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STATISTICS

Causes of Fatal Accidents by Decade

The table below was complied from the PlaneCrashInfo.com database, representing 1,104 accidents from 1/1/1960 to 12/31/2015, for which a definitive cause was known. The accident planes
include those with 10 or more passengers and one or more fatalities. Military and private aircraft and helicopters were excluded. Where there were multiple causes, the most prominent cause
was used. The category of pilot error includes those accidents in which weather or a mechanical fault was a strong contributing factor to the pilot error.

Some examples of cause categories:

PILOT ERROR

MECHANICIAL

WEATHER

SABOTAGE

OTHER

Improper procedure

Engine failure

Severe turbulence

Hijacking

ATC error

Flying VFR into IFR conditions

Equipment failure

Windshear

Shot down

Ground crew error

Controlled flight into terrain

Structural failure

Mountain wave

Explosive device aboard

Overloaded

Descending below minima

Design flaw

Poor visibility

Improperly loaded cargo

Spatial disorientation

Maintenance error

Heave rain

Bird strike

Premature descent

Severe winds

Fuel contamination

Excessive landing speed

Icing

Pilot incapacitation

Missed runway

Thunderstorms

Obstruction on runway

Fuel starvation

Lightning strike

Midair collision caused by other plane

Navigation error

Fire/smoke in flight

Wrong runway takeoff/landing

Midair collision caused by both pilots

ACCIDENTS BY CAUSE
Cause

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

All

Pilot Error

60%

55%

54%

60%

60%

58%

Mechanical

21%

16%

18%

15%

18%

17%

Weather

6%

5%

6%

6%

7%

6%

Sabotage

5%

11%

11%

8%

9%

9%

Other

8%

13%

11%

11%

6%

10%

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RAW DATA
Cause

1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s

All

Pilot Error

150

132

111

107

107

640

Mechanical

52

38

37

32

32

195

Weather

14

13

11

12

12

63

Sabotage

12

25

23

16

16

95

Other

20

30

23

11

11

111

Number Of Fatal Accidents

(Civil Aircraft with 19 or More Passengers)

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Number Of Fatalties
(Civil Aircraft with 19 or More Passengers)

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Fatalities by Phase of Flight

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Source: Statistical Summary of Commercial Jet Airplane Accidents, 1959 - 2008, Boeing

Which type of flying is safer

Type of Flight

Fatalities per million flight hours

Airliner (Scheduled and nonscheduled Part 121)

4.03

Commuter Airline (Scheduled Part 135)

10.74

Commuter Plane (Nonscheduled Part 135 - Air taxi on demand)

12.24

General Aviation (Private Part 91)

22.43

Sources: NTSB Accidents and Accident Rates by NTSB Classification 1998-2007

Odds of being involved in a fatal accident

Odds of being on an airline flight
which results in at least one fatality

Odds of being killed on a single

airline flight

78 major world airlines

1 in 3.4 million

78 major world airlines

1 in 4.7 million
Top 39 airlines with the best accident
Top 39 airlines with the best accident rates
rates
1 in 10.0 million
1 in 19.8 million
Bottom 39 with the worst accident rates
Bottom 39 with the worst accident rates
1 in 1.5 million
1 in 2.0 million
Source: OAG Aviation & PlaneCrashInfo.com accident database, 20 years of data (1993 - 2012)

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Survival rate of passengers on

aircraft involved in fatal accidents
carrying 10+ passengers
Decade

% surviving

1930s

21

1940s

20

1950s

24

1960s

19

1970s

25

1980s

34

1990s

35

2000s

24

Survival rate of
passengers on aircraft
ditching during controlled
flight

53%

Source: PlaneCrashInfo.com accident database

Notable Accident Causes by Category

Bird Strikes
10/04/1960
11/23/1962
09/15/1988
04/18/1990
09/22/1995
04/19/2000
01/15/2009

Boston, Massachusetts
Ellicott, Maryland
Bahar Dar, Ethiopia
Off Panama
Anchorage, Alaska
Pepo, Congo
New York, New York

Eastern AL
United AL
Ethiopian AL
Aero Perlas
U.S. Air Force
Centrafricain Airlines
US Airways

During takeoff the aircraft struck a flock of starlings lost three engines and crashed.
The aircraft struck a Whistling Swan tearing off the left horizontal stabilizer.
Engine failure due to ingestion of 10-16 Columbia Guinea birds causing a crash.
Crashed on takeoff due to engine failure caused by bird ingestion.
Flew into a flock of 100 or more Canada Geese, lost two engines, and crashed.
Crashed after losing its engines after striking birds.
Ditched in Hudson River after losing both engines after collision with Canadian Geese.

04/14/1958
07/21/1961
02/08/1965
03/05/1969
02/06/1970
12/20/1972
09/09/1976
08/11/1979
04/19/1983

Castel de Fels, Spain

Shemya, Alaska
New York, New York
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Samarkand, USSR
Chicago, Illinois
Adler, Russia
Dneprodzerzhinsk, USSR
Keninakan, Russia

Aviaco
Alaska AL
Eastern AL
Prinair
Aeroflot
Delta/North Central
Aeroflot / Aeroflot
Aeroflot
Aeroflot

Another aircraft was permitted to takeoff without knowing the exact position of the plane.
Lack of guidance from air traffic controller during last stages of flight.
Placement of the two aircraft on a near head on course causing one to crash.
A trained vectored the aircraft into mountainous terrain under IFR conditions.
Misidentification of aircraft by the ATC causing the plane to impact a mountain.
The ATC gave ambiguous instructions to the crew.
Violation of separation rules.
Separation error by the ATC causing a midair collision.
ATC procedural error in not identifying the planes position.

Air Traffic Control Error

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02/01/1991
11/07/1996
09/26/1997
07/01/2002

Los Angeles, California

Lagos, Nigeria
Buah Nabar, Indonesia
Uberlinger, Germany

USAir/Skywest
Aviation Dev. Corp.
Garuda Indonesian AL
Bashkirian AL / DHL

ATC cleared a plane to land while the runway was occupied by another aircraft.
The controller thought he had cleared to aircraft to the correct altitude but didn't.
ATC error in directing the plane in the wrong direction into mountainous terrain.
Conflicting information give to pilot by ATC and what he was receiving on his TCAS.

09/07/1945
08/02/1949
01/09/1964
07/09/1964

Florence, South Carolina

Jaquirana, Brazil
Zarate, Argentina
Parrottsville, Tennesee

Eastern AL
Varig
Aero Litoral Argentina
United AL

07/26/1969
08/14/1972

Biskra, Algeria
Konigs, East Germany

Air Algerie
Interflug

08/31/1972
07/11/1973
11/03/1973

Magnitogorsk, Russia
Paris, Orly, France
Boston, Massachusetts

Aeroflot
Varig
Pan American

11/26/1979

Ta'if, Jeddah, Saudi

Arabia
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Guangzhou, China
Covington, Kentucky
Syktyvar, Russia
Warsaw, Poland
Mauritius, Indian Ocean
Pervouralsk, Russia
Everglades, Florida
Peggy's Cove, Nova
Scotia

Pakistan Inter. AL

A fire of undetermined origin in the rear cargo compartment or lavatory.

A fire broke out in cargo hold G.
The crew was possibly overcome by fumes from a fire.
An uncontrollable fire of unknown origin which started below the passenger floor and eventually
involved the passenger cabin.
A fire in an electrical panel led to a cabin fire.
Melting insulation ignited flammable fluid which led to an uncontrollable fire that eventually
weakened the structure until the tail fell off.
Fire caused by spontaneous ignition of passenger baggage.
A fire started in the aft right toilet either from an electrical short or discarded cigarette.
Smoke in the cockpit and uncontrollable fire caused by spillage of nitric acid on sawdust packing
in the cargo hold.
A fire may have been started by a passenger possibly from a leaking kerosene stove.

Cargo Hold / Cabin Fire

08/19/1980
12/24/1982
06/02/1983
07/02/1986
05/09/1987
11/28/1987
01/13/1990
05/11/1996
09/02/1998

Saudi Arabian AL
CAAC
Air Canada
Aeroflot
LOT
South African Airways
Aeroflot
ValuJjet
Swissair

A fire broke out in the aft cargo compartment.

A passenger's cigarette caused a fire in the cabin which led to an oxygen tank exploding.
An in-flight fire in the rear lavatory, of unknown origin.
An in-flight fire was caused by baggage that ignited in the rear cargo hold.
A fire in the cargo hold was not detected because of damage to the fire warning system.
A fire originated in a front pallet on the right side in the upper deck cargo hold.
A fire broke out in the rear cargo hold.
An in-flight fire caused by activation of oxygen generators in the forward cargo hold.
A fire in the entertainment system wiring started in a hidden area above the cockpit ceiling when
arcing ignited the cover material made of thermal insulation blankets.

Trans Cont. & West AW

Aileron flutter, brought about by moisture leaking into the wing's interior, weakening the glue that
bonded the wooden spars.
Allowed vented fuel to be carried back into the cabin heater air intake causing a fire.
Allowed vented fuel to be carried back into the cabin heater air intake causing a fire.
Design flaw allowed carbon dioxide used to suppress a fire to leak into the cockpit and asphyxiate
the crew.
Loss of the outer panel of the left wing which separated as a result of a fatigue crack which was
induced by a faulty design of a wing flange.
Metal fatigue due to a design flaw.
Metal fatigue due to a design flaw.
A design flaw in the wing led to fatigue cracks and wing failure.
A design flaw caused an oscillation known as mode to transfer propeller wobble to the outboard
nacelles and induce flutter in the wing which led to the separation of the wing.

Design Flaw
03/31/1931

Bazaar, Kansas

10/24/1947
11/11/1947
06/17/1948

Bryce Canyon, Utah

United AL
Gallup, New Mexico
American AL
Mt. Carmel, Pennsylvania United AL

08/29/1948

Winona, Minnesota

Northwest Orient AL

01/10/1954
04/08/1954
02/05/1955
09/29/1959

Elba, Italy
Off Stromboli, Italy
Calabar, Nigeria
Buffalo, Texas

British Overseas AW
Trans Canada AL
West African AW
Braniff AL

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03/17/1960

Tell City, Indiana

Northwest Orient AL

A design flaw caused an oscillation known as mode to transfer propeller wobble to the outboard
nacelles and induce flutter in the wing which led to the separation of the wing.
Faulty design by allowing the spoiler handle to perform two different unrelated tasks.
A defect in the latching mechanism on the cargo door.
Failure of the aircraft's power plant fire warning system due to design deficiencies which resulted
in false fire indications in both engines.
Inadequate design of flap/slat actuation handle that allowed it to be inadvertently dislodged from
the UP/RET position causing extension of the leading edge slats.
Uncommanded deflection of the rudder caused by the jamming of the main rudder PUC servo
valve. Design flaw.
Uncommanded deflection of the rudder caused by the jamming of the main rudder PUC servo
valve. Design flaw.
Design flaw which led to uncoordinated operation of the high-pressure compressors.

07/05/1970
03/03/1974
07/06/1982

Toronto, Canada
Ermenonville, France
Moscow, Russia

Air Canada
Turkish AL
Aeroflot

04/06/1993

Over the Pacific Ocean

China Eastern AL

03/03/1991
09/08/1994

Colorado Springs,
United AL
Colorado
Aliquippa, Pennsylvania USair

12/05/1997

Irkutsk, Russia

Russian Air Force

03/28/1933
10/10/1933
05/07/1949
09/09/1949

Dixmude, Belgium
Chesterton, Indiana
Sibuyan Sea, Philippines
Sault-aux-Cochons,
Canada
Palmeria de Goias, Brazil
Great Natuna Island,
Sarawak
Longmont, Colorado
Daggett, California
Puerto Kino,Mexico
Poza Rica, Mexico
Gulf of Mexico
Bolivia, North Carolina
In Amenas, Libya
Unionville, Missouri
Tripuani, Bolivia
Dog Creek, British
Columbia
Aden, Yemen
Mexico City, Mexico
Rhodes, Greece
Nha Trang, Vietnam
Zurich, Switzerland
Manila, Philippines
Penhu Island, Taiwan
Hermsdorf,
Czechoslovakia
Pleiku, Vietnam

Imperial AW
United AL
Phillipine AL
Canadian Pacific AL

Fire started by a passenger in an attempt to commit suicide.

Explosive device placed in the cargo hold, nitro-glycerin with timing device.
Bomb placed aboard to kill the husband of a woman involved with another man.
Bomb placed aboard by husband to collect insurance on wife.

Trans Aero Nac.

Air India

A bomb exploded aboard killing everyone aboard.

An aircraft worker placed an incendiary device in the starboard wheel well.

United AL
Western AL
Tigres Voladores
Mexicana
National AL
National AL
Air France
Continental AL
Aerolineas Abaroa
Canadian Pacific AL

Jack Graham placed a bomb aboard to collect insurance on the death of his mother.
Jeweler Saul Binstock detonated a bomb in lavatory in suicide for insurance plot.
A bomb is believed to have exploded onboard.
A passenger, who was believed to have been carrying a bomb, fell from the airplane.
Explosion of a bomb aboard was strongly suspected.
A passenger detonated a bomb under his seat in suicide for insurance plot.
Detonation of a nitrocellulose bomb.
Detonation of a dynamite bomb in the right rear lavatory in a towel bin.
Detonation of a bomb in the tail section. A suicide for insurance plot was suspected.
A bomb exploded in the cabin. Acid and gunpowder may have been poured in toilet.

Aden AW
Cubana
British European AW
Air Vietnam
Swissair
Philippine AL
China AL
JAT

Detonation of an explosive device placed in hand luggage in the cabin.

Crashed due to bomb explosion.
Destroyed by a detonation of a bomb within the cabin.
An explosive device was detonated in the cabin just as the aircraft was about to land.
A bomb with an altimeter trigger was believed to have been placed in a mail package.
Crashed into mountainous terrain after an explosion in the rear lavatory.
Detonation of an explosive device.
Detonation of a bomb in the forward cargo hold.

Cathay Pacific AW

Detonation of an explosive device in the passenger cabin in a suitcase under a seat.

Sabotage / Explosive Device

08/12/1952
04/11/1955
11/01/1955
07/25/1957
04/17/1959
09/08/1959
11/16/1959
01/06/1960
05/10/1961
05/22/1962
12/08/1964
07/08/1965
11/22/1966
02/09/1967
10/12/1967
12/22/1969
02/21/1970
04/21/1970
11/21/1971
01/26/1972
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03/19/1973
12/17/1973
09/08/1974
01/01/1976
10/06/1976
09/03/1978
02/12/1979
02/19/1979
06/27/1980
12/21/1980
09/23/1983
06/23/1985
04/02/1986
05/03/1986
11/29/1987
03/01/1988
08/17/1988
12/21/1988
09/19/1989
11/27/1989
07/19/1994
07/09/1997
05/07/2002
08/24/2004
08/24/2004
08/24/2004
07/17/2014

Ben Me Thout, South

Vietnam
Rome, Italy
Ionian Sea, Greece
Al Qaysumah, Saudi
Arabia
Bridgetown, Barbados
Kariba, Rhodesia
Kariba, Rhodesia
Barentu, Ethiopia
Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy
Rio Hacha, Colombia
Mina Jebel Ali, UAE
Atlantic Ocean, Ireland
Athens, Greece
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Andaman Sea
Johannesberg, South
Africa
Bahawalpur, Pakistan
Lockerbie, Scotland
Bilma, Niger
Bogota, Colombia
Colon, Panama
Suzano, Brazil
Off Dalian, China
Toula, Russia
Toula, Russia
Rostov-on-Don, Russia
Hrabove, Ukraine

Air Vietnam

Crashed after an explosion in the cargo hold.

Pan American AW
Trans World AL
Middle East AL

Two phosphorus bombs were thrown into the aircraft prior to its departure.
Detonation of an explosive device in the aft cargo hold.
Detonation of an explosive device in the forward cargo compartment.

Cubana
Air Rhodesia
Air Rhodesia
Ethiopian Airlines
Itavia
Trans. Aereos del Caribe
Gulf Air
Air India
Trans World AL
Air Lanka
Korean AL
Comair

Detonation of an explosive device in the aft of the cabin.

Shot down with surface-to-air missile.
Shot down with surface-to-air missle
Crashed after a bomb exploded aboard.
An explosive device aboard the aircraft causing the plane crash.
Explosion possibly caused by a bomb placed in the rear section of the aircraft.
Detonation of an explosive device in the baggage compartment.
Detonation of an explosive device in the forward cargo hold.
Detonation of a explosive device in the cabin causing 4 passengers to be sucked out.
Detonation of an explosive device in the rear section of the cabin while on the ground.
Detonation of an explosive device in the passenger cabin.
Detonation of a nitro-glycerine bomb in the cabin. Suicide for insurance.

Pakistan Air Force

Pan American AW
Union des Trans. Aer.
Avianca
Alas Chiricanas
TAM
China Northern Airlines
Volga-Avia Express
Volga-Avia Express
Sibir Airlines
Malaysia Airlines

Detonation of a low level explosive device or incapacitating gas.

Detonation of an explosive device in the forward cargo area planted by terrorists.
Detonation of a bomb in a container location 13-R in the forward cargo hold.
Detonation of a bomb at seat 15F causing ignition of fuel vapors in an empty fuel tank.
Crashed after a bomb exploded aboard.
A small bomb containing only 7 oz. of explosives was placed under a passenger seat.
Out of control fire after a passenger deliberately started a fire.
Detonation of an explosive device aboard.
Detonation of an explosive device aboard.
Detonation of an explosive device aboard.
Shot down .

Fuel Starvation
05/18/1935
12/31/1935
07/02/1937
11/29/1938
02/09/1943
12/28/1946
01/05/1947
01/11/1947
01/07/1948
01/30/1948
08/15/1949
07/28/1950

Knowles Flying Service

Imperial Airways
Lae, New Guinea
Off Point Reyes, Calif.
Gander, Newfoundland
Michigan City, Michigan
Carmel, New Jersey
Lympne, England
Savannah, Georgia
Near Bermuda
Lurga Point, Ireland
Porte Alegre, Brazil

Flint, Michigan
Alexandria, Egypt
Purdue Res. Found.
United Air Lines
British Overseas AW
American AL
Nationwide Air Trans.
BOAC
Coastal Air Lines
British So. Am. AW
Transocean Air Lines
Penair do Brasil

Negligence on the pilot for not replenishing his fuel supply before it got dangerously low.
Ran out of fuel.
The aircraft had to be flown higher than expected due to storms which used extra fuel.
Ran out of fuel forcing a ditching at sea.
Ran out of fuel.
Ran out of fuel for unknown reasons.
Near fuel exhaustion forced the crew to carry out an emergency landing.
Ran out of fuel because of poor weather conditions encountered throughout the flight.
The fuel valves were positioned so that both engines were supplied from only one tank.
Ran into strong head winds in the Atlantic and ran out of fuel.
Ran out of fuel and ditched in the Atlantic.
Ran out of fuel while in a holding pattern.

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04/30/1952
05/26/1952
06/19/1954
12/22/1954
05/02/1970
12/05/1970
02/01/1972
07/24/1973
08/11/1974
10/20/1977
12/02/1977
12/28/1978
09/04/1982
07/23/1983
09/03/1989
01/25/1990
09/11/1990
06/26/1991
11/15/1993
09/18/1994
09/26/1994
09/11/1995
10/31/1995
04/05/1996
01/13/1998
03/24/2000
08/12/2001
06/11/2002
11/11/2002
08/13/2004
08/06/2005

Delhi, India
Atar, Mauritania
Folkestone, England
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
St. Croix, Virgin Islands
Delhi, India
Tegal, Indonesia
Honolulu, HI
Ouagadougou, Upper
Volta
Gillsburg, Mississippi
Al Bayda, Lebanon
Portland, Oregon
Rio Branco, Brazil
Gimli, Manitoba, Canada
Sao Jose do Xingu, Brazil
Cove Neck, New York
Off Newfoundland,
Canada
Sokotu, Nigeria
Kerman, Iran
Tamanrasset, Algeria
Vanavera, Russia
Jalalabad, Afghanistan
Piedras Negras, Mexico
Petropavlovsk, Russia
Tor Kach, Pakistan
Kadirana, Sri Lanka
Lajes, Terceira, Azores
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Manila, Philippines
Cincinnati, Ohio
Off Palermo, Italy

Deccan, AW
British Overseas AW
Swissair
Johnson Flying Service
Antillian AL
Jamair
Penas
Air Hawaii
Air Mali

Fuel starvation after the plane banked to make a turn and the tank was almost empty.
Became lost in the desert and ran out of fuel.
Ditched into the Atlantic Ocean after running out of fuel.
Ditched into the Monongahela River after running out of fuel.
Ran out of fuel and ditched into the Mediterranean Sea.
The No. 2 engine failed on takeoff due to fuel starvation.
Due to a compass error the aircraft became lost and crashed due to fuel starvation.
Fuel starvation. Rear auxiliary tanks not serviced.
After being diverted and a navigation error the crew circled the wrong city.

L & J Company
Balkan Bulgarian AL
United AL
Cia Bras. de Tratores
Air Canada
Varig
Avianca
Faucett

A malfunction in the No.2 engine caused a higher than normal fuel consumption.
Because of fog, the crew could not find the alternate airport and ran out of fuel.
Ran out of fuel while the crew was distracted with a landing gear problem.
Ran out of fuel on the third approach in poor weather.
Accidentally used pounds/liter for the specific gravity factor instead of kilograms/liter.
The crew flew in the wrong direction for two hours then ran out of fuel.
Put in series of holding patterns because of heavy traffic and ran out of fuel.
Ran out of fuel and crashed into the Atlantic Ocean.

Okada Air
Magistralnye Avialinii
Oriental AL
Cheremshanka AL
Ariana Afghan AL
TACSA
Krasnoyarskie AV
Ariana Afghan AL
OMSK
Air Transat
Keystone Air Services
Laoag Int. Airlines
Air Tacoma
Tuninter

After circling for an hour, unable to locate the air field, the plane ran out of fuel.
Ran out of fuel while in a holding pattern.
After circling for1 1/2 hours and aborting four landing attempts the plane ran out of fuel.
After three landing attempts, the crew diverted to their alternate but ran out of fuel.
Ran out of fuel.
Ran out of fuel trying to land in fog.
Crashed into a mountain after running out of fuel.
Crashed into a mountain after being diverted to their alternate due to bad weather.
After 2 messages they were low on fuel, the plane crashed while attempting to land.
Improperly installed part caused a fuel leak and the plane to run out of fuel.
Ran out of fuel.
Failure of the pilot and co-pilot to check the fuel valves.
Flightcrew's failure to monitor the fuel gauges and to recognize a fuel imbalance.
The maintenance crew incorrectly installed a fuel gauge for a ATR-42 on the ATR-72.

Hijacking (resulting in fatalities)

07/16/1948
11/01/1958
04/28/1960
05/07/1964
01/23/1971
12/06/1971
05/18/1973
09/15/1974
05/23/1976

Pacific Ocean
Nipe Bay, Cuba
Calabozo, Venezuela
San Ramon, California
Korean Air Lines
Tikaka, Sudan
Chita, Russia
Phan Rang, Vietnam
Zamboanga, Philippines

Cathay Pacific AW
Cubana
Linea Aero. Venezolana
Pacific AL
Sokcho, South Korea
Sudan AW
Aeroflot
Air Vietnam
Philippine AL

Crashed after being hijacked and losing control during a struggle in the cockpit.
Crashed after being hijacked and running out of fuel.
Detonation of a hand-grenade brought aboard by a Russian immigrant.
Francisco Gonzales, a passenger, shot both the pilot and first officer.
A hijacker detonated grenades he was carrying.
Hijacked and ran out of fuel.
Detonation of a bomb in the cabin being carried by a hijacker.
Detonation of two hand grenades in the passenger compartment by a hijacker.
A hijacker set off grenades in the cabin.

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06/27/1976
12/04/1977
06/14/1985
11/24/1985
09/05/1986
12/25/1986
07/24/1987
12/07/1987
04/05/1988
10/02/1990
08/28/1993
12/26/1994
11/23/1996
07/23/1999
12/24/1999
05/25/2000
03/15/2001
09/11/2001
09/11/2001
09/11/2001
09/11/2001

Entebbe, Uganda
Kampung Ladang,
Malaysia
Athens, Greece
Luqa, Malta
Karachi, Pakistan
Ay, Saudi Arabia
Geneva, Switzerland
San Luis Obispo,
California
Combi, Cyprus
Guangzhou, China
Khorag, Tajikistan
Algiers, Algeria
Moroni, Comoros Islands
Tokyo, Japan
Amritsar, India
Manila, Philippines
Medina, Saudi Arabia
New York, New York
New York, New York
Arlington, Virginia
Shanksville, Pennsylvania

Air France
Malaysia AL

Seven passengers were killed during a commando raid by Israeli forces.

Hijacked with both pilots shot.

Trans World AL
Egyptair
Pan American AW
Iraqi AW
Air Afrique
Pacific Southwest AL

U.S. Navy diver Robert Stethem was murdered aboard by hijackers.

Several hand grenades were thrown into the cabin causing a fire.
Hijackers opened fire on the passengers and crew and threw grenades among them.
Two hand grenades exploded in the cockpit causing the plane to lose control & crash.
A hijacker killed one passenger before the plane was stormed by troops.
David Burk, a fired employee, shot the pilot and first officer.

Kuwait AW
Xiamen/China SW AL
Tadzhikistan Nat. AL
Air France
Ethiopian AL
All Nippon AW
Indian Airlines
Philippine Air Lines
Vnukovo Airlines
American AL
United AL
American AL
United AL

Two hostages killed on the ground by hijackers.

After a struggle in the cockpit with a hijacker the pilot hit three parked planes.
The crew was coerced into taking off with an overloaded plane by armed hijackers.
Three passengers and four hijackers were killed when the plane was stormed.
The plane was hijacked and ran out of fuel crashing in the ocean.
The pilot was stabbed and killed by a mentally ill passenger but the copilot landed the plane safely.
One crew member was killed after the plane was hijacked.
A hijacker was killed after jumping out of plane with a homemade parachute.
Three people were killed after the hijacked plane was stormed.
Hijacked and flown into the twin towers in New York.
Hijacked and flown into the twin towers in New York.
Hijacked and flown into the Pentagon.
Hijacked and flown into the ground in Pennsylvania.

Trans Con. Air Transport

LOT
Penn Central AL
Alitalia
Trans World AL
Aerolineas Argentinas
LOT
Air Inter
Pan American AW
Iranian Air Force
Lineas Aereas Nac.
Iran Air Force
Kuwait Air Force
NFD
Wuhan AL
Flightline
Ocean Airlines

Struck by lightning during a thunderstorm.

Struck by lightning.
Disabled pilots by a severe lightning discharge in vicinity of plane.
Lightning ignited mixture of air and fuel fumes in the fuel tank.
Ignition of gasoline vapors emanating from the fuel tank vent pipes by static discharge.
Stuck by lightning and extreme turbulence.
Stalled after being struck by lightning.
Possibility of a flash of lightning dazzling the crew and causing temporary blindness.
Lightning induced ignition of fuel tank vapors.
Crashed after being struck by lightning.
Lightning caused a fire which led to the separation of the right wing.
Lightning caused an explosion in the No. 1 fuel tank which caused the left wing to fail.
Struck by lightning.
Struck by lightning and suffered a complete electrical failure.
Struck by lightning causing the plane to explode and crash.
Electrical power was lost following a lightning strike.
Struck by lightining causing loss of artificial horizons and gyro compasses.

Lightning
09/03/1929
07/22/1938
08/31/1940
01/17/1951
06/26/1959
07/19/1961
12/19/1962
08/12/1963
12/08/1963
04/18/1967
12/24/1971
05/09/1976
09/05/1980
02/08/1988
06/22/2000
10/10/2001
12/27/2002

Mt. Taylor, New Mexico

Stulpica, Romania
Lovettsville, Virginia
Civitavecchia, Italy
Varese, Italy
Azul, Brazil
Warsaw, Poland
Lyon, France
Elkton, Maryland
Zarand, Iran
Puerto Inca, Peru
Madrid, Spain
Montelimar, France
Mulheim, Germany
Shitai, China
Off Valencia, Spain
Anjouan, Comoros
Islands

Pilot Incapacitation

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Centennial, Wyoming
United AL
Waynesborough, Virginia Piedmont AL
Burbank, California
Flying Tiger Line
Ardmore, Oklahoma
American Flyers AL
East London, South
South African AW
Africa
Mt. Pumacona, Peru
Faucett
Staines, Surrey, England British European AW
Krasnaya, Polyana, USSR Aeroflot
Tokyo, Japan
Japan AL
Balotesti, Romania
Trans. Aeriene Rom.
Near Burketown,
Central Air
Australia
Grammatikos, Greece
Helios Airways

Incapacitation of crew by carbon monoxide emanating from a faulty cabin heater.

Mental breakdown of captain during flight.
Incapacitation of the captain with a heart attack at a critical point in the approach.
Incapacitation of the captain with a heart attack during final stages of approach.
The captain suffered a heart attack and first officer could not regain control of aircraft.
The mental state of the pilot adversely affected his judgment and efficiency.
Incapacitation of the captain due to a possible arterial hemorrhage.
Sudden incapacitation of the crew for reasons unknown.
The captain, known to have mental problems, put the inboard engines into reverse.
The captain was incapacitated shortly after taking off.
Incapacitation of the captain due to depressurized cabin and lack of oxygen.
Pressurization failure incapacitated the entire crew.

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