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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 1103 | 22 Dec 1992 | 159 | 159 | Near Tripoli International Airport, Tripoli, Libya |
| Afriqiyah Airways Flight 771 | 12 May 2010 | 103 | 103 | Near Tripoli International Airport, Tripoli, Libya |
| Korean Air Flight 803 | 27 Jul 1989 | 74 | 80 | Near Tripoli International Airport, Tripoli, Libya |
| 1977 Libyan Arab Airlines Tu-154 crash | 2 Dec 1977 | 59 | 59 | Near Benghazi, Libya |
| Central African Airways Flight 890 | 9 Aug 1958 | 36 | 36 | near Benina International Airport |
| 2000 Marsa Brega Short 360 crash | 13 Jan 2000 | 22 | 22 | Mediterranean Sea, 5 km off Marsa Brega Airport, Marsa Brega, Libya |
| Tupolev TU-104 crash in Tripoli | 1 Jun 1970 | 13 | 13 | Near Tripoli International Airport, Libya |
| Tragedy at Kufra | 4 May 1942 | 11 | 11 | NE of Kufra airfield, Libya, North Africa |
| Lady Be Good (aircraft) | 4 Apr 1943 | 9 | 9 | Kufra District, Libya |
| Beech D-18S · Benghazi, Libya | 28 Mar 1964 | 2 | 2 | Benghazi, Libya |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 1103 | 22 Dec 1992 | 159 | Near Tripoli International Airport, Tripoli, Libya | 2 |
| Afriqiyah Airways Flight 771 | 12 May 2010 | 103 | Near Tripoli International Airport, Tripoli, Libya | 1 |
| Korean Air Flight 803 | 27 Jul 1989 | 80 | Near Tripoli International Airport, Tripoli, Libya | 1 |
| 1977 Libyan Arab Airlines Tu-154 crash | 2 Dec 1977 | 59 | Near Benghazi, Libya | 1 |
| Central African Airways Flight 890 | 9 Aug 1958 | 36 | near Benina International Airport | 1 |
| 2000 Marsa Brega Short 360 crash | 13 Jan 2000 | 22 | Mediterranean Sea, 5 km off Marsa Brega Airport, Marsa Brega, Libya | 1 |
| Tupolev TU-104 crash in Tripoli | 1 Jun 1970 | 13 | Near Tripoli International Airport, Libya | 1 |
| Tragedy at Kufra | 4 May 1942 | 11 | NE of Kufra airfield, Libya, North Africa | 1 |
| Lady Be Good (aircraft) | 4 Apr 1943 | 9 | Kufra District, Libya | 1 |
| Beech D-18S · Benghazi, Libya | 28 Mar 1964 | 2 | Benghazi, Libya | 1 |
Deadliest with more than one aircraft
3 occurrences involved more than one aircraft, such as midair and ground collisions; 2 were fatal. These count everyone, as the table above does.
| Occurrence | Date | Total fatalities | Location | Aircraft |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 1103 | 22 Dec 1992 | 159 | Near Tripoli International Airport, Tripoli, Libya | 2 |
| 1949 Skyways accident near Tripoli | 4 Feb 1949 | 1 | near RAF Castel Benito, Libya | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Korean Air Flight 803 | 27 Jul 1989 | 13914 on the ground | 74 | 80 | Near Tripoli International Airport, Tripoli, Libya |
| 2000 Marsa Brega Short 360 crash | 13 Jan 2000 | 17 | 22 | 22 | Mediterranean Sea, 5 km off Marsa Brega Airport, Marsa Brega, Libya |
| 1949 Skyways accident near Tripoli | 4 Feb 1949 | 15 | Unknown | 1 | near RAF Castel Benito, Libya |
| Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 1103 | 22 Dec 1992 | 2 | 159 | 159 | Near Tripoli International Airport, Tripoli, Libya |
| Afriqiyah Airways Flight 771 | 12 May 2010 | 1 | 103 | 103 | Near Tripoli International Airport, Tripoli, Libya |