Year
1954
Occurrences with an event date in 1954.
By month
| Month | Occurrences | Fatal occurrences | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2 | 51 | |
| February | 2 | 11 | |
| March | 2 | 41 | |
| April | 3 | 83 | |
| May | 0 | 0 | |
| June | 2 | 4 | |
| July | 1 | 10 | |
| August | 3 | 94 | |
| September | 3 | 63 | |
| October | 2 | 61 | |
| November | 1 | 2 | |
| December | 4 | 59 |
Aircraft types
| Aircraft type | Occurrences | Fatal occurrences | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|
| Douglas DC-3 | 4 | 4 | 32 |
| Ilyushin IL-12 | 3 | 3 | 49 |
| Convair CV-240 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| Douglas DC-6 | 2 | 2 | 47 |
| Beechcraft Model 18 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Boeing 377 | 1 | 1 | 28 |
| Boeing PB2 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Bristol 170 | 1 | 1 | 47 |
| Canadair C-4 | 1 | 1 | 37 |
| De Havilland Comet 1 | 1 | 1 | 21 |
Countries
| Country | Occurrences | Share | Fatal occurrences | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 28.0% | 7 | 150 | |
| Soviet Union | 16.0% | 4 | 75 | |
| United Kingdom | 8.0% | 2 | 44 | |
| United States | 8.0% | 2 | 11 | |
| Canada | 4.0% | 1 | 37 | |
| China | 4.0% | 1 | 10 | |
| Ireland | 4.0% | 1 | 28 | |
| Japan | 4.0% | 1 | 6 | |
| Laos | 4.0% | 1 | 47 | |
| Norway | 4.0% | 1 | 8 |
Deadliest occurrences
| Occurrence | Date | Total fatalities | Location | Aircraft |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bristol 170 crash near Pakse | 16 Aug 1954 | 47 | by the Mekong River, near Pakse (Kingdom of Laos) | 1 |
| Disappearance of the R7V-1 over the Atlantic | 30 Oct 1954 | 42 | Atlantic Ocean, 350 miles (560 km) east of the US coast | 1 |
| Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 9 | 8 Apr 1954 | 37 | Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan | 2 |
| BOAC Flight 781 | 10 Jan 1954 | 35 | Mediterranean Sea off Elba | 1 |
| 1954 BOAC Lockheed Constellation crash | 13 Mar 1954 | 33 | Kallang Airport, Singapore | 1 |
| Aeroflot Flight 10 (1954) | 27 Sept 1954 | 29 | Near Severny Airport, USSR | 1 |
| 1954 BOAC Boeing 377 crash | 25 Dec 1954 | 28 | Prestwick Airport, Scotland | 1 |
| KLM Flight 633 | 5 Sept 1954 | 28 | Shannon, Ireland | 1 |
| Linee Aeree Italiane Flight 451 (1954) | 18 Dec 1954 | 26 | New York-Idlewild Airport, New York City | 1 |
| Li-2 crash near Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk | 26 Aug 1954 | 26 | near Korsakov airfield and Mount Komissarskaya, 13.5 km SE of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Sakhalin Oblast (RSFSR, USSR) | 1 |
All occurrences
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- 1954 BOAC Boeing 377 crashShow on map
25 Dec 1954 · Prestwick Airport, Scotland · 28 fatal
- Linee Aeree Italiane Flight 451 (1954)Show on map
18 Dec 1954 · New York-Idlewild Airport, New York City · 26 fatal
- 1954 ČSA accident near BratislavaShow on map
12 Dec 1954 · near Pezinok, 14.5 kilometres north-northeast of Bratislava Airport, today: Slovakia · 4 fatal
- Il-12 crash in Alma-Ata
5 Dec 1954 · near Pervomayka airfield, Alma-Ata (Kazakh SSR, USSR) · 1 fatal · not on the map
- Northeast Airlines Flight 792
30 Nov 1954 · Mount Success, Coös County, New Hampshire, United States · 2 fatal · not on the map
- Disappearance of the R7V-1 over the Atlantic
30 Oct 1954 · Atlantic Ocean, 350 miles (560 km) east of the US coast · 42 fatal · not on the map
- Il-12 crash on Mount SivukhaShow on map
28 Oct 1954 · Mount Sivukha, near the Mana River, 204 km from Krasnoyarsk (RSFSR, USSR) · 19 fatal
- Aeroflot Flight 10 (1954)
27 Sept 1954 · Near Severny Airport, USSR · 29 fatal · not on the map
- Aoki Airlines crashShow on map
25 Sept 1954 · Narahara Town, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan · 6 fatal
- KLM Flight 633Show on map
5 Sept 1954 · Shannon, Ireland · 28 fatal
- Li-2 crash near Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
26 Aug 1954 · near Korsakov airfield and Mount Komissarskaya, 13.5 km SE of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Sakhalin Oblast (RSFSR, USSR) · 26 fatal · not on the map
- KLM Flight 608Show on map
23 Aug 1954 · North Sea off Bergen aan Zee · 21 fatal
- Bristol 170 crash near Pakse
16 Aug 1954 · by the Mekong River, near Pakse (Kingdom of Laos) · 47 fatal · not on the map
- 1954 Cathay Pacific Douglas DC-4 shootdownShow on map
23 Jul 1954 · South China Sea, off the coast of Hainan Island, People's Republic of China. · 10 fatal
- 1954 Swissair Convair CV-240 crashShow on map
19 Jun 1954 · English Channel, off Folkestone, Kent · 3 fatal
- Shooting at a Sabena Douglas DC-3 near MariborShow on map
3 Jun 1954 · 10 km south of Maribor, Yugoslavia · 1 fatal
- South African Airways Flight 201Show on map
8 Apr 1954 · Mediterranean Sea between Naples and Stromboli · 21 fatal
- Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 9Show on map
8 Apr 1954 · Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan · 37 fatal
- 1954 Turkish State Airlines Adana crashShow on map
3 Apr 1954 · Kurttepe, Adana, Turkey · 25 fatal
- 1954 Bjørnøya Consolidated PBY Catalina crashShow on map
28 Mar 1954 · Bjørnøya, Svalbard, Norway · 8 fatal
- 1954 BOAC Lockheed Constellation crashShow on map
13 Mar 1954 · Kallang Airport, Singapore · 33 fatal
- Western Air Lines Flight 34Show on map
26 Feb 1954 · Near Wright, Wyoming, US · 9 fatal
- Il-10 crash in GdańskShow on map
24 Feb 1954 · Gdańsk · 2 fatal
- BOAC Flight 781Show on map
10 Jan 1954 · Mediterranean Sea off Elba · 35 fatal
- 1954 Aldbury Valetta accidentShow on map
6 Jan 1954 · Aldbury, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom · 16 fatal