOT Flight 007, crashed near Okęcie Airport in Warsaw.
- LOT Flight 5055, crashed in Kabacki Forest (Warsaw).
Russia
- Siberia Airlines Flight 1047 crashed near Rostov on Don
- Volga-AviaExpress Flight 1303 crashed in Tula Oblast
United Kingdom
England
- British European Flight 548, crashed in the United Kingdom (Staines air disaster)
- British Midland Flight 92, crashed in Kegworth, United Kingdom (Kegworth air disaster)
Scotland
- KLM Constellation air disaster, crashed near Prestwick, Scotland.
- Pan Am Flight 103, bomb exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland (Lockerbie disaster)
Indian Ocean
- Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 - crashed off of the Comoros Islands
North America
Canada
Newfoundland and Labrador
- Arrow Air Flight 1285 - Crashed shortly after takeoff from Gander
United States, including North American territories
Arizona
- TWA Flight 2 and United Airlines Flight 718 collide over the Grand Canyon on June 30, 1956.
Arkansas
- American Airlines Flight 1420 - Crashed upon landing at Little Rock National Airport in Little Rock
California
- Aeromexico Flight 498 - Collided with a Piper Archer over Cerritos
- PSA Flight 182 - Collided with a Cessna over San Diego
- PSA Flight 1771 - Hijacked and crashed by a disgruntled former airline employee
- USAir Flight 1493 - Collided with a commuter plane while landing in Los Angeles, California.
Colorado
- 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
- United Airlines Flight 585 - Crashed south of Colorado Springs Airport, officially attributed to a rudder system malfunction according to the NTSB.
Florida
- Eastern Airlines 401 - Crashed in the Everglades in 1972 in a landing attempt
- ValuJet Flight 592 - Crashed in the Everglades in Florida after takeoff
Illinois
- American Airlines Flight 191 - Crashed on take-off O'Hare International Airport, Chicago after No. 1 engine fell off
Indiana
- American Eagle Flight 4184 - Crashed near Roselawn, Indiana due to icing
Iowa
- United Airlines Flight 232 - Crash-landed at Sioux Gateway Airport in Sioux City after explosion of the No. 2 engine destroyed all three hydraulic systems
Kentucky
- Air Canada Flight 797 - Emergency landed at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport; fire consumed much of the aircraft
Louisiana
- Pan Am Flight 759 - Crashed in Kenner, Louisiana shortly after takeoff from New Orleans.
Michigan
- Northwest Airlines Flight 255 - Crashed after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, near Detroit
New York
- American Airlines Flight 1 - Crashed immediately after takeoff from Idlewild Airport (now JFK airport), New York City. (1962 March 1)
- American Airlines Flight 11 - Hijacked after takeoff from Boston, crashed in Manhattan (WTC North Tower), New York City (September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks)
- American Airlines Flight 320 - Crashed in the East River on approach to LaGuardia Airport, New York City. (1959 February 3)
- American Airlines Flight 587 - Crashed in Belle Harbor, Queens, New York City after takeoff from John_F._Kennedy_International_Airport. (2001 November 12)
- Avianca Flight 52 - Crashed at Cove Neck, Long Island, after running out of fuel. (1990 January 25)
- Eastern Airlines Flight 66 - Crashed after striking the runway lights at Kennedy airport. (1975 June 24)
- Eastern Airlines Flight 512 - Crashed during go-round after failing to land at Idlewild Airport in the fog. (1962 November 30)
- Eastern Airlines Flight 663 - Crashes at Jones Beach State Park after takeoff from Kennedy airport when forced to evade inbound PanAm Flight 212. (1965 February 8)
- Northeast Airlines Flight 823 - Crashed on Rikers Island, New York City, during takeoff from LaGuardia Airport. (1957 February 1)
- TWA Flight 266 (inbound to Idlewild Airport) and United Airlines Flight 826 (inbound to LaGuardia Airport) - Collided over Miller Field, Staten Island, New York City. The TWA aircraft crashed at the site while the United aircraft continued flying for 8 miles until it crashed in the Park Slope section of Brooklyn. (December 16, 1960)
- United Airlines Flight 175 - Hijacked after takeoff from Boston, crashed in Manhattan, New York City (WTC South Tower) (September 11 Terrorist Attacks)
- USAir Flight 405 - Crashed during takeoff from LaGuardia Airport. (1992 March 22)
North Carolina
Oregon
- United Airlines Flight 173 - DC-8 ran out of fuel and crashed attempting to land, 10 died of 189 aboard, near Portland. (1978 December 28)
Pennsylvania
- United Airlines Flight 93 - Hijacked after takeoff from Newark, New Jersey, crashed in Somerset County (September 11 Terrorist Attacks)
- USAir Flight 427 - Nosedived into the ground near Pittsburgh on September 8, 1994.
Puerto Rico
- American Eagle Flight 1450 - Crashed while landing in San Juan
- Prinair Flight 191 - Crashed upon landing in Ponce. Pilot error was responsible.
Texas
- Delta Air Lines Flight 191 - Crashed upon landing in Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport near Dallas
- Delta Air Lines Flight 1411 - Crashed after takeoff from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport near Dallas
Virginia
- 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)
Panama
- Alas Chiricanas bombing - Bombed near Colon
Pacific Ocean
- 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.
- Flying Tigers Line Flight 739 - mid-ocean
Philippine Sea
- Philippine Airlines Flight 434 - bomb exploded on board over Minami Daito Island, near Okinawa, Japan
Red Sea
- Flash Airlines Flight 604 - Crashed off of Sharm el-Shaikh, Sinai Peninsula, Egypt
Sea of Okhotsk
- Korean Air Flight 7 - Shot down over Soviet airspace
South America
- American Airlines Flight 965 - Crashed into a mountain in Colombia
- Avianca Flight 410 - Crashed in Santander, Colombia
- Surinam Airways Flight 764 - Crashed at Zanderij airport, Surinam
Strait of Hormuz
- Iran Air Flight 655 - Shot down by an American naval vessal
Taiwan Strait
- China Airlines Flight 611 - Broke up in the Taiwan Strait