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Aircraft type

Boeing 747

Occurrences involving a Boeing 747, with variants merged.

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Occurrences381154 accidents · 208 incidents · 311 mapped
Fatal occurrences42Fatality total known for 338 of 381
Reported fatalities3,876Plus 212 serious injuries reported
Years1970–202521 Jan 1970 – 20 Oct 2025

By year

Boeing 747: occurrences by year
YearOccurrencesFatal occurrencesFatalities
197020 occurrences in 1970, 0 fatal. The bar is scaled to 2010 (24).00
197118 occurrences in 1971, 0 fatal. The bar is scaled to 2010 (24).00
197216 occurrences in 1972, 1 fatal. The bar is scaled to 2010 (24).11
19735 occurrences in 1973, 1 fatal. The bar is scaled to 2010 (24).11
197410 occurrences in 1974, 2 fatal. The bar is scaled to 2010 (24).260
197511 occurrences in 1975, 0 fatal. The bar is scaled to 2010 (24).00
19764 occurrences in 1976, 1 fatal. The bar is scaled to 2010 (24).117
19777 occurrences in 1977, 2 fatal. The bar is scaled to 2010 (24).2584
19784 occurrences in 1978, 1 fatal. The bar is scaled to 2010 (24).1213
19796 occurrences in 1979, 0 fatal. The bar is scaled to 2010 (24).00
19803 occurrences in 1980, 1 fatal. The bar is scaled to 2010 (24).115
19815 occurrences in 1981, 0 fatal. The bar is scaled to 2010 (24).00
19824 occurrences in 1982, 1 fatal. The bar is scaled to 2010 (24).11
19836 occurrences in 1983, 2 fatal. The bar is scaled to 2010 (24).2450
19849 occurrences in 1984, 0 fatal. The bar is scaled to 2010 (24).00
19857 occurrences in 1985, 2 fatal. The bar is scaled to 2010 (24).2849
19867 occurrences in 1986, 0 fatal. The bar is scaled to 2010 (24).00
198710 occurrences in 1987, 2 fatal. The bar is scaled to 2010 (24).2160
198811 occurrences in 1988, 2 fatal. The bar is scaled to 2010 (24).2272
19898 occurrences in 1989, 2 fatal. The bar is scaled to 2010 (24).213
19907 occurrences in 1990, 1 fatal. The bar is scaled to 2010 (24).11
19917 occurrences in 1991, 1 fatal. The bar is scaled to 2010 (24).15
19925 occurrences in 1992, 3 fatal. The bar is scaled to 2010 (24).349
19936 occurrences in 1993, 0 fatal. The bar is scaled to 2010 (24).00
19946 occurrences in 1994, 1 fatal. The bar is scaled to 2010 (24).11
199510 occurrences in 1995, 0 fatal. The bar is scaled to 2010 (24).00
19967 occurrences in 1996, 3 fatal. The bar is scaled to 2010 (24).3580
19977 occurrences in 1997, 2 fatal. The bar is scaled to 2010 (24).2230
19987 occurrences in 1998, 0 fatal. The bar is scaled to 2010 (24).00
19999 occurrences in 1999, 2 fatal. The bar is scaled to 2010 (24).25
20007 occurrences in 2000, 1 fatal. The bar is scaled to 2010 (24).183
20014 occurrences in 2001, 0 fatal. The bar is scaled to 2010 (24).00
20026 occurrences in 2002, 1 fatal. The bar is scaled to 2010 (24).1225
20033 occurrences in 2003, 0 fatal. The bar is scaled to 2010 (24).00
20044 occurrences in 2004, 1 fatal. The bar is scaled to 2010 (24).17
20053 occurrences in 2005, 0 fatal. The bar is scaled to 2010 (24).00
20066 occurrences in 2006, 0 fatal. The bar is scaled to 2010 (24).00
20073 occurrences in 2007, 0 fatal. The bar is scaled to 2010 (24).00
200812 occurrences in 2008, 1 fatal. The bar is scaled to 2010 (24).12
20092 occurrences in 2009, 0 fatal. The bar is scaled to 2010 (24).00
201024 occurrences in 2010, 1 fatal. The bar is scaled to 2010 (24).12
20117 occurrences in 2011, 1 fatal. The bar is scaled to 2010 (24).12
20129 occurrences in 2012, 0 fatal. The bar is scaled to 2010 (24).00
20136 occurrences in 2013, 1 fatal. The bar is scaled to 2010 (24).17
20143 occurrences in 2014, 0 fatal. The bar is scaled to 2010 (24).00
20155 occurrences in 2015, 0 fatal. The bar is scaled to 2010 (24).00
20163 occurrences in 2016, 0 fatal. The bar is scaled to 2010 (24).00
201710 occurrences in 2017, 1 fatal. The bar is scaled to 2010 (24).139
20189 occurrences in 2018, 0 fatal. The bar is scaled to 2010 (24).00
20196 occurrences in 2019, 0 fatal. The bar is scaled to 2010 (24).00
20202 occurrences in 2020, 0 fatal. The bar is scaled to 2010 (24).00
20212 occurrences in 2021, 0 fatal. The bar is scaled to 2010 (24).00
20242 occurrences in 2024, 0 fatal. The bar is scaled to 2010 (24).00
20251 occurrences in 2025, 1 fatal. The bar is scaled to 2010 (24).12

Airports most often reported

Boeing 747: airports most often reported
AirportOccurrencesShareFatal occurrencesFatalities
John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK): 25 occurrences, 6.6% of the occurrences shown. 1 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row.6.6%1230
Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC)Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC): 24 occurrences, 6.3% of the occurrences shown. 1 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), 25).6.3%11
Narita International Airport (NRT)Narita International Airport (NRT): 19 occurrences, 5.0% of the occurrences shown. 0 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), 25).5.0%00
Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD): 18 occurrences, 4.7% of the occurrences shown. 1 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), 25).4.7%11
Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)Los Angeles International Airport (LAX): 16 occurrences, 4.2% of the occurrences shown. 0 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), 25).4.2%00
London Heathrow Airport (LHR)London Heathrow Airport (LHR): 14 occurrences, 3.7% of the occurrences shown. 0 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), 25).3.7%00
San Francisco International Airport (SFO)San Francisco International Airport (SFO): 14 occurrences, 3.7% of the occurrences shown. 0 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), 25).3.7%00
Miami International Airport (MIA)Miami International Airport (MIA): 13 occurrences, 3.4% of the occurrences shown. 0 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), 25).3.4%00
Daniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL)Daniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL): 12 occurrences, 3.1% of the occurrences shown. 1 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), 25).3.1%19
Frankfurt Main Airport (FRA)Frankfurt Main Airport (FRA): 9 occurrences, 2.4% of the occurrences shown. 0 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), 25).2.4%00

Countries

Boeing 747: countries
CountryOccurrencesShareFatal occurrencesFatalities
United StatesUnited States: 200 occurrences, 52.5% of the occurrences shown. 7 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row.52.5%7472
UnknownUnknown: 31 occurrences, 8.1% of the occurrences shown. 4 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (United States, 200).8.1%45
JapanJapan: 15 occurrences, 3.9% of the occurrences shown. 4 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (United States, 200).3.9%4523
United KingdomUnited Kingdom: 14 occurrences, 3.7% of the occurrences shown. 2 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (United States, 200).3.7%2274
GermanyGermany: 11 occurrences, 2.9% of the occurrences shown. 0 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (United States, 200).2.9%00
TaiwanTaiwan: 8 occurrences, 2.1% of the occurrences shown. 3 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (United States, 200).2.1%3313
ChinaChina: 7 occurrences, 1.8% of the occurrences shown. 1 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (United States, 200).1.8%12
IndiaIndia: 7 occurrences, 1.8% of the occurrences shown. 2 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (United States, 200).1.8%2562
Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia: 7 occurrences, 1.8% of the occurrences shown. 0 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (United States, 200).1.8%00
CanadaCanada: 6 occurrences, 1.6% of the occurrences shown. 1 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (United States, 200).1.6%17

US states and territories

Boeing 747: US states and territories
StateOccurrencesShareFatal occurrencesFatalities
New YorkNew York: 37 occurrences, 9.7% of the occurrences shown. 1 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row.9.7%1230
CaliforniaCalifornia: 30 occurrences, 7.9% of the occurrences shown. 0 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (New York, 37).7.9%00
AlaskaAlaska: 22 occurrences, 5.8% of the occurrences shown. 0 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (New York, 37).5.8%00
IllinoisIllinois: 21 occurrences, 5.5% of the occurrences shown. 1 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (New York, 37).5.5%11
FloridaFlorida: 18 occurrences, 4.7% of the occurrences shown. 0 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (New York, 37).4.7%00
HawaiiHawaii: 10 occurrences, 2.6% of the occurrences shown. 3 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (New York, 37).2.6%311
MichiganMichigan: 5 occurrences, 1.3% of the occurrences shown. 0 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (New York, 37).1.3%00
WashingtonWashington: 5 occurrences, 1.3% of the occurrences shown. 0 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (New York, 37).1.3%00
ColoradoColorado: 4 occurrences, 1.0% of the occurrences shown. 0 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (New York, 37).1.0%00
District Of ColumbiaDistrict Of Columbia: 4 occurrences, 1.0% of the occurrences shown. 1 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (New York, 37).1.0%11

Deadliest occurrences

Boeing 747: deadliest occurrences
OccurrenceDateTotal fatalitiesLocationAircraft
Tenerife airport disaster27 Mar 1977583Los Rodeos Airport, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain2
Japan Air Lines Flight 12312 Aug 1985520Mount Takamagahara, Ueno, Tano District, Gunma, Japan1
1996 Charkhi Dadri mid-air collision12 Nov 1996349Charkhi Dadri, Haryana, India2
Air India Flight 18223 Jun 1985329Atlantic Ocean, 190 km WSW of Waterville, Ireland1
Pan Am Flight 10321 Dec 1988270Lockerbie, Scotland1
Korean Air Lines Flight 0071 Sept 1983269Sea of Japan, near Moneron Island, west of Sakhalin Island, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union1
TWA Flight 80017 Jul 1996230Atlantic Ocean, near East Moriches, New York, United States1
Korean Air Flight 8016 Aug 1997229Bijia Peak, Asan-Maina, near Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport, Guam, United States1
China Airlines Flight 61125 May 2002225Taiwan Strait, 28 mi NE of Magong, Penghu Islands, Taiwan1
Air India Flight 8551 Jan 1978213Arabian Sea, 3 km (1.9 mls) west of Santacruz Airport, Bombay, India.1

All occurrences

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  1. Emirates SkyCargo Flight 9788

    20 Oct 2025 · Hong Kong International Airport, New Territories · 2 fatal

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  2. Kalitta Air Boeing 747-4HQF accident

    17 Aug 2024 · Istanbul, Turkey

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  3. Atlas Air Flight 3885

    18 Jan 2024 · Miami, FL, United States

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  4. Kalitta Air Boeing 747-4B5F accident

    29 Nov 2021 · Miami, FL, United States

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  5. Longtail Aviation Flight 5504

    20 Feb 2021 · Near Meerssen, Netherlands

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  6. Kalitta Air Flight 368

    3 Feb 2020 · Los Angeles, CA, United States

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  7. Saudia Cargo Boeing 747 incident

    31 Jan 2020 · Dammam, Saudi Arabia

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  8. DCA20WA041 · Boeing 747 400F

    11 Dec 2019 · Auckland, New Zealand

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  9. DCA20WA031 · Boeing 747 412F

    28 Nov 2019 · Sydney, Australia

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  10. DCA20WA016 · Boeing 747

    14 Nov 2019 · Leipzig, Germany

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  11. DCA20WA017 · Boeing 747 400

    11 Nov 2019 · Ataturk, Turkey · not on the map

  12. Martinair Boeing 747 400 incident

    9 Jul 2019 · Harare, Zimbabwe

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  13. China Airlines Boeing 747 incident

    9 Mar 2019 · Taiwan, Taiwan · not on the map

  14. National Airlines Boeing 747-428 incident

    21 Dec 2018 · Delhi Airspace, India · not on the map

  15. DCA19WA047 · Boeing 747 400

    13 Dec 2018 · Taipei, Taiwan

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  16. Sky Lease Cargo Flight 4854

    7 Nov 2018 · Halifax Stanfield International Airport

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  17. United Parcel Service Boeing 747 400 incident

    16 Oct 2018 · Kolkata, India

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  18. DCA19WA083 · Boeing 747 400

    8 Oct 2018 · Bangkok, Thailand

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  19. ACT Airlines Boeing 747 400 incident

    16 Sept 2018 · Frankfurt, Germany · not on the map

  20. Atlas Air Boeing 747 47UF incident

    30 Aug 2018 · Hong Kong, Hong Kong

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  21. China Airlines Boeing 747 incident

    21 Jun 2018 · Chicago, IL, United States

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  22. ENG18WA021 · Boeing 747 8F

    29 Mar 2018 · Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong · not on the map

  23. DCA18WA030 · Boeing 747 400

    11 Nov 2017 · Maastricht, Netherlands

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  24. Hong Kong Airlines Airbus A330 343 incident

    22 Sept 2017 · Hong Kong, Hong Kong

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  25. ENG17WA034 · Boeing 747 281B

    26 Aug 2017 · Delhi, India

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  26. DCA17WA164 · Boeing 747

    1 Aug 2017 · Frankfurt, Germany · not on the map

  27. DCA17WA159 · Boeing 747 422

    18 Jul 2017 · Frankfurt, Germany · not on the map

  28. Atlas Air Boeing 747-87UF incident

    15 Jul 2017 · Narita, Japan · not on the map

  29. Delta Air Lines Flight 276

    7 Jun 2017 · Tokyo, Japan

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  30. DCA17WA095 · Boeing 747 400

    7 Apr 2017 · Kong Kong, China

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  31. DCA17WA127 · Boeing 747

    30 Mar 2017 · Glasgow, United Kingdom

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  32. Turkish Airlines Flight 6491

    16 Jan 2017 · Dacha-SU, Sokuluk District, near Manas International Airport, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan · 39 fatal

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  33. DCA16WA194 · Boeing 747 438

    21 Jun 2016 · Los Angeles, CA, United States

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  34. DCA16WA104 · Boeing 747 48EF

    9 Mar 2016 · Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

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  35. DCA16WA084 · Boeing 747 436

    30 Jan 2016 · London, United Kingdom

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  36. Delta Air Lines Flight 158

    2 Oct 2015 · Russian airspace, Japan · not on the map

  37. DCA15WA180 · Boeing 747 830

    11 Aug 2015 · Frankfurt, Germany · not on the map

  38. DCA15WA196 · Boeing 747 400

    27 Jul 2015 · New Delhi, India

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  39. DCA15WA075 · Boeing 747 - 468

    25 Feb 2015 · Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

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  40. DCA15WA074 · Boeing 747 - 406

    13 Jan 2015 · Novosibirisk, Russia · not on the map

  41. Boeing 747 accident in London

    29 Dec 2014 · Gatwick Airport, London (United Kingdom)

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  42. DCA15WA015 · Boeing 747 422

    22 Oct 2014 · Frankfurt, Germany · not on the map

  43. Delta Air Lines Flight 295

    21 Sept 2014 · Atlanta, GA, United States

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  44. Atlas Air Flight 4241

    21 Nov 2013 · Wichita, KS, United States

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  45. Air Bridge Cargo Airlines Boeing 747 8F incident

    31 Jul 2013 · China · not on the map

  46. China Airlines Flight 5254

    19 May 2013 · Atlanta, GA, United States

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  47. National Airlines Flight 102

    29 Apr 2013 · Bagram Airfield, Parwan Province, Afghanistan · 7 fatal

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  48. China Airlines Boeing 747 409F incident

    25 Feb 2013 · Dallas, TX, United States

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  49. United Airlines Flight 870

    19 Feb 2013 · Pacific Ocean, Unknown

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  50. Air Bridge Cargo Airlines Boeing 747-8F incident

    11 Sept 2012 · Shanghai, China · not on the map