List of aviation accidents and incidents by number of ground fatalities

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The following are the aviation accidents and incidents which have resulted in fatalities on the ground. A ground fatality is an incident in which the crash of an aircraft causes deaths of people who were not on the aircraft itself; but rather on the ground.

Fatalities Injuries Incident Date Location Aircraft type
Ground Aircraft Total
~1600 92† ~1700 6,000+ American Airlines Flight 11 11 September 2001 New York City, US Boeing 767-223ER
~900 65† ~1000 6,000+
United Airlines Flight 175 11 September 2001 New York City, US Boeing 767-222
227 0 227 ~500 1996 Air Africa crash 8 January 1996 Kinshasa, DR Congo Antonov An-32B
125 64† 189 106 American Airlines Flight 77 11 September 2001 Arlington, Virginia, US Boeing 757-223
125 4† 129 N/A Flying Tiger Line (N228SW) 24 December 1966 Da Nang, Vietnam Canadair CL-44D4-1
113 3† 116 N/A Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano (N730JP) 13 October 1976 Santa Cruz, Bolivia Boeing 707-131F
87 17† 104 N/A Middle East Airlines Flight 265 and
Turkish Air Force (CBK-28)
1 February 1963 near Ankara, Turkey Vickers Viscount 754D and Douglas C-47
78 71 149 11 (6 on aircraft) EAS Airlines Flight 4226 4 May 2002 Kano, Nigeria BAC One-Eleven 500
77 0 77 543 Sknyliv air show disaster 27 July 2002 Lviv, Ukraine Sukhoi Su-27
71 84† 155 N/A Viasa Flight 742 16 March 1969 Maracaibo, Venezuela McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32
67 3† 70 ~1,000 Ramstein air show disaster 28 August 1988 Ramstein-Miesenbach, Germany Aermacchi MB-339 PAN (x3)
58 3† 61 N/A Freckleton Air Disaster 23 August 1944 Freckleton, England, UK Consolidated B-24 Liberator
53 5† 58 N/A Japan mid-air collision 24 August 1938 Tokyo, Japan N/A
~52 1† ~53 100+ Santa Ana air show disaster 24 July 1938 Campo de Marte, Bogota, Colombia Curtiss Hawk II
50 11† 61 N/A US Air Force (42-40682) 7 September 1943 Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea Consolidated B-24 Liberator
49 100 149 41 (15 on aircraft) Mandala Airlines Flight 091[1] 5 September 2005 Medan, Indonesia Boeing 737-230
39 4† 43 26 El Al Flight 1862 4 October 1992 Amsterdam, Netherlands Boeing 747-258F/SCD
29 2† 31 ~60 1952 Farnborough Airshow DH.110 crash 6 September 1952 Farnborough Airport, Hampshire, England de Havilland DH.110
25 0 25 71 Imber friendly fire incident 13 April 1942 Imber, England Hawker Hurricane
24 0 24 100+ Green Ramp disaster 23 March 1994 Pope AFB, North Carolina, US General Dynamics F-16D, Lockheed C-130E and C-141B
22 0 22 28 1972 Sacramento Canadair Sabre accident 24 September 1972 Sacramento Executive Airport, California, US Canadair Sabre Mk 5
22 121† 143 N/A 2015 Indonesian Air Force Lockheed C-130 Hercules crash 30 June 2015 Medan, North Sumatra Lockheed C-130 Hercules
20 2 22 24 US Navy SBD Dauntless mid-air collision[2] 7 December 1943 Pauwela, Hawaii, US Douglas SBD Dauntless (x2)
19 52† 71 23 EgyptAir Flight 864[1] 25 December 1976 Bangkok, Thailand Boeing 707-300
12 1† 13 17 Edmonton air crash 4 September 1938 Edmonton, London, England Hawker Audax
12 0 12 0 Allied Air Flight 111 2 June 2012 Accra, Ghana Boeing 727-221F Advanced
11 259† 270 N/A Pan Am Flight 103 21 December 1988 Lockerbie, Scotland Boeing 747-121
11 0 11 16 2015 Shoreham Airshow crash 22 August 2015 Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, England Hawker Hunter T7
10 1† 11 69 2011 Reno Air Races crash 16 September 2011 Reno, Nevada, US North American P-51D Mustang
9 63 72 23 (22 on aircraft) Southern Airways Flight 242[1] 4 April 1977 New Hope, Georgia, United States Douglas DC-9-30
9 2† 11 21 2015 Los Llanos Air Base crash 26 January 2015 Los Llanos Air Base, Spain General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon
7 137† 144 9 PSA Flight 182 25 September 1978 San Diego, California, US Boeing 727-214 and Cessna 172
7 3† 10 32 2013 Glasgow helicopter crash 29 November 2013 Glasgow, Scotland Eurocopter EC135-T2+
6 15† 21 N/A Ruislip Wellington accident 18 October 1942 Ruislip, London, England Vickers Wellington
4 109† 113 1 Air France Flight 4590 25 July 2000 Gonesse, France Concorde
3 4† 7 3 Syerston Avro Vulcan crash 20 September 1958 RAF Syerston, Nottinghamshire, England Avro Vulcan
3 2 5 3 Mandala Airlines PK-RHS[3] 18 October 1977 Manila, Philippines Hawker Siddeley HS 748
2 16† 18 N/A Nigeria Airways 5N-ANA[4] 1 March 1978 Kano Airport, Nigeria Fokker F28
1 2† 3 1 Air Chicago Freight Airlines N9446Z[5] 6 August 1976 Chicago, United States North American B-25 Mitchell
1 6 7 None Royal Air Force LJ622[6] 9 October 1945 Tockwith, Yorkshire, England Short Stirling
1 0 1 1 Air Inter F-BHRZ[1] 21 February 1977 Bordeaux, France Sud Caravelle
1 0 1 N/A Indian Airlines VT-EFL[1] 12 January 1977 Hyderabad, India Boeing 737
Sources - Plane Crash Database
† – Indicates no survivors on board the aircraft; ‡ – Indicates an aircraft struck and/or damaged while parked or taxiing, with significant effect on severity of ground casualties

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e UK Civil Aviation Authority - CAA 429 World Airline Accident Summary
  2. ^ Gero, David B. "Military Aviation Disasters: Significant Losses Since 1908". Sparkford, Yoevil, Somerset, UK: Haynes Publishing, 2010, ISBN 978-1-84425-645-7, pp. 26-27.
  3. ^ "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 21 March 2015. 
  4. ^ "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 21 March 2015. 
  5. ^ "ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 27929". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 21 March 2015. 
  6. ^ Halley 1999, p. 11
  • Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings - Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells, Kent, United Kingdom: Air-Britain (Historians) Litd. ISBN 0-85130-290-4. 

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