Deadliest occurrences
Not a complete record. A partial collection of documented occurrences: counts, not rates, and no measure of aviation risk. Coverage
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The same occurrences rank differently depending on who is counted. These tables count, in turn, the people on board, everyone the occurrence killed, occurrences with more than one aircraft, and the injured.
Deadliest for the people on board
Fatalities are deaths among passengers and crew; the total adds anyone killed on the ground. Fatalities use each record's event total where one exists, otherwise the fatal injuries in the NTSB record.
| Occurrence | Date | Fatalities | Total fatalities | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines Flight 587 | 12 Nov 2001 | 260 | 265 | Belle Harbor, Queens, New York City, U.S. |
| TWA Flight 800 | 17 Jul 1996 | 230 | 230 | Atlantic Ocean, near East Moriches, New York, United States |
| Avianca Flight 052 | 25 Jan 1990 | 73 | 73 | Cove Neck, New York, United States |
| DCA85AA020 · Aerospatiale SA360C DAUPHIN SA360C DAU | 26 Apr 1985 | 1 | 1 | NEW YORK, NY, United States |
| NYC85FA052 · Hughes 500D | 4 Jan 1985 | 1 | 1 | Newark, NJ, United States |
Deadliest in all, counting deaths on the ground
Everyone the occurrence killed, in the air and on the ground. Where the two tables differ, people on the ground made the difference.
| Occurrence | Date | Total fatalities | Location | Aircraft |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines Flight 587 | 12 Nov 2001 | 265 | Belle Harbor, Queens, New York City, U.S. | 1 |
| TWA Flight 800 | 17 Jul 1996 | 230 | Atlantic Ocean, near East Moriches, New York, United States | 1 |
| Avianca Flight 052 | 25 Jan 1990 | 73 | Cove Neck, New York, United States | 1 |
| ERA23FA113 · Beech A36 | 19 Jan 2023 | 2 | North Castle, NY, United States | 1 |
| Delta Air Lines Flight 82 | 27 Mar 1997 | 1 | Jamaica, NY, United States | 1 |
| DCA85AA020 · Aerospatiale SA360C DAUPHIN SA360C DAU | 26 Apr 1985 | 1 | NEW YORK, NY, United States | 1 |
| NYC85FA052 · Hughes 500D | 4 Jan 1985 | 1 | Newark, NJ, United States | 1 |
Deadliest with more than one aircraft
22 occurrences involved more than one aircraft, such as midair and ground collisions; 0 were fatal. These count everyone, as the table above does.
None among the occurrences shown.
Most injured, whether or not anyone died
Injuries are the total the record shows: a Wikipedia record's infobox total, otherwise the serious and minor injuries in the NTSB record. People hurt on the ground are counted too, so a row can show hundreds injured although no one on board survived: all 106 injured at the Pentagon on 11 September 2001 were in the building.
| Occurrence | Date | Injured | Fatalities | Total fatalities | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avianca Flight 052 | 25 Jan 1990 | 85 | 73 | 73 | Cove Neck, New York, United States |
| Eastern Airlines Lockheed L-1011 accident | 28 Sept 1987 | 40 | 0 | 0 | BERMUDA, AO, Bermuda |
| Iberia Airlines Flight 6250 | 11 Aug 2002 | 37 | 0 | 0 | Jamaica, NY, United States |
| Pan American World Airways Airbus Industrie A310 accident | 11 Nov 1987 | 35 | 0 | 0 | ATLANTIC OCEAN, AO |
| American Airlines Flight 587 | 20 Feb 1996 | 34 | 0 | 0 | Jamaica, NY, United States |
| American Airlines Airbus Industrie A-300-600R incident | 28 Aug 1991 | 33 | 0 | 0 | ATLANTIC OCEAN, AO |
| MIA86FA208 · Airbus Industrie A300B4-2C | 13 Jul 1986 | 30 | 0 | 0 | WEST PALM BCH, FL, United States |
| Tower Air Flight 41 | 20 Dec 1995 | 25 | 0 | 0 | Runway 4L, John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York City, New York, United States |
| American Airlines Boeing 757-223 incident | 10 Jul 1997 | 22 | 0 | 0 | Dickinson, ND, United States |
| Tower Air Flight 37 | 18 Apr 1998 | 20 | 0 | 0 | ATLANTIC OCEAN, AO |