| 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 |