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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| China Northwest Airlines Flight 2303 | 6 Jun 1994 | 160 | 160 | Near Xi'an, China |
| China Southern Airlines Flight 3943 | 24 Nov 1992 | 141 | 141 | Mount Tianma, Tuling Village, Yangdi Township, Yangshuo County, Guilin, Guangxi Province, China |
| China Eastern Airlines Flight 5735 | 21 Mar 2022 | 132 | 132 | Southern hillside forest of Molang Village, Teng County, Wuzhou, Guangxi, China |
| 1990 Guangzhou Baiyun airport collisions | 2 Oct 1990 | 128 | 128 | Guangzhou Baiyun, International Airport, Guangzhou, China |
| China Northern Airlines Flight 6136 | 7 May 2002 | 112 | 112 | Bohai Bay, near Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport, Dalian, Liaoning, China |
| CAAC Flight 3303 | 26 Apr 1982 | 112 | 112 | Near Yangshuo, Guangxi, China |
| China General Aviation Flight 7552 | 31 Jul 1992 | 108 | 108 | near Nanjing Dajiaochang Airport, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China |
| China Southwest Airlines Flight 4146 | 18 Jan 1988 | 108 | 108 | 5km NW from Chongqing Baishiyi Airport, near Longfengxinmin Village, Chongqing, China |
| China Southwest Airlines Flight 4509 | 24 Feb 1999 | 61 | 61 | Rui'an, Zhejiang, China |
| 1945 Beiping C-46 crash | 16 Oct 1945 | 59 | 59 | Near Beiping, Republic of China |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| China Northwest Airlines Flight 2303 | 6 Jun 1994 | 160 | Near Xi'an, China | 1 |
| China Southern Airlines Flight 3943 | 24 Nov 1992 | 141 | Mount Tianma, Tuling Village, Yangdi Township, Yangshuo County, Guilin, Guangxi Province, China | 1 |
| China Eastern Airlines Flight 5735 | 21 Mar 2022 | 132 | Southern hillside forest of Molang Village, Teng County, Wuzhou, Guangxi, China | 1 |
| 1990 Guangzhou Baiyun airport collisions | 2 Oct 1990 | 128 | Guangzhou Baiyun, International Airport, Guangzhou, China | 3 |
| China Northern Airlines Flight 6136 | 7 May 2002 | 112 | Bohai Bay, near Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport, Dalian, Liaoning, China | 1 |
| CAAC Flight 3303 | 26 Apr 1982 | 112 | Near Yangshuo, Guangxi, China | 1 |
| China General Aviation Flight 7552 | 31 Jul 1992 | 108 | near Nanjing Dajiaochang Airport, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China | 1 |
| China Southwest Airlines Flight 4146 | 18 Jan 1988 | 108 | 5km NW from Chongqing Baishiyi Airport, near Longfengxinmin Village, Chongqing, China | 1 |
| China Southwest Airlines Flight 4509 | 24 Feb 1999 | 61 | Rui'an, Zhejiang, China | 1 |
| 1945 Beiping C-46 crash | 16 Oct 1945 | 59 | Near Beiping, Republic of China | 1 |
Deadliest with more than one aircraft
7 occurrences involved more than one aircraft, such as midair and ground collisions; 3 were fatal. These count everyone, as the table above does.
| Occurrence | Date | Total fatalities | Location | Aircraft |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 Guangzhou Baiyun airport collisions | 2 Oct 1990 | 128 | Guangzhou Baiyun, International Airport, Guangzhou, China | 3 |
| 1976 CAAC Antonov An-24 accident near Changsha | 21 Jan 1976 | 42 | near Changsha-Datuopu Airport, People's Republic of China | 2 |
| 1983 Guilin Airport collision | 14 Sept 1983 | 11 | Guilin Qifengling Airport, China | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| China Airlines Flight 642 | 22 Aug 1999 | 208 | 3 | 3 | Hong Kong International Airport |
| 1979 CAAC Hawker Siddeley Trident theft and crash | 14 Mar 1979 | 200 | Unknown | Unknown | Beijing-Xijiao, People's Republic of China |
| Cathay Pacific Flight 780 | 13 Apr 2010 | 63 | 0 | 0 | Hong Kong International Airport, after landing on runway 07L |
| China Northern Airlines Flight 6901 | 13 Nov 1993 | 60 | 12 | 12 | Near Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport, Ürümqi, Xinjiang, China |
| 1990 Guangzhou Baiyun airport collisions | 2 Oct 1990 | 53 | 128 | 128 | Guangzhou Baiyun, International Airport, Guangzhou, China |
| Henan Airlines Flight 8387 | 24 Aug 2010 | 52 | 44 | 44 | Near Lindu Airport, Yichun, Heilongjiang, China |
| China Northwest Airlines Flight 2119 | 23 Jul 1993 | 52 | 55 | 55 | Yinchuan Xihuayuan Airport, Yinchuan, Ningxia, China |
| Korean Air Cargo Flight 6316 | 15 Apr 1999 | 42all on the ground | 3 | 8 | Xinzhuang, Minhang District, near Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport, Shanghai, China |
| Japan Air Lines Flight 792 | 17 Sept 1982 | 39 | 0 | 0 | Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport, Shanghai, China |
| CAAC Antonov An-24 accident near Lanzhou | 15 Dec 1986 | 38 | 6 | 6 | near Lanzhou Zhongchuan Airport, People's Republic of China |