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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 Grand Canyon mid-air collision | 30 Jun 1956 | 128 | 128 | Grand Canyon, Arizona, United States |
| Linea Aeropostal Venezolana Flight 253 (June 1956) | 20 Jun 1956 | 74 | 74 | Atlantic Ocean, off New Jersey, United States |
| Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 810-9 | 9 Dec 1956 | 62 | 62 | Mount Slesse, near Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada |
| 1956 Atlantic R6D-1 disappearance | 10 Oct 1956 | 59 | 59 | Atlantic Ocean, 590 km (368.8 miles) southwest of Land's End, United Kingdom |
| 1956 Cairo TAI Douglas DC-6 crash | 20 Feb 1956 | 52 | 52 | 25 km North-East of Cairo International Airport, Egypt |
| 1956 Żurrieq Avro York crash | 18 Feb 1956 | 50 | 50 | Near Żurrieq, Malta |
| C-118 crash at McGuire | 13 Jul 1956 | 46 | 46 | 3 mi south of McGuire Air Force Base, Burlington County (New Jersey, United States) |
| 1956 Niles Canyon Douglas R5D-2 crash | 17 Feb 1956 | 40 | 40 | Niles Canyon, c. 3.5 mi northeast of Niles, California |
| Linee Aeree Italiane Flight 451 (1956) | 24 Nov 1956 | 34 | 34 | Paray-Vieille-Poste, France |
| 1956 Kano Airport BOAC Argonaut crash | 24 Jun 1956 | 32 | 32 | Kano Airport, Nigeria |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 Grand Canyon mid-air collision | 30 Jun 1956 | 128 | Grand Canyon, Arizona, United States | 2 |
| Linea Aeropostal Venezolana Flight 253 (June 1956) | 20 Jun 1956 | 74 | Atlantic Ocean, off New Jersey, United States | 1 |
| Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 810-9 | 9 Dec 1956 | 62 | Mount Slesse, near Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada | 1 |
| 1956 Atlantic R6D-1 disappearance | 10 Oct 1956 | 59 | Atlantic Ocean, 590 km (368.8 miles) southwest of Land's End, United Kingdom | 1 |
| 1956 Cairo TAI Douglas DC-6 crash | 20 Feb 1956 | 52 | 25 km North-East of Cairo International Airport, Egypt | 1 |
| 1956 Żurrieq Avro York crash | 18 Feb 1956 | 50 | Near Żurrieq, Malta | 1 |
| C-118 crash at McGuire | 13 Jul 1956 | 46 | 3 mi south of McGuire Air Force Base, Burlington County (New Jersey, United States) | 1 |
| 1956 Niles Canyon Douglas R5D-2 crash | 17 Feb 1956 | 40 | Niles Canyon, c. 3.5 mi northeast of Niles, California | 1 |
| Linee Aeree Italiane Flight 451 (1956) | 24 Nov 1956 | 34 | Paray-Vieille-Poste, France | 1 |
| 1956 Kano Airport BOAC Argonaut crash | 24 Jun 1956 | 32 | Kano Airport, Nigeria | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 Grand Canyon mid-air collision | 30 Jun 1956 | 128 | Grand Canyon, Arizona, United States | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 Eindhoven Lockheed T-33 crash | 22 Sept 1956 | 23all on the ground | 1 | 2 | Eindhoven (Strijp), the Netherlands |
| Braathens SAFE Flight 253 | 7 Nov 1956 | 10 | 2 | 2 | Hummelfjell |
| Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 304 | 9 Jul 1956 | 5 | 1 | 1 | over Flat Rock, Michigan, United States |
| Malév Flight 387 | 13 Jul 1956 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Ingolstadt Manching Airport, Ingolstadt, West Germany |
| 1956 Kano Airport BOAC Argonaut crash | 24 Jun 1956 | 4 | 32 | 32 | Kano Airport, Nigeria |
| Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 2 | 2 Apr 1956 | 2 | 5 | 5 | Puget Sound, King County, Washington, U.S. |
| Linee Aeree Italiane Flight 451 (1956) | 24 Nov 1956 | 1 | 34 | 34 | Paray-Vieille-Poste, France |