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This list of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft is grouped by the years in which the accidents and incidents occurred. For more exhaustive lists, see the Aircraft Crash Record Office or the Aviation Safety Networkwebsites.

1922

• April 7 – A Daimler Airway-operated de Havilland DH.18A collided with a Compagnie des Grands Express Aériens (CGEA)-operated Farman F.60 Goliath over Picardie, France, killing seven people. This was the first mid-air collision of airliners.

1930

• October 5 – The British airship R101 crashed north of Paris, killing 48 people in an eruption of flames.

1931

• March 21 – Australian National Airways Southern Cloud, an Avro 618 Ten, crashed in the Snowy Mountains while flying from Sydney to Melbourne. All eight on board were killed in Australia's first significant airline disaster. The crash site remained undiscovered for 27 years. Severe weather at the time of the flight was the likely cause of the accident.
• March 31 – Transcontinental & Western Air Flight 599, a Fokker F-10 Trimotor, crashed near Cottonwood Falls, Kansas, killing all eight aboard, including University of Notre Dame football coach Knute Rockne.

1933

• October 10 – A United Airlines Boeing 247 was destroyed by a bomb over Chesterton, Indiana in the first proven case of air sabotage on a commercial aircraft; all seven on board were killed.

1934

• December 20 – The KLM Douglas DC-2 PH-AJU called Uiver ran into bad weather on its way from The Netherlands to the Dutch East Indies and crashed in the Syrian desert. All four crew and three passengers were killed.

1935

• May 18 – The Tupolev ANT-20 known as Maxim Gorky during a demonstration flight in Moscow is touched by the wing from an Ilyushin Il-5, falling into a residential district of Moscow killing 45 including 11 crew.

1937

• January 12 - A Western Air Express twin-engine Boeing 247D (NC13315), crashed into Pinetos Peak northeast of San Fernando, near Saugus, Newhall, California. Western Air Express flight No 7 was en route from Salt Lake City, Utah, to the Union Air Terminal, Burbank California. It had a crew of three plus ten passengers. There were five fatalities (four passengers and one crew member).^[1]
• May 6 – A Deutsche Zeppelin Reederei flight, the Zeppelin Hindenburg, burst into flames and crashed while attempting a landing at Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst in New Jersey; of the 97 people on board, 35 were killed. One person on the ground also died.
• November 16 – A Sabena Junkers Ju 52 crashed near Ostend, Belgium, killing all 11 on board, including the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess Cecilie of Hesse, who was eight months pregnant.

1938

• January 10 – Northwest Airlines Flight 2, a Lockheed L14H Super Electra, crashed near Bozeman, Montana, killing all ten on board; the machine with which the manufacturer measured component vibration was found to be inaccurate, causing the aircraft to be more prone to flutter than thought.
• October 25 – An Australian National Airways Douglas DC-2 crashed in heavy fog into Mount Dandenong in Victoria, Australia, killing all 18 people on board.

1939

• January 13 – Northwest Airlines Flight 1, a Lockheed L14H Super Electra, crashed on takeoff from Miles City, Montana, killing all four on board. The aircraft's cross-feed fuel valve leaked fuel into the cockpit and an intense fire broke out.

1940

• June 14 – In the Kaleva shootdown, an Aero Junkers Ju 52-3/mge flying from Tallinn, Estonia to Helsinki, Finland was shot down by two Soviet bombers over the Gulf of Finland during peacetime. All nine aboard died.

1941

• February 26 – Eastern Air Lines Flight 21, a DC-3, crashed while descending to land at Atlanta, Georgia, killing 16 of 25 aboard; World War I hero and Eastern Air Lines president Eddie Rickenbacker was among the survivors.

1942

• January 16 – TWA Flight 3, a Douglas DC-3 returning to California, crashed into Mount Potosi 30 miles southwest of Las Vegas. All 22 passengers died, including actress Carole Lombard and her mother.

1943

• June 1 – BOAC Flight 777, a Douglas DC-3, was shot down by Luftwaffe fighter aircraft over the Bay of Biscay, killing 17 passengers and crew, including actor Leslie Howard and leading to speculation that the flight was attacked because German intelligence believed that British Prime Minister Winston Churchill was aboard.

1947

• August 12 – A British South American Airways Avro Lancastrian named Star Dust disappeared over the Andes after transmitting an enigmatic coded message ("STENDEC"); the fate of the plane remained a mystery until the crash site was located in 2000; Four crew and nine passengers were killed.
• October 24 – United Airlines Flight 608, a DC-6, crashed near Bryce Canyon Airport, Utah, when a fire caused by a design flaw destroyed the aircraft; all 52 on board died.

1948

• January 28 – A flight chartered by the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service crashed in the hills west of Coalinga, California, killing 32. The crash became the impetus of the Woody Guthrie song "Deportee."
• March 12 – Northwest Airlines Flight 4422, a DC-4, crashed into Mount Sanford in the Alaska Territory, killing 30.
• April 5 – In the 1948 Gatow air disaster, a British European Airways Vickers VC.1 Viking crashed near RAF Gatow, Berlin after a collision with a Soviet Air Force Yakovlev Yak-3 fighter. All 14 people on board the Viking were killed, as was the Soviet pilot.
• June 17 – United Airlines Flight 624, a DC-6, crashed near Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania after errors in attempting to extinguish what is believed to have been an on-board fire. All 43 on board died.
• July 17 – A Catalina seaplane named Miss Macao, operated by a Cathay Pacific subsidiary, with 23 passengers and three crew on board flying from Macau to Hong Kong, was hijacked midway over the Pearl River delta by a group of four hijackers attempting to rob the passengers on board. The pilot was attacked and lost control during the ensuing struggle in the cockpit. The subsequent crash killed all on board except one passenger, who was later identified to be the lead hijacker. This was the first known case of airliner hijacking.
• October 2 – In the Bukken Bruse disaster, a flying boat crashed upon landing in Trondheim, Norway. 19 were killed; Bertrand Russell was among the 24 survivors.
• October 20 – In the 1948 KLM Constellation air disaster, a Lockheed Constellation named Nijmegen crashed near Prestwick, Scotland, killing 40.

1949

• May 4 – In the Superga air disaster, an Italian Airlines FIAT G212CP carrying the Torino football team crashed into the Superga hills near Turin, killing all 31 on board, including 18 players.
• September 9 – A Canadian Pacific Airlines Douglas DC-3 exploded in flight en route from Quebec City to Baie-Comeau, Quebec as the result of sabotage, killing all 23 on board.
• November 1 – Eastern Air Lines Flight 537, a Douglas DC-4, on approach to Washington National Airport, suffered a mid-air collision with a Lockheed P-38. All 55 people on board the DC-4 died, 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 was seriously injured.
• November 29 – American Airlines Flight 157, a Douglas DC-6 en route from New York City to Mexico City, veered off the runway and struck buildings after the flight crew lost control of the aircraft during its final approach to Dallas Love Field. 26 passengers and two flight attendants died.

1950

• June 24 – Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 2501, a Douglas DC-4 with 58 people on board, disappeared without a trace over Lake Michigan.
• August 31 – TWA Flight 903, a Lockheed L749A Constellation, crashed because of an engine fire, in the desert about 65 miles NNW of Cairo, Egypt. All 55 on board were killed.

1951

• April 25 – Cubana de Aviación Flight 493, a Douglas DC-4 en route from Miami, Florida to Havana, Cuba, 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 L049 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 nine crew members died.
• August 24 – United Airlines Flight 615, a Douglas DC-6B, crashed near De Coto (now Union City), California, while on final approach to Oakland, California. All 50 aboard were killed.

1952

• April 28 – Pan Am Flight 202, a Boeing 377 Stratocruiser, crashed after a propeller failure in a remote area of Brazil on its way from Buenos Aires, Argentina to New York City via Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. All 50 on board were killed.

1953

• May 2 - a BOAC de Havilland Comet 1A aircraft crashes 6 minutes after takeoff (in severe tropical storm) from Kolkata Airport, killing all 43 passengers and crew
• October 29 – British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines Flight 304, a DC-6, crashed into King's Mountain, southeast of Half Moon Bay, California, on its approach to the San Francisco International Airport. The accident killed all 11 passengers, including American pianist William Kapell, and the crew of eight.

1954

• January 10 – BOAC Flight 781, a de Havilland Comet flying from Rome to London on the last leg of a flight from Singapore, disintegrated in midair, when metal fatigue from repeated pressurization cycles compromised the fuselage, killing the 29 passengers and six crew.
• April 8 – South African Airways Flight 201, a de Havilland Comet flying from Rome to Cairo bound for Johannesburg, disintegrated in midair, killing all 14 passengers and seven crew. As in BOAC Flight 781, metal suffered fatigue at stress risers at the corners of the square windows in the aluminum skin. Subsequently, all pressurized aircraft windows have been constructed with wide radius corners.
• September 5 – KLM Flight 633, a Lockheed L1049 Super Constellation, ditched after takeoff from Shannon Airport in Ireland, killing 28 of 56 on board.

1955

• February 19 – TWA Flight 260, a Martin 404, crashed into the Sandia Mountains near Albuquerque, New Mexico, killing all 16 on board.
• March 26 – Pan American World Airways Flight 845/26, a Boeing 377, ditched into the Pacific Ocean off the Oregon coast, killing four.
• April 11 – An Air India aircraft named Kashmir Princess was bombed under suspicious circumstances. 16 people were killed and three survived.
• 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 Airlines Flight 409 crashed near Centennial, Wyoming, killing all 66 on board.
• November 1 – United Airlines Flight 629 was bombed by Jack Gilbert Graham over Denver, Colorado. All 44 on board were killed.

1956

• April 2 – Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 2, a Boeing Stratocruiser, ditched into Puget Sound after takeoff from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport after the cowl flaps were incorrectly set for takeoff. Four passengers and a flight attendant died, probably of hypothermia, while waiting for rescue; 33 survived.
• June 30 – United Airlines Flight 718, a DC-7, collided with TWA Flight 2, a Lockheed Constellation, over the Grand Canyon, killing all 128 aboard both planes. Operating under VFR, the planes failed to see each other. The Federal Aviation Administration was created in the aftermath. The FAA established new rules for passenger carriers, among them the requirement to operate under IFR, even in good weather.
• July 9 – A Trans-Canada Air Lines Vickers Viscount shed a propeller blade over Flat Rock, Michigan. The blade entered the passenger cabin, killing one of 35 aboard. This was the first known case of a turboprop shedding a blade in passenger service.
• October 16 – Pan Am Flight 6, a Boeing 377 Stratocruiser, was forced to ditch in the Pacific Ocean between Hawai'i and San Francisco. All 31 on board were rescued by a nearby United States Coast Guard ship.
• December 9 – Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 810, a Canadair Northstar, crashed near Hope, British Columbia, Canada, killing all 62 people on board. The wreckage was located almost a year later.

1957

• February 1 – Northeast Airlines Flight 823, a DC-6, crashed during a snowstorm shortly after takeoff from LaGuardia Airport. Twenty of the 101 occupants died.
• November 8 – Pan Am Flight 7, a Boeing 377 Stratocruiser, vanished between San Francisco and Honolulu. Small pieces of wreckage and human remains were found almost a week later by the United States Navy. All 44 on board are believed to have been killed. Carbon monoxide poisoning was a suspected cause of the crash.

1958

• February 6 – In the Munich air disaster, a British European Airways Airspeed Ambassador crashed during takeoff from Munich-Riem airport, killing 23 of 44, including eight Manchester United footballers.
• February 27 – In the Winter Hill air disaster, a Silver City Bristol 170 Freighter travelling from the Isle of Man to Manchester Ringway Airport crashed into Winter Hill, Rivington Moor, Lancashire, killing 35 people and injuring seven.
• April 6 – Capital Airlines Flight 67, a Vickers Aircraft 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 were possible causes.
• August 14 – KLM Flight 607-E, a Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation en route from Brussels, Belgium to New York, crashed into 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.

1959

• 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. Sixty-five passengers and crew were killed.
• 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 was a navigational error during an ILS approach.
• November 16 – National Airlines Flight 967, a Douglas DC-7B, crashed into the Gulf of Mexico while on a flight from Tampa, Florida to New Orleans, Louisiana, in a possible case of sabotage. All 40 on board perished.

1960

• January 6 – National Airlines Flight 2511, a Douglas DC-6B bound from New York to Miami, crashed near Bolivia, North Carolina, when a bomb planted on board exploded in mid-air. All 34 people on board were killed.
• January 18 - Capital Airlines Flight 20, a Vickers Viscount flying from Washington to Norfolk crashed near Holdcroft, Virginia due to engine failure caused by icing conditions, all 50 on board killed.
• March 17 – Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 710, a Lockheed L188 Super Electra en route from Chicago, Illinois to Miami, Florida, broke apart at 15,000 feet and crashed near Tell City, Indiana, killing all 63 on board.
• October 4 – Eastern Air Lines Flight 375, a Lockheed L188 Super Electra, crashed on takeoff from Boston's Logan International Airport after a bird strike (a flock of starlings) damaged the engines, clogged the pitot tubes, and obstructed the pilot's view. The aircraft crashed into Winthrop Bay; 62 of 72 aboard died.
• December 16 – The 1960 New York air disaster: United Airlines Flight 826, a DC-8, and TWA Flight 266, a Super Constellation, suffered a mid-air collision over Staten Island in New York. All 128 aboard the two planes and six people on the ground were killed.

1961

• January 3 – Aero Flight 311, a Douglas DC-3, crashed into woods near Koivulahti, Finland, killing all 25 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 is thought to have been the cause of the first fatal accident involving a 707 in regular passenger service.
• September 17 – Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 706, a Lockheed L-188 Electra, crashed 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 died.

1962

• March 1 – American Airlines Flight 1, a Boeing 707, crashed in Jamaica Bay, Queens, New York, killing 95.
• March 4 – Caledonian Airways Flight 153, a DC-7, crashed into a jungle swamp at Douala, Cameroon, killing 111.
• March 16 – Flying Tiger Line Flight 739, a Lockheed L1049 Super Connie chartered by the United States military, and carrying 96 American soldiers en route to South Vietnam, disappeared over the western Pacific.
• May 22 – Continental Airlines Flight 11, a Boeing 707, breaks up in mid-air after a passenger's bomb exploded in the lavatory while the flight was near Unionville, Missouri. All 45 on board were killed.
• June 3 – Air France Charter Flight Chateau de Sully, a Boeing 707, skidded and burned after the pilot aborted takeoff at Orly Airport, killing many of Atlanta, Georgia's civic and cultural leaders. Two flight attendants were the only survivors, as 130 died in the worst one-aircraft accident to that date.
• November 23 – United Airlines Flight 297, a Vickers Aircraft 745D Viscount, crashed near Ellicott City, Maryland, following a bird strike. All 17 people on board died.
• November 30 – Eastern Air Lines Flight 512, a Douglas DC-7B, crashed as a result of pilot error on a missed approach into New York's Idlewild Airport. 25 of 51 on board were killed.

1963

• July 3 – New Zealand National Airways Corporation Flight 441, a DC-3 Skyliner flying from Whenuapai Airport, Auckland to Tauranga, crashed into the Kaimai Ranges; all 23 aboard died, making it the worst air disaster in mainland New Zealand to date.
• July 3 – Mohawk Airlines Flight 121, a Martin 404, crashed near Rochester, New York while attempting takeoff, killing seven of the 43 people on board.
• August 21 – An Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-124 ditched in the Neva river in Leningrad after engine failure. There were no fatalities among the 52 on board, but the aircraft was destroyed.
• November 29 – Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 831, a DC-8, crashed shortly after takeoff from Montréal/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.

1964

• February 25 – Eastern Air Lines Flight 304, was a Douglas DC-8 flying from New Orleans International Airport to Washington Reagan National Airport. It crashed into Lake Pontchartrain killing all 51 passengers and seven crew aboard.
• May 7 – Pacific Air Lines Flight 773, a Fairchild F27, crashed near San Ramon, California, killing all 44 aboard, after a passenger shot both the captain and first officer before turning the gun on himself.
• November 15 – Bonanza Air Lines Flight 114, a Fairchild F27, crashed into a mountain in poor weather while on a nighttime approach to Las Vegas, Nevada. All 29 aboard perished when the plane crashed only 10 feet (3 m) below a ridge. Initially blamed on a pilot's misreading his approach chart, years later the chart maker agreed to pay a settlement of US$490,000 to some of the victims' heirs after it was shown the chart had incorrect markings.
• November 20 – Linjeflyg Flight 277, a Convair CV-340, crashed during the approach to Engelholm, Sweden, when in instrument meteorological conditions the crew abandoned the set procedure and began the landing too soon. 31 people were killed and 12 survived.
• 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.

1965

• 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.
• May 20 – Pakistan International Airlines Flight 705, a Boeing 720, crashed on descent to Cairo International Airport, killing 119.
• 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 survived.
• July 8 – Canadian Pacific Airlines Flight 21, a Douglas DC-6, crashed near 100 Mile House, British Columbia after the explosion of a device in the lavatory. All 46 passengers and six crew aboard perished.
• November 11 – United Airlines Flight 227, a Boeing 727, crashed short of the runway during landing at Salt Lake City International Airport. Forty-three of 91 aboard were killed.

1966

• February 4 – All Nippon Airways Flight 60, a Boeing 727-100, crashed into Tokyo Bay, Japan. All 133 aboard were killed.
• March 4 - Canadian Pacific Airlines Flight 402 (CP402), a McDonnell Douglas DC-8-43 crashed on landing at Tokyo International Airport in Japan, killing 64 passengers and crew, eight passengers survived.
• March 5 – BOAC Flight 911, a Boeing 707 bound for Hong Kong, crashed at Mount Fuji near Gotenba, Japan, killing all 124 passengers and crew.
• August 6 – All 42 on board were killed when Braniff Flight 250, a BAC One-Eleven, flew into an active squall line and broke apart in mid-air near Falls City, Nebraska.
• October 1 – West Coast Airlines Flight 956 crashed with 18 fatalities 5.5 miles south of Wemme, Oregon, marking the first loss of a Douglas 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.
• November 15 – Pan Am Flight 708, a Boeing 727, crashed near Berlin, Germany. All three crew members were killed.

1967

• March 9 – TWA Flight 553, a Douglas DC-9, collided with a Beechcraft Baron near Dayton, Ohio, killing all 26 on both planes.
• June 4 – In the Stockport air disaster, a British Midland Canadair C4 Argonaut carrying passengers returning from Palma de Mallorca was on approach to Manchester Airport when an engine lost power because of a design failure in the aircraft's fuel system. 72 of 84 on board were killed.
• June 23 – Mohawk Airlines Flight 40, a BAC One-Eleven, crashed in Blossburg, Pennsylvania, killing all 34 people on board.
• July 19 – Piedmont Airlines Flight 22, a Boeing 727 departing from Asheville, North Carolina, crashed shortly after departure after a mid-air collision with a twin-engine Cessna 310 on instrument approach to Asheville. All 82 passengers and crew on both aircraft died.
• November 4 - Iberia Airlines Flight 062, a Sud Aviation Caravelle, crashed at Black Down Hill Sussex, United Kingdom. All 37 passengers and crew were killed, including actress June Thorburn, who was six months pregnant.
• November 20 – TWA Flight 128, a Convair 880, crashed in Constance, Kentucky on approach to Greater Cincinnati Airport, killing 70 of 82 persons on board.

1968

• March 24 – Aer Lingus Flight 712, a Vickers 803 Viscount, crashed off the Irish coast. All 61 on board perished.
• April 8 – BOAC Flight 712, a Boeing 707, suffered an engine fire after takeoff from London Heathrow Airport. The plane made an emergency landing at Heathrow, but five of 127 aboard died in the resulting fire.
• May 3 – Braniff Flight 352, a Lockheed L188A Super Electra en route from Houston, Texas to Dallas, crashed in a thunderstorm, killing its five crew and 80 passengers.
• May 22 - Los Angeles Airways Flight 841, a Sikorsky S-61L, crashed near Paramount, California resulting in the loss of 23 lives.
• July 1 – Seaboard World Airlines Flight 253, a Douglas DC-8, was forced to land in the Soviet Union. On board were over 200 American troops bound for Vietnam.
• August 14 – Los Angeles Airways Flight 417, a Sikorsky S-61L prototype, crashed in Compton, California resulting in the loss of 21 lives.
• September 11 – Air France Flight 1611, a Caravelle, crashed off Nice, France, killing 95 passengers and crew.
• October 25 – Northeast Airlines Flight 946, a Fairchild 227, crashed near Etna, New Hampshire, killing 32 passengers and crew.

1969

• January 18 – United Airlines Flight 266, a Boeing 727-22C en route from Los Angeles to Milwaukee, Wisconsin lost all electrical power and crashed into Santa Monica Bay. Six crew and 32 passengers were killed.
• February 18 – Hawthorne Nevada Airlines Flight 708, a Douglas DC-3, crashed near Lone Pine, California, killing all 35 people on board.
• April 2 – LOT Polish Airlines Flight LO 165, an Antonov An-24, crashed in southern Poland, killing all 53 people on board.
• September 9 – Allegheny Airlines Flight 853, a DC-9, collided in flight with a Piper PA-28 and crashed near Fairland, Indiana, killing all 83 occupants aboard the two aircraft.
• November 19 – Mohawk Airlines Flight 411, a Fairchild 227, crashed near Glens Falls, New York, killing all 14 people on board.

1970

• February 15 – Contaminated fuel caused dual engine failure shortly after takeoff from Las Américas International Airport near Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic in the Dominicana DC-9 air disaster. All 102 on board were killed.
• February 21 – A bomb in the cargo hold of Swissair Flight 330, a Convair CV-990, detonated nine minutes after takeoff from Zürich International Airport in Kloten, Switzerland. All 38 passengers and nine crew perished.
• March 31 – Japan Airlines Flight 351, a Boeing 727, was hijacked to North Korea by a Japanese Red Army faction.
• May 2 – ALM Flight 980, a Douglas DC-9 operated by Overseas National Airways, ditched near St. Croix, Virgin Islands, killing 23, including two infants and one crew member; 40, including 4 crew members, survived.
• July 5 – Air Canada Flight 621, a Douglas DC-8, exploded following a failed landing at Toronto Pearson International Airport, with 109 fatalities.
• August 9 – LANSA Flight 502, a Lockheed Electra turboprop, crashed and burned shortly after takeoff from Cuzco, Peru, killing 99 people on the plane and two on the ground; among the dead were 49 American high school exchange students.
• August 12 – China Airlines Flight 206, a NAMC YS-11, crashed in thick fog and a severe thunderstorm into Yuan Mountain, near Taipei Airport, killing 14 of 31 people on board.
• September 6 – The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine orchestrated the Dawson's Field hijackings of El Al Flight 219, Pan Am Flight 93, Swissair Flight 100, TWA Flight 741, and (on September 9) BOAC Flight 775. The unprecedented scale of the incident drew international outrage and played a major role in instigating the eventual widespread implementation of air passenger screening, heretofore done only haphazardly and inconsistently.
• October 2 - In what is known as the Wichita State Crash, a Martin 4-0-4 aircraft crashed near Silver Plume, Colorado. It was one of two planes carrying the Wichita State University football team to Logan, Utah for a game. Twenty-eight passengers, the plane's captain and a flight attendant died out of forty passengers on board.
• November 14 – Southern Airways Flight 932, a chartered Douglas DC-9-31, crashed on approach at Tri-State Airport in Huntington, West Virginia, killing all 75 on board, including 37 players of the Marshall University football team and all but one of the coaching staff.

1971

• June 6 – Following a mid-air collision with a United States Marine Corps F-4B Phantom II jet fighter, Hughes Airwest Flight 706, a DC-9, crashed into the San Gabriel Mountains near Duarte, California, killing all 49 people aboard. The pilot of the Phantom also died. The radar intercept officer on the Phantom successfully bailed out.
• July 3 – Toa Domestic Airlines Flight 64, a NAMC YS-11, hit Yokotsudake near Hakodate Airport, Hokkaidō, Japan, killing all 68 passengers and crew.
• July 30 – ANA Flight 58, a Boeing 727-200, collided with a JSDF F-86 fighter jet at Shizukuishi near Morioka, Japan, killing all 162 passengers and crew; the JSDF pilot parachuted to safety, and was later arrested by local police on suspicion of colliding with a civilian aircraft.
• November 24 – A man using the name D.B. Cooper hijacked Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305, a Boeing 727, out of Portland, Oregon. He released the passengers in exchange for US$200,000 and four parachutes. The crew took off with Cooper on board, and he parachuted from the plane. Cooper was never found and his fate is still unknown, although a roll of bills from his ransom was found in a riverbed many years later.
• December 24 – LANSA Flight 508, a Lockheed Electra en route from Lima to Pucallpa, Peru, broke apart in mid-air after being set aflame by lightning. It crashed in the Amazon Rainforest and 91 people died; the sole survivor was Juliane Koepcke, a 17-year old girl who survived a fall from 2 miles and a 10-day walk through the jungle before being found by hunters. Her mother, famous ornithologist Maria Koepcke, died; cinema director Werner Herzog had narrowly missed being on the same flight.

1972

• January 26 – JAT Yugoslav Flight 367, a DC-9, suffered a bomb explosion while en route from Copenhagen to Zagreb. Twenty-seven of twenty-eight on board were killed. Vesna Vulović, the only survivor, was entered in the Guinness Book of World Records for surviving the longest fall without a parachute, over ten thousand meters.
• March 3 – Mohawk Airlines Flight 405, a Fairchild FH227B twin-engine turboprop, crashed near Albany, New York while descending to land, killing 16 of the 48 people on board and 1 on the ground.
• May 5 – Alitalia Flight 112, was a Douglas DC-8 scheduled flight from Leonardo da Vinci Airport, in Rome, Italy, to Palermo International Airport in Palermo, Italy, with 115 on board. It crashed into Mount Longa, about 5 km (3.1 mi) south-west of Palermo while on approach. All passengers and crew died. Investigators believe that the crew had 3 miles visibility and did not adhere to the established vectors issued by air traffic control. It remains the deadliest single-aircraft disaster in Italy.
• May 30 – Delta Air Lines Flight 9570, a Douglas DC-9, crashed at Greater Southwest International Airport because of wake turbulence from a leading DC-10. All four on board perished.
• June 12 – American Airlines Flight 96, a DC-10, suffered explosive decompression when one of its cargo doors failed in flight. The crew managed an emergency landing at Detroit, Michigan, and all 67 on board evacuated safely.
• June 15 – A carry-on suitcase bomb exploded on Cathay Pacific Flight 700Z, a Convair CV-880, at 29,000 feet over Vietnam. All 81 on board perished.
• June 18 – British European Airways Flight 548 went through a series of stalls as a result of pilot error, followed by a deep stall and crashed near Staines, United Kingdom. All 118 on board were killed.
• June 24 – Prinair Flight 191 was over-rotated because of pilot error and crashed in Ponce, Puerto Rico, killing 5 of 20 people on board.
• December 8 – United Airlines Flight 553 crashed after aborting its landing attempt at Chicago Midway International Airport, killing 43 of 60 people on board and 2 people on the ground. Among those killed was Dorothy Hunt, wife of Watergate conspirator E. Howard Hunt.
• December 23 – Braathens Flight 239 crashed in Asker upon landing at Fornebu airport, Oslo, Norway, killing 40 of 45 people on board. The aircraft was four nmi off course in bad weather conditions.
• December 29 – Eastern Air Lines Flight 401, a Lockheed L-1011, crashed in the Florida Everglades, killing 103 of 176 people on board. The crew was distracted by a faulty gear-down light, resulting in controlled flight into terrain. This was the first crash of a widebody aircraft.

1973

• February 21 – Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114, a Boeing 727, flew off course and was shot down by Israeli jets in the Sinai war zone, killing 108 of 113 people on board.
• July 11 – Varig Flight 820, a Boeing 707, experienced an on-board fire and crashed near Paris, France, killing 123 out of 134 on board.
• July 23 – Japan Air Lines Flight 404, a Boeing 747, was hijacked after takeoff from Amsterdam Schiphol Airport in the Netherlands. One terrorist was killed and the flight's purser injured by a grenade blast during the hijacking. After several days and multiple flight legs, the passengers were released in Benghazi, Libya and the aircraft was blown up on the ground.
• July 31 – Delta Air Lines Flight 723, a Douglas DC-9, hit a seawall with main landing gear on the final approach to Boston Logan International Airport. A defective instrument gave misleading guidance during the instrument approach in visibility less than a half mile with 500 foot cloud ceilings.
• August 13 - Aviaco Flight 118, a SE210 Caravelle en-route from Madrid to La Coruña crashed while approaching La Coruña Alvedro airport, in Montrove, 2km from the airport. 84 of 85 died.
• December 17 – Pan Am Flight 110, a Boeing 707, was firebombed by Palestinian militants while at gate in Rome, Italy killing 29 of 68 passengers and crew. They then hijacked a Lufthansa Boeing 737 to Athens. In total, 33 died as a result of the firebombing and hijacking.

1974

• March 3 – Turkish Airlines Flight 981, a DC-10, crashed in the Ermenonville forest near Senlis, France after the rear underfloor cargo door opened during flight; all 346 on board died.
• September 8 – A bomb in the cargo hold of TWA Flight 841 plunged it into the Ionian Sea, killing all 88 on board.
• September 11 – Eastern Air Lines Flight 212, a DC-9, crashed on approach to Charlotte, North Carolina; 72 of 82 people on board were killed.
• September 15 – Air Vietnam Flight 706 was hijacked and crashed in Phan Rang, Vietnam; all 75 on board died.
• November 20 – Lufthansa Flight 540 crashed shortly after takeoff in Nairobi, Kenya; 59 of 157 on board were killed in the first crash of a Boeing 747.
• December 1 – TWA Flight 514, a Boeing 727 in-bound to Dulles International Airport, crashed into Mount Weather in Bluemont, Virginia, killing all 85 passengers and 7 crew.

1975

• June 24 – Eastern Air Lines Flight 66, a Boeing 727, encountered wind shear on final approach and struck approach lights at John F. Kennedy International Airport, killing 112 of 124 people on board.
• September 30 – Malév Flight 240, a Tupolev Tu-154, crashed on approach near Lebanon, killing all 60 people on board.

1976

• January 1 – Middle East Airlines Flight 438, a Boeing 720, crashed in Saudi Arabia when a bomb exploded in the forward baggage compartment, killing all 81 people on board.
• April 27 – American Airlines Flight 625, a Boeing 727, crashed on approach to St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, killing 37 of 88 people on board.
• June 27 – Air France Flight 139, an Airbus A300, was hijacked from Athens by two Palestinians and two Germans who diverted the flight to Libya and then to Uganda, where the plane was met by pro-Palestinian forces from Idi Amin's government. Israeli troops eventually stormed 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, was also killed in the raid.
• July 28 – ČSA Flight OK-NAB, an Ilyushin Il-18, crashed near Bratislava in Czechoslovakia, killing 76 of 78 people on board.
• August 15 – SAETA Flight 232, a Vickers Viscount 785D, went missing mid-route from Quinto to Cuenca, Ecuador. All 4 crew members and 55 passengers were killed, but the scene went undiscovered for 26 years until October 17, 2002, when climbers on the eastern face of the stratovolcano Chimborazo came upon the site.
• September 10 – A mid-air collision occurred between a British Airways Trident and an Inex-Adria DC-9 near Zagreb, Yugoslavia, killing all 176 people on board both aircraft.
• October 6 – Cubana Flight 455, a Douglas DC-8, was bombed by anti-Castro terrorists and crashed near Bridgetown, Barbados, killing all 73 people on board.

1977

• January 15 – Skyline Sweden-operated Linjeflyg Flight 618, a Vickers Viscount 838, crashed in Kälvesta, Sweden just outside Stockholm, killing all 22 on board.
• March 27 – KLM Flight 4805 and Pan Am Flight 1736, both Boeing 747s, collided in the Tenerife disaster. This accident, the worst in the history of commercial aviation, killed 583 of 644 people on board both aircraft.
• April 4 – Southern Airways Flight 242, a DC-9, crash-landed on a highway near New Hope, Georgia after dual engine failure encountered in a thunderstorm. 62 out of 85 aboard were killed, along with 8 people on the ground.
• April 28 – An Aviateca Convair 240 crashed near Guatemala City, Guatemala, killing all 28 people on board
• May 14 – A Dan-Air/IAS Cargo Boeing 707 crashed near Lusaka, Zambia, killing all 6 on board.
• May 27 – An Aeroflot Ilyushin Il-62 crashed on approach in Havana, Cuba. It remains the second-worst air accident in Cuba's history.
• September 28 – Japan Air Lines Flight 472, a Douglas DC-8, was hijacked after taking off from Mumbai, India by