List of aviation accidents and incidents in Oman

List of aviation accidents and incidents in Oman.

List

Date	Aircraft	Location	Occupants	Fatalities	Description	Notes
30 October 1937	Vickers Vincent Mk. 1	Khor Gharim, Sur	3	3/3	Stalled and dived into the ground. Killing all three crew members.	[1]
17 September 1942	Bristol Blenheim Mk. V	Gulf of Oman	3	3/3	Went missing over the Gulf of Oman. Presumably all three killed.	[2]
1 February 1943	Bristol Blenheim Mk. V	near Sharjah (At the time occupied by Oman)	3	5/5	The Blenheim suffered a left-hand engine failure, causing a forced landing near Sharjah: the aircraft flipped over, killing all five occupants.	[2]
31 May 1943	Bristol Blenheim Mk. V	RAF Masirah	4	1/4	Crashed after having an engine failure. three injured one trapped later died.
15 July 1943	Bristol Blenheim Mk. V	RAF Masirah	3	3/3	Shortly after takeoff, it burst into flames. Killing all three occupants.	[3]
27 July 1943	Douglas C-47-DL Skytrain	Masirah Island	4	4/4	While en route, it crashed in a plain location. Killing all four occupants.	[4]
14 February 1943	Vickers Wellington	Rul Dhadnah (At time occupied by Oman)	5	1/4	Crash-landed. Passenger killed.
31 July 1944	Douglas C-47 III Skytrain	near Salalah	32	32/32	Crashed into a mountain. killing all 32 occupants.
15 April 1945	Curtiss C-46A-40-CU Commando	near Masirah Island	30 or 40	30 or 40/30 or 40	Crashed due to an engine failure.
27 July 1945	Curtiss C-46 Commando	near Sharjah (At the time occupied by Oman)	3	3/3	Crashed into a mountain, killing all three occupants.
9 August 1949	Douglas C-47 IV Skytrain	RAF Salalah	12	12/12	Crashed while in approach near RAF Salalah, Killing all 12 occupants.
18 April 1963	Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer CC.2	Bu Hafafa (At time occupied by Oman)	9	8/9	Crashed while in approach to Bu Hafafa Airfield, the sole survivor was seriously injured.	[5]
10 July 1960	Douglas C-47-DL Skytrain	off Sharjah (At time occupied by Oman)	16	16/16	Went missing off Sharjah. Presumably all 16 occupants were killed.	[6]
27 August 1978	Douglas DC-6B	Fanja	4	4/4	Crashed into a mountain. Killing all four occupants.	[7]
23 September 1983	Boeing 737-2P6	near Al-Buraimi	112	112/112	Bombed by Palestinian militants. Killing all 112 occupants. Serving as GF771	[8]
18 July 2000	BAe Hawk 203	Al Kamil Wal Wafi	1 (In Aircraft)	1 + 3	Crashed into a local school while performing low-level aerobatics maneuver. Pilot and three ground civilians were killed.
11 September 2013	Two SEPECAT Jaguars	Rakhyut	2 (In two Jaguars)	1 + 1 [α]	Midair collision, one pilot and one person in the ground was killed. One survived but severely injured.	[9]

Notes

1. Including one ground fatality

References

1. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1976 page 51)
2. "UAE: Historians mark 80th anniversary of three airmen who disappeared after taking off from Sharjah during WWII". Khaleej Times. Retrieved 6 December 2025.
3. ORB 244 Sqdn RAF
4. "USAAF Accident Reports - July 1943 (Overseas)". www.aviationarchaeology.com. Archived from the original on 16 April 2024. Retrieved 6 December 2025.
5. "EIGHT KILLED IN RAF CRASH". Evening News (London) .
6. Ranter, Harro. "Accident Douglas C-47-DL (DC-3) VT-DGS, Sunday 10 July 1960". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 8 December 2025.
7. N122A
8. Aircraft Hijackings and other criminal acts against civil aviation : statistics and narrative reports / FAA
9. "Oman air force pilot killed". Gulf News: Latest UAE news, Dubai news, Business, travel news, Dubai Gold rate, prayer time, cinema. 15 September 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2025.