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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Colombian Air Force Lockheed C-130 crash | 23 Mar 2026 | 69 | 69 | Puerto Leguízamo, Putumayo, Colombia |
| 2026 Peruvian Air Force Mil Mi-17 crash | 22 Feb 2026 | 15 | 15 | Chala District, Caravelí Province, Arequipa, Peru |
| SATENA Flight 8849 | 28 Jan 2026 | 15 | 15 | Curasica, Playa de Belén, Norte de Santander, Colombia |
| 2026 Saudi Aramco AW139 crash | 28 Jun 2026 | 14 | 14 | Near Ras Tanura Airport, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia |
| 2026 Aerodiana Cessna 208 crash | 1 Aug 2026 | 13 | 13 | Near Nazca, Department of Ica, Peru |
| 2026 Butler PAC P-750 crash | 14 Jun 2026 | 12 | 12 | Butler, Missouri, United States |
| 2026 Tomblaine Pilatus PC-6 crash | 28 Jun 2026 | 11 | 11 | Tomblaine, Grand Est, France |
| Flamingo Air Cessna 402C accident | 10 Jul 2026 | 10 | 10 | near San Andros Airport, Andros, Bahamas |
| 2026 Indonesia Air Transport ATR 42 crash | 17 Jan 2026 | 10 | 10 | Near Bulusaraung mountain, South Sulawesi, Indonesia |
| 2026 United States Air Force Boeing B-52 crash | 15 Jun 2026 | 8 | 8 | Edwards Air Force Base, Edwards, California, United States |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Colombian Air Force Lockheed C-130 crash | 23 Mar 2026 | 69 | Puerto Leguízamo, Putumayo, Colombia | 1 |
| 2026 Bolivian Air Force Lockheed C-130 crash | 27 Feb 2026 | 24 | El Alto International Airport, El Alto, Bolivia | 1 |
| 2026 Peruvian Air Force Mil Mi-17 crash | 22 Feb 2026 | 15 | Chala District, Caravelí Province, Arequipa, Peru | 1 |
| SATENA Flight 8849 | 28 Jan 2026 | 15 | Curasica, Playa de Belén, Norte de Santander, Colombia | 1 |
| 2026 Saudi Aramco AW139 crash | 28 Jun 2026 | 14 | Near Ras Tanura Airport, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia | 1 |
| 2026 Aerodiana Cessna 208 crash | 1 Aug 2026 | 13 | Near Nazca, Department of Ica, Peru | 1 |
| 2026 Butler PAC P-750 crash | 14 Jun 2026 | 12 | Butler, Missouri, United States | 1 |
| 2026 Tomblaine Pilatus PC-6 crash | 28 Jun 2026 | 11 | Tomblaine, Grand Est, France | 1 |
| Flamingo Air Cessna 402C accident | 10 Jul 2026 | 10 | near San Andros Airport, Andros, Bahamas | 1 |
| 2026 Indonesia Air Transport ATR 42 crash | 17 Jan 2026 | 10 | Near Bulusaraung mountain, South Sulawesi, Indonesia | 1 |
Deadliest with more than one aircraft
12 occurrences involved more than one aircraft, such as midair and ground collisions; 4 were fatal. These count everyone, as the table above does.
| Occurrence | Date | Total fatalities | Location | Aircraft |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Rio de Janeiro mid-air collision | 14 Jun 2026 | 6 | Recreio dos Bandeirantes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 2 |
| 2026 mid-air collision over Iraq | 12 Mar 2026 | 6 | Iraqi airspace | 2 |
| 2026 Athens mid-air collision | 2 Aug 2026 | 2 | Psatha, Athens, Greece | 2 |
| ERA26FA214 · Piper PA-25-235 | 26 May 2026 | 1 | Saratoga Springs, NY, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Colombian Air Force Lockheed C-130 crash | 23 Mar 2026 | 57 | 69 | 69 | Puerto Leguízamo, Putumayo, Colombia |
| 2026 Bolivian Air Force Lockheed C-130 crash | 27 Feb 2026 | 4337 on the ground | 1 | 24 | El Alto International Airport, El Alto, Bolivia |
| Air Canada Express Flight 8646 | 22 Mar 2026 | 392 on the ground | Unknown | 2 | LaGuardia Airport, New York City, New York, United States |
| Kenmore Air Harbor de Havilland DHC-3 accident | 23 Jul 2026 | 10 | 0 | 0 | Eastsound, WA, United States |
| WPR26LA225 · Ultramagic SA N-300 | 18 Jun 2026 | 10 | 0 | 0 | Pahrump, NV, United States |
| 21 Air Flight 7598 | 6 Sept 2026 | 53 on the ground | 0 | 5 | Miami International Airport, Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States |
| CEN26FA228 · Textron Aviation Inc 680A | 16 Jun 2026 | 5 | Unknown | 1 | Laredo, TX, United States |
| ERA26LA153 · Textron Aviation Inc T206H | 21 Mar 2026 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Fort Myers, FL, United States |
| ANC26LA051 · Robinson R44 I | 13 Jun 2026 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Pembroke Pines, FL, United States |
| Southwest Airlines Flight 2392 | 15 Apr 2026 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Providence, RI, United States |