List of accidents and incidents on commercial airliners grouped by location

Table of contents

1 Africa 2 Antarctica 3 Asia 4 Atlantic Ocean 5 Bight of Benin 6 Europe 7 Indian Ocean 8 North America 9 Pacific Ocean 10 Philippine Sea 11 Sea of Okhotsk 12 South America 13 Strait of Hormuz 14 Taiwan Strait

Africa

• Air France Flight 8969 - Hijacked after takeoff from Algiers and taken back in France
• 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)
• UTA Flight 772 - Blown up over the Sahara Desert by Libyan terrorists.

• Air New Zealand Flight 901 - Crashed into Mount Erebus

• All Nippon Airways Flight 61 - Hijacked and taken back over Tokyo, Japan
• Flash Airlines Flight 604 - Crashed off of Sharm el-Shaikh, Sinai Peninsula, Egypt
• Indian Airlines Flight 814 - Hijacked on the way to India, and flown to India, Pakistan, the UAE, and Afghanistan before the passengers are released
• Mandarin Airlines Flight 642 - Crashed upon landing in Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
• Singapore Airlines Flight 6 - Crashed upon takeoff in Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

• 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 Long Island

• UTA Flight 141 - Crashed after takeoff

• Air France Flight 4590 - Concorde that crashed in Gonesse, France
• Air France Flight 8969 - Hijacked after takeoff from Algiers and taken back in France
• British European Flight 548, crashed in the United Kingdom (Staines air disaster)
• British European Flight 609, crashed in Munich, West Germany (Munich air disaster)
• British Midland Flight 92, crashed in Kegworth, United Kingdom (Kegworth air disaster)
• JAT Yugoslav Flight 364, bombed, then crashed in Srbska Kamenice, Czechoslovakia
• Luxair Flight 9642, crashed on final approach to Luxembourg
• Pan Am Flight 103, bomb exploded over Scotland (Lockerbie disaster)
• Scandinavian Airlines Flight 686 - Crashed upon takeoff in Milan, Italy (Linate Airport disaster)
• TWA Flight 840 - Bombed on the way to Athens, Greece, sucking out 4 on board - the plane landed safely.
• Turkish Airlines Flight 981 - Crashed in Ermenonville, France (Ermenonville air disaster)

• Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 - crashed off of the Comoros Islands

• American Airlines Flight 11 - Hijacked after takeoff from Boston, crashed in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States (September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks)
• American Airlines Flight 77 - Hijacked after takeoff from Dulles, crashed in Arlington, Virginia, United States (September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks)
• American Airlines Flight 191 - Crashed at O' Hare International Airport, Chicago, Illinois
• American Airlines Flight 587 - Broke up over Queens, New York City, New York, United States
• American Airlines Flight 1420 - Crashed upon landing at Little Rock National Airport in Little Rock, Arkansas
• Delta Airlines Flight 191 - Crashed upon landing in Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport near Dallas, Texas, United States
• Delta Airlines Flight 1411 - Crashed after takeoff from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport near Dallas, Texas, United States
• PSA Flight 182 - Collided with a Cessna over San Diego, California, United States
• Prinair Flight 191 - Crashed upon landing in Ponce, Puerto Rico, United States
• United Airlines Flight 93 - Hijacked after takeoff from Newark, New Jersey, crashed in Pennsylvania, United States (September 11 Terrorist Attacks)
• United Airlines Flight 175 - Hijacked after takeoff from Boston, crashed in Manhattan, New York City, United States (September 11 Terrorist Attacks)
• ValuJet Flight 592 - Crashed in the Everglades in Florida after takeoff

• AeroPeru Flight 603 - Off of the coast of Peru
• Alaska Airlines Flight 261 - Off the coast of Oxnard, California

• Philippine Airlines Flight 434 - bombed over Minami Daito Island, near Okinawa, Japan

• Korean Air Flight 7 - Shot down over Soviet airspace

• American Airlines Flight 965 - Crashed into a mountain in Colombia
• Avianca Flight 410 - Crashed in Santander, Colombia

• Iran Air Flight 655 - Shot down by an American naval vessal

• China Airlines Flight 611 - Broke up in the Taiwan Strait