Date Operator Flight / information Fatalities Sole survivor (if known) Notes Source Name Nationality Age M/F P/C 1929-03-17 Colonial Western Airlines Ford Trimotor crash in Newark 14 Lou Foote United States 34 M C Captain of the flight. [ 2] [ 3] 1930-08-22 Czechoslovak Airlines Ford Trimotor crash in Jihlava 12 Vojtěch Kraus Czechoslovakia 30 M P [ 4] [ 5] 1935-12-31 Imperial Airways Short Calcutta crash on the Nile near Alexandria 12 Vernon Gorry Wilson United Kingdom 33 M C Captain of the flight. [ 6] [ 7] 1936-09-05 Pittsburgh Skyways Stinson 6000 crash in Pittsburgh 10 Linda McDonald United States 17 F P [ 8] [ 9] 1936-09-24 Ala Littoria CANT Z.506 crash off Benghazi 9 M C Radio operator of the flight. [ 10] [ 11] 1939-11-17 Spanish Air Force Ju 52 ditching off Cape Juby 10 Manuel Copano Taboada Spain M C Air observer on the flight. [ 12] [ 13] 1941-10-30 Northwest Airlines Flight 5 14 Clarence Bates United States 41 M C Captain of the flight; died in another plane crash one year later. [ 14] 1942-08-25 Royal Air Force Dunbeath air crash [ e] 15 Sgt Andrew Jack United Kingdom 20 M C Tail gunner of the flight. Fatalities included Prince George, Duke of Kent . [ 15] 1943-01-22 Pan American-Grace Airways Flight 9 14 John Alfred Howard United Kingdom 26 M P [ 16] 1943-06-14 US Army Air Forces Bakers Creek air crash [ f] 40 Foye Kenneth Roberts United States 22 M P [ 17] 1943-07-04 Royal Air Force Gibraltar Liberator AL523 crash [ g] 16 Eduard Prchal Czechoslovakia 33 M C Pilot of the flight. Fatalities included Polish general Władysław Sikorski . [ 18] 1945-03-05 Luftwaffe Resko Przymorskie Dornier Do 24 crash [ h] 80 Nazi Germany F P [ 19] 1946-09-05 Trans-Luxury Airlines Douglas C-47 crash in Elko 20 Peter Link United States 3 M P [ 20] [ 21] 1947-01-12 Eastern Air Lines Flight 665 18 William Keyes Jr. United States 25 M P [ 22] [ 23] 1947-01-28 China National Aviation Corporation Curtiss C-46 Commando crash in Hankou 25 Paul Ashton Vick United States 1 (16 months) M P [ 24] [ 25] 1947-02-01 Air France Sintra Douglas C-47 crash 15 Eugène Léonard France 38 M P [ 26] [ 27] 1948-03-10 Delta Air Lines Flight 705 12 Tripolina Meo United States 33 F P [ 28] [ 29] 1948-04-15 Pan Am Flight 1–10 30 Mark Worst United States 38 M P [ 30] [ 31] 1948-04-24 Aeroflot Bodaybo Lisunov Li-2 crash 28 P [ 32] 1948-05-12 Sabena Sabena Douglas DC-4 crash 31 Georges Moutafis Egypt M P [ 33] [ 34] 1948-07-17 Cathay Pacific Miss Macao 25 Huang Yu [ i] Republic of China (1912–1949) 24 M P One of four hijackers of the aircraft. [ 35] [ 36] 1949-07-21 Aeroflot Ilyushin Il-12 crash in Nizhneudinsk 13 C [ 37] 1949-11-20 Aero Holland Hurum air disaster 34 Isaac Allal French Tunisia (1881–1956) 12 M P [ 38] [ 39] 1950-05-24 LANSA Galeras Douglas C-47 crash 25 Olga Rada Colombia 10 F P [ 40] [ 41] 1950-07-27 US Air Force Douglas C-47 crash near Ōshima Island 25 Sgt. Haru "Harry" Sazaki United States 31 M P [ 42] [ 43] 1950-09-21 JAT Airways Medvednica Douglas C-47 crash 10 Nikola Jovanović Yugoslavia 23 M C Radio operator of the flight. [ 44] [ 45] 1950-10-17 British European Airways Mill Hill Douglas C-47 crash 28 James McKissick United Kingdom 33 M C Flight attendant on the flight. [ 46] [ 47] 1950-12-30 Aerolíneas Argentinas Douglas C-47 crash in Camet 17 Susana Castilla Argentina 7 F P [ 48] [ 49] 1951-03-25 Aeroflot Lisunov Li-2 crash in Iskra 12 P [ 50] 1951-11-21 Deccan Airways Douglas C-47 crash near Dum Dum Airport 16 C. N. Mehta India M P [ 51] [ 52] [ 53] 1953-05-17 Delta Air Lines Flight 318 19 Hazel Cox United States 21 F P [ 54] [ 55] 1953-10-31 Aeroflot Lisunov Li-2 crash near Kharkiv Airport 15 P [ 56] 1953-12-12 Indian Airlines Douglas C-47 crash near Sonegaon Airport 13 Desmond Arthur Cartner United Kingdom 28 M C Captain of the flight. [ 57] [ 58] 1954-01-06 Royal Air Force Aldbury Valetta accident 16 Patrick Cliff United Kingdom 19 M P [ 59] [ 60] 1954-08-26 Aeroflot Lisunov Li-2 crash near Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk 26 Soviet Union 40 M P [ 61] 1956-05-24 Aviateca Sierra de las Minas Douglas C-47 crash 30 Roberto Ovando Guatemala 22 M P [ 62] [ 63] 1956-11-24 Linee Aeree Italiane Flight 451 34 Concetta Finamore Italy F P [ 64] [ 65] 1957-03-17 Philippine Air Force Cebu Douglas C-47 crash 25 Nestor Mata Philippines 31 M P Reporter for the Philippine Herald . Fatalities included Ramon Magsaysay , president of the Philippines. [ 66] 1957-05-01 Eagle Aviation Limited Blackbushe Viking accident 34 Ernest Taylor United Kingdom 25 M P [ 67] [ 68] 1957-10-01 Aeroflot Flight 11 27 P [ 69] 1958-05-20 US Air Force / Maryland Air National Guard T-33 mid-air collision with Capital Airlines Flight 300 12 Capt. Julius McCoy United States 34 M C Captain of the flight. [ 70] [ 71] 1958-08-11 Lóide Aéreo Nacional Douglas DC-4 crash in Belém 10 Cassiano Cirilo Anunciação Brazil 27 M P [ 72] [ 73] 1959-01-16 Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 205 51 Roberto Servente Argentina 39 M P [ 74] [ 75] 1959-10-23 Aeroflot Flight 200 28 P [ 76] 1959-10-30 Piedmont Airlines Flight 349 26 Ernest P. "Phil" Bradley United States 33 M P [ 77] [ 78] 1959-12-01 Allegheny Airlines Flight 371 25 Louis Matarazzo United States 35 M P [ 79] [ 80] 1960-02-26 Aeroflot Flight 315 32 Soviet Union 33 M P [ 81] 1961-09-23 Turkish Airlines Flight 835 28 Salih Kalafatoğlu Turkey 40 M P [ 82] [ 83] 1962-01-27 Aeroflot Antonov An-10 training crash in Baratayevka Airport 13 C [ 84] 1963-08-12 Air Inter Flight 2611 16 [ j] Elsa Simon France 5 F P [ 85] [ 86] 1965-04-14 British United Airways Flight 1030X 26 Dominique Sillière France 22 F C Flight attendant on the flight. [ 87] [ 88] 1966-02-02 Pakistan International Airlines Flight 17 23 Muhammad Abdul Mannan East Pakistan 19 M P [ 89] [ 90] 1967-04-25 US Air Force Lockheed EC-121 H crash off Nantucket Island 15 Lt. Joseph "Leo" Guenet Canada 29 M C Navigator of the flight. [ 91] [ 92] 1967-04-26 Avianca Douglas C-47 crash near Sogamoso 17 C [ 93] 1967-06-24 Saudi Arabian Airlines Douglas C-47 crash en route to Jeddah 16 Switzerland P [ 94] [ 95] [ 96] 1968-02-29 Aeroflot Flight 15 83 Vassily Andrienko Soviet Union 21 M P [ 97] 1968-03-09 Groupe de Liaisons Aériennes Ministérielles (GLAM) Sainte-Marie Douglas DC-6 crash 19 Michèle Renard France 27 F P [ 98] [ 99] 1970-01-25 Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE) Convair CV-240 crash in Veracruz 19 Jesús Kramsky Mexico 22 M P [ 100] [ 101] 1970-02-04 TAROM Flight 35 20 Ludovic Alexandru Sarkadi Romania 43 M P [ 102] [ 103] 1970-05-04 US Air Force Convair T-29 crash near Hamilton Air Force Base 13 Capt. George A. Burk United States 28 M P [ 104] 1970-08-09 LANSA Flight 502 101 [ k] Juan Loo Peru 26 M C First officer of the flight. [ 105] 1971-06-06 United States Marine Corps F-4 mid-air collision with Hughes Airwest Flight 706 50 Lt. Christopher E. Schiess United States 24 M C Radar operator of the flight. [ 106] [ 107] 1971-12-24 LANSA Flight 508 91 Juliane Koepcke West Germany 17 F P Fell 10,000 feet (3,000 m) while strapped to her seat. [ 108] [ 109] 1972-01-26 JAT Airways Flight 367 27 Vesna Vulović Yugoslavia 22 F C Flight attendant on the flight; survived falling from 33,000 feet (10,000 m) . [ 110] [ 109] 1973-07-22 Pan Am Flight 816 78 Neil James Campbell Canada 28 M P [ 111] [ 112] 1977-07-20 Aeroflot Flight B-2 39 Soviet Union 21 M P [ 113] 1979-01-15 Aeroflot Antonov An-24 crash near Minsk-1 Airport 13 Vika Bendeberya Soviet Union 3 F P [ 114] [ 115] 1979-05-30 Downeast Airlines Flight 46 17 John McCafferty United States 16 M P [ 116] [ 105] 1981-08-24 Aeroflot Flight 811 mid-air collision with Soviet Air Forces Tu-16 37 Larisa Savitskaya Soviet Union 20 F P [ 117] [ 118] 1981-09-02 Taxi Aéreo El Venado Embraer Bandeirante crash in Paipa 21 Remberto Aparicio Colombia 26 M P [ 119] [ 120] 1982-06-17 Ministry of Radio Equipment Production Tupolev Tu-134 crash near Severomorsk -1 Naval Air Station 15 Soviet Union C Captain of the flight. [ 121] [ 122] 1983-04-30 US Navy Convair C-131 crash in Jacksonville 14 Melissa Kelly United States 30 F P [ 123] [ 124] 1984-12-23 Aeroflot Flight 3519 110 Soviet Union 27 M P [ 125] [ 105] 1985-01-21 Galaxy Airlines Flight 203 70 George Lamson Jr. United States 17 M P [ 110] [ 105] 1985-02-22 Air Mali Air Mali Antonov An-24 crash 51 Ouologuem Mali M P [ 126] [ 127] 1987-01-03 Varig Flight 797 50 Neuba Yessoh Damase Ivory Coast 44 M P [ 128] [ 129] 1987-08-16 Northwest Airlines Flight 255 156 [ k] Cecelia Cichan [ l] United States 4 F P [ 108] 1987-12-08 Peruvian Navy Alianza Lima plane crash 43 Lt. Edilberto Villar Peru M C Captain of the flight. Fatalities included multiple members of Peruvian football club Alianza Lima . [ 131] 1988-12-11 Soviet Air Force Soviet Air Force Ilyushin Il-76 crash 77 Fahraddin Balaev Soviet Union M P [ 132] 1991-10-05 Indonesian Air Force Jakarta Indonesian Air Force C-130 crash 135 [ k] Bambang Sumadi Indonesia 25 M P [ 133] 1992-10-19 Aeroflot Antonov An-28 crash in Syktyvkar 15 P [ 134] 1992-11-14 Vietnam Airlines Flight 474 30 Annette Herfkens Netherlands 31 F P [ 135] [ 105] 1993-12-26 Kuban Airlines Flight GW-5719 35 Smbat Martirosian Georgia 21 M P [ 136] [ 137] 1994-04-25 Dirgantara Air Service BN-2 Islander crash in Sintang 10 Nur Intan Fitriani Indonesia 31 F P [ 138] [ 139] 1995-01-11 Intercontinental de Aviación Flight 256 51 Erika Delgado Colombia 9 F P [ 110] 1995-09-21 MIAT Mongolian Airlines Flight 557 42 Ulziibayar Sanjaa Mongolia 27 M P [ 140] 1996-11-30 ACES Colombia DHC-6 Twin Otter crash near Olaya Herrera Airport 14 Pedro Rafael Rojas Colombia 39 M P [ 141] [ 142] [ 143] 1996-12-07 Dirgantara Air Service Flight 5940 18 [ k] Irianto Indonesia 40 M P [ 144] 1997-09-03 Vietnam Airlines Flight 815 65 [ m] Chanayuth Nim-anong Thailand 1 (14 months) M P Youngest known sole survivor, based on age at time of incident. [ 146] [ 145] 1997-12-15 Tajik Air Flight 3183 85 Sergei Petrov Tajikistan 37 M C Navigator of the flight. [ 147] [ 148] 2001-03-17 Sociedade de Aviação Ligeira Beechcraft 1900 crash in Quilemba 16 Manuel González Pérez Spain 25 M P [ 149] [ 150] 2003-03-06 Air Algérie Flight 6289 102 Youcef Djillali Algeria 28 M P [ 148] [ 105] 2003-07-08 Sudan Airways Flight 139 116 Mohammed el-Fateh Osman Sudan 2 M P [ 110] [ 151] [ 105] 2006-01-19 Slovak Air Force Slovak Air Force Antonov An-24 crash 42 Lt. Martin Farkaš Slovakia 27 M P [ 152] [ 153] 2006-08-27 Comair Flight 5191 49 James M. Polehinke United States 44 M C First officer of the flight. [ 154] [ 105] 2007-01-09 AerianTur-M AerianTur-M Antonov An-26 crash 34 Abdülkadir Akyüz Turkey 31 M P [ 155] [ 156] 2007-08-26 Great Lakes Business Company Kongolo Antonov An-32B crash 14 2 M P [ 157] 2007-10-04 Malift Air Africa One Antonov An-26 crash 51 [ n] Dédé Ngamba Democratic Republic of the Congo M C Aircraft's mechanic. Some sources state that there were two survivors. [ 158] [ 159] 2008-10-08 Yeti Airlines Flight 101 18 Surendra Kunwar Nepal M C Captain of the flight. [ 160] [ 105] 2009-03-12 Cougar Helicopters Flight 91 17 Robert Decker Canada 28 M P [ 161] 2009-06-30 Yemenia Flight 626 152 Bahia Bakari France 12 F P [ 108] 2010-05-12 Afriqiyah Airways Flight 771 103 Ruben van Assouw Netherlands 9 M P [ 108] [ 162] [ 163] 2010-08-25 Filair Filair Let L-410 crash 20 P [ 164] [ 165] 2011-04-04 Georgian Airways / United Nations Flight 834 32 Francis Mwamba Congo M P [ 166] [ 167] 2011-09-07 Yak-Service Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash 44 Alexander Sizov Russia 52 M C Aircraft's mechanic; oldest known sole survivor, based on age at time of incident. Fatalities included multiple members of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl ice hockey team. [ 168] [ 169] 2014-02-11 Algerian Air Force Algerian Air Force C-130 crash 77 Nimer Djelloul Algeria 21 M P [ 170] [ 171] 2014-05-17 Lao People's Liberation Army Air Force Lao People's Liberation Army Air Force An-74 crash 16 Laos [ 172] 2014-07-07 Vietnam Air Force Mil Mi-171 crash in Hanoi 20 Đinh Văn Dương Vietnam 31 M P Initially five survivors. [ 173] [ 174] [ circular reference ] 2018-05-18 Cubana de Aviación Flight 0972 112 Mailen Diaz Almaguer Cuba 19 F P [ 175] [ 176] [ 177] 2019-01-14 Saha Airlines Saha Airlines Boeing 707 crash 15 Farshad Mahdavinejad Iran M C Flight Engineer of the flight. [ 178] [ 179] 2019-11-24 Busy Bee Congo Busy Bee Congo Dornier 228 crash 27 [ o] Muma Emmanuel Cameroon M P [ 180] 2020-09-25 Ukrainian Air Force Chuhuiv An-26 crash 26 Viacheslav Zolochevsky Ukraine 20 M P [ 181] 2024-07-24 Saurya Airlines Saurya Airlines Bombardier CRJ200 crash 18 Manish Shakya Nepal 37 M C Captain of the flight. [ 182] [ 183] 2025-01-29 Light Air Services Light Air Services Beechcraft 1900 crash 20 Emmanuel Maker Makoi South Sudan M P [ 184] [ 185] 2025-06-12 Air India Flight 171 260 [ p] Vishwash Kumar Ramesh United Kingdom 40 M P [ 186] [ 187]