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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Not a complete record. A partial collection of documented occurrences: counts, not rates, and no measure of aviation risk. Coverage
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23 of 183,362 records: 1 more filter, leaving out 34 unreviewed and minor records. Include them · Show all 183,362
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Partnair Flight 394 | 8 Sept 1989 | 55 | 55 | 18 km north of Hirtshals, Denmark 97 km west of Tjörn, Sweden |
| Malév Flight 731 | 28 Aug 1971 | 32 | 32 | Øresund, Copenhagen, Denmark, Scania, Sweden |
| Aeroflot Flight 103 | 15 Aug 1957 | 23 | 23 | Sydhavnen Canal, near the Ørstedværket power station, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 1947 KLM Douglas DC-3 crash | 26 Jan 1947 | 22 | 22 | Kastrup, Denmark |
| Flugfélag Íslands Flight 704 | 26 Sept 1970 | 8 | 8 | Mykines, Faroe Islands, Denmark |
| 1960 Danish football air crash | 16 Jul 1960 | 8 | 8 | Øresund |
| 1944 Ålvand RAF Lancaster crash | 29 Aug 1944 | 7 | 7 | Ålvand, east of Nørre Vorupør, Thy, Denmark |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Partnair Flight 394 | 8 Sept 1989 | 55 | 18 km north of Hirtshals, Denmark 97 km west of Tjörn, Sweden | 1 |
| Malév Flight 731 | 28 Aug 1971 | 32 | Øresund, Copenhagen, Denmark, Scania, Sweden | 1 |
| Aeroflot Flight 103 | 15 Aug 1957 | 23 | Sydhavnen Canal, near the Ørstedværket power station, Copenhagen, Denmark | 1 |
| 1947 KLM Douglas DC-3 crash | 26 Jan 1947 | 22 | Kastrup, Denmark | 1 |
| Flugfélag Íslands Flight 704 | 26 Sept 1970 | 8 | Mykines, Faroe Islands, Denmark | 1 |
| 1960 Danish football air crash | 16 Jul 1960 | 8 | Øresund | 1 |
| 1944 Ålvand RAF Lancaster crash | 29 Aug 1944 | 7 | Ålvand, east of Nørre Vorupør, Thy, Denmark | 2 |
| GAA20WA133 · Commander 114 B | 30 Aug 2020 | 4 | Fur airport, Denmark | 1 |
1 occurrences involved more than one aircraft, such as midair and ground collisions; 1 were fatal. These count everyone, as the table above does.
| Occurrence | Date | Total fatalities | Location | Aircraft |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1944 Ålvand RAF Lancaster crash | 29 Aug 1944 | 7 | Ålvand, east of Nørre Vorupør, Thy, Denmark | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan Air Lines food poisoning incident | 3 Feb 1975 | 144 | 0 | 0 | Copenhagen Airport, Denmark |
| 2007 Bombardier Dash 8 landing gear accidents | 9 Sept 2007 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Aalborg Airport, Denmark |
| United Airlines Boeing 777 200B accident | 25 May 2010 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Southern Tip of Greenland, Denmark |
| Malév Flight 731 | 28 Aug 1971 | 2 | 32 | 32 | Øresund, Copenhagen, Denmark, Scania, Sweden |
| GAA19WA249 · Grumman AA1 B | 3 May 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Grena, Denmark, Denmark |
| 1960 Danish football air crash | 16 Jul 1960 | 1 | 8 | 8 | Øresund |