Deadliest occurrences
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexicana de Aviación Flight 940 | 31 Mar 1986 | 167 | 167 | Sierra Madre Occidental, near Maravatío, Michoacán, Mexico |
| Mexicana de Aviación Flight 704 | 4 Jun 1969 | 79 | 79 | Apodaca, Nuevo León |
| Western Airlines Flight 2605 | 31 Oct 1979 | 72 | 73 | Mexico City Int'l Airport, Mexico City, Mexico |
| Aeronaves de México Flight 111 | 2 Jun 1958 | 45 | 45 | Cerro Latillas, west of Guadalajara International Airport. Municipality of Tlajomulco de Zúñiga, Jalisco |
| Aeroméxico Flight 230 | 27 Jul 1981 | 32 | 32 | Chihuahua International Airport, Chihuahua, Mexico |
| Aeroméxico Flight 229 | 20 Jun 1973 | 27 | 27 | Near Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport, Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico |
| 1949 Mexicana de Aviación DC-3 crash | 26 Sept 1949 | 24 | 24 | Popocatépetl |
| Aerocaribe Flight 7831 | 8 Jul 2000 | 19 | 19 | Near Chulum Juarez, Mexico |
| TAESA Flight 725 | 9 Nov 1999 | 18 | 18 | Near Uruapan International Airport, Uruapan, Michoacán, Mexico |
| Aeroméxico Flight 110 | 8 Nov 1981 | 18 | 18 | Sierra de Guerro, 65 km east of Zihuatanejo, Mexico |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexicana de Aviación Flight 940 | 31 Mar 1986 | 167 | Sierra Madre Occidental, near Maravatío, Michoacán, Mexico | 1 |
| Mexicana de Aviación Flight 704 | 4 Jun 1969 | 79 | Apodaca, Nuevo León | 1 |
| Western Airlines Flight 2605 | 31 Oct 1979 | 73 | Mexico City Int'l Airport, Mexico City, Mexico | 1 |
| 1987 Belize Air International C-97 Mexico City crash | 30 Jul 1987 | 49 | Toluca - Mexico City highway, Cuajimalpa, Mexico City, Mexico | 1 |
| Aeronaves de México Flight 111 | 2 Jun 1958 | 45 | Cerro Latillas, west of Guadalajara International Airport. Municipality of Tlajomulco de Zúñiga, Jalisco | 1 |
| Aeroméxico Flight 230 | 27 Jul 1981 | 32 | Chihuahua International Airport, Chihuahua, Mexico | 1 |
| Aeroméxico Flight 229 | 20 Jun 1973 | 27 | Near Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport, Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico | 1 |
| 1949 Mexicana de Aviación DC-3 crash | 26 Sept 1949 | 24 | Popocatépetl | 1 |
| Aerocaribe Flight 7831 | 8 Jul 2000 | 19 | Near Chulum Juarez, Mexico | 1 |
| TAESA Flight 725 | 9 Nov 1999 | 18 | Near Uruapan International Airport, Uruapan, Michoacán, Mexico | 1 |
Deadliest with more than one aircraft
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CEN18WA305 · Lavia Argentina S.A. PA-25-260 | 22 Jul 2018 | 1 | Namiquipa, Chihuahua, Mexico | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Durango Miracle | 31 Jul 2018 | 80 | 0 | 0 | Mexico |
| Aeroméxico Flight 250 | 6 Oct 2000 | 64 | 0 | 4 | General Lucio Blanco International Airport, Tamaulipas, Mexico |
| 2008 Mexico City Learjet 45 crash | 4 Nov 2008 | 40all on the ground | 9 | 16 | Las Lomas, Mexico City, Mexico |
| Aeroméxico Connect Flight 2431 | 31 Jul 2018 | 39 | 0 | 0 | Durango International Airport, Durango, Mexico |
| Aeroméxico Flight 230 | 27 Jul 1981 | 34 | 32 | 32 | Chihuahua International Airport, Chihuahua, Mexico |
| Western Airlines Flight 2605 | 31 Oct 1979 | 16 | 72 | 73 | Mexico City Int'l Airport, Mexico City, Mexico |
| Lockheed 188A · Los Mochis, Mexico | 19 Oct 1963 | 12 | 0 | 0 | Los Mochis, Mexico |
| CEN09WA188 · Bell 212 | 28 Feb 2009 | 10 | 0 | 0 | Aguascalientes, Mexico |
| Modern Air Transport accident near Acapulco | 8 Aug 1970 | 8 | 0 | 0 | near Acapulco Airport, Mexico |
| CEN16WA144 · Cessna 208 B | 1 Apr 2016 | 7 | Unknown | 3 | Tayoltita, Dgo, Mexico, Mexico |