List of aviation accidents and incidents with a sole survivor

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The 1959 crash of Piedmont Airlines Flight 349 near Crozet, Virginia, had 26 fatalities and a sole survivor. Piedmont flight 349 wreckage.jpg
The 1959 crash of Piedmont Airlines Flight 349 near Crozet, Virginia, had 26 fatalities and a sole survivor.

Presented below is a list of aviation accidents and incidents with a sole survivor, when the event involved 10 or more people onboard. Within this list, "sole survivor" refers to a person who survived an air accident in which all other aircraft occupants died as a direct consequence of the accident. Specific criteria are outlined below.

Contents

History

The earliest known instance of an incident with 10 or more people on board that had a sole survivor was a New Jersey sightseeing flight on 17 March 1929, which crashed into a sand-filled freight car in an unsuccessful forced landing due to engine failure. The pilot was thrown out on impact and suffered serious injuries; the crash killed all 13 in the cabin and another person in the cockpit. [1]

The most recent aviation accident with a sole survivor is Air India Flight 171, which crashed on 12 June 2025. This accident also has the most fatalities of any sole survivor crash.

List

The below table lists known aviation accidents and incidents with a sole survivor, when such events are consistent with the following criteria:

"Nationality" refers to the country of the sole survivor, and "Age" refers to the age of the sole survivor at the time that the event occurred. In some instances, details about the sole survivor are unknown or were not disclosed.

DateOperatorFlight / informationFatalitiesSole survivor (if known)NotesSource
NameNationalityAgeM/FP/C
1929-03-17Colonial Western Airlines Ford Trimotor crash in Newark 14Lou FooteFlag of the United States.svg United States 34MCPilot of the sightseeing flight. [2] [3]
1930-08-22 Czechoslovak Airlines Ford Trimotor crash in Jihlava 12Vojtěch KrausFlag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia 30MP [4] [5]
1935-12-31 Imperial Airways Short Calcutta crash on the Nile near Alexandria 12Vernon Gorry WilsonFlag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 33MCCaptain of the flight. [6] [7]
1936-09-05Pittsburgh Skyways Stinson 6000 crash in Pittsburgh 10Linda McDonaldFlag of the United States.svg United States 17FP [8] [9]
1936-09-24 Ala Littoria CANT Z.506 crash off Benghazi 9MCRadio operator of the flight. [10] [11]
1939-11-17 Spanish Air Force Ju 52 ditching off Cape Juby 10Manuel Copano TaboadaFlag of Spain (1938-1945).svg Spain MC Air observer on the flight. [12] [13]
1941-10-30 Northwest Airlines Flight 5 14Clarence BatesFlag of the United States.svg United States 41MCCaptain of the flight; died in another plane crash one year later. [14]
1942-08-25 Royal Air Force Dunbeath air crash [e] 15Sgt Andrew JackFlag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 20MCTail gunner of the flight. Fatalities included Prince George, Duke of Kent. [15]
1943-01-22 Pan American-Grace Airways Flight 914John Alfred HowardFlag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 26MP [16]
1943-06-14 US Army Air Forces Bakers Creek air crash [f] 40Foye Kenneth RobertsFlag of the United States.svg United States 22MP [17]
1943-07-04 Royal Air Force Gibraltar Liberator AL523 crash [g] 16 Eduard Prchal Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia 33MCPilot of the flight. Fatalities included Polish general Władysław Sikorski. [18]
1945-03-05 Luftwaffe Resko Przymorskie Dornier Do 24 crash [h] 80Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg Nazi Germany FP [19]
1946-09-05Trans-Luxury Airlines Douglas C-47 crash in Elko 20Peter LinkFlag of the United States.svg United States 3MP [20] [21]
1947-01-12 Eastern Air Lines Flight 665 18William Keyes Jr.Flag of the United States.svg United States 25MP [22] [23]
1947-01-28 China National Aviation Corporation Curtiss C-46 Commando crash in Hankou 25Paul Ashton VickFlag of the United States.svg United States 1 (16 months)MP [24] [25]
1947-02-01 Air France Sintra Douglas C-47 crash15Eugene LeonardFlag of France.svg France 38MP [26]
1948-03-10 Delta Air Lines Flight 705 12Tripolina MeoFlag of the United States.svg United States 33FP [27] [28]
1948-04-15 Pan Am Flight 1–10 30Mark WorstFlag of the United States.svg United States 38MP [29] [30]
1948-04-24 Aeroflot Bodaybo Lisunov Li-2 crash 28P [31]
1948-05-12 Sabena Sabena Douglas DC-4 crash 31Georges MoutafisFlag of Egypt (1922-1958).svg Egypt MP [32] [33]
1948-07-17 Cathay Pacific Miss Macao 25Huang Yu [i] Flag of the Republic of China.svg Republic of China (1912–1949) 24MPOne of four hijackers of the aircraft. [34] [35]
1949-07-21 Aeroflot Ilyushin Il-12 crash in Nizhneudinsk 13C [36]
1949-11-20 Aero Holland Hurum air disaster 34Isaac Allal Flag of Tunisia with French canton.svg French Tunisia (1881–1956) 12MP [37] [38]
1950-05-24 LANSA Galeras Douglas C-47 crash25Olga RadaFlag of Colombia.svg Colombia 10FP [39] [40]
1950-07-27 US Air Force Douglas C-47 crash near Ōshima Island 25Sgt. Haru "Harry" SazakiFlag of the United States.svg United States 31MP [41] [42]
1950-10-17 British European Airways Mill Hill Douglas C-47 crash28James McKissickFlag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 33MCFlight attendant on the flight. [43] [44]
1950-12-30 Aerolíneas Argentinas Douglas C-47 crash in Camet 17Susana CastillaFlag of Argentina.svg Argentina 7FP [45] [46]
1951-03-25 Aeroflot Lisunov Li-2 crash in Iskra 12P [47]
1951-11-21 Deccan Airways Douglas C-47 crash near Dum Dum Airport 16C. N. MehtaFlag of India.svg India MP [48] [49] [50]
1953-05-17 Delta Air Lines Flight 318 19Hazel CoxFlag of the United States.svg United States 21FP [51] [52]
1953-10-31 Aeroflot Lisunov Li-2 crash near Kharkiv Airport 15P [53]
1954-01-06 Royal Air Force Aldbury Valetta accident 16Patrick CliffFlag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 19MP [54] [55]
1954-08-26 Aeroflot Lisunov Li-2 crash near Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk 26Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 40MP [56]
1956-05-24 Aviateca Douglas DC-3 crash near Rio Hondo 30Roberto OvandoFlag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala 22MP [57] [58]
1956-11-24 Linee Aeree Italiane Flight 451 34Concetta FinamoreFlag of Italy.svg Italy FP [59] [60]
1957-03-17 Philippine Air Force Cebu Douglas C-47 crash 25 Nestor Mata Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines 31MPReporter for the Philippine Herald. Fatalities included Ramon Magsaysay, president of the Philippines. [61]
1957-05-01 Eagle Aviation Limited Blackbushe Viking accident 34Ernest TaylorFlag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 25MP [62] [63]
1957-10-01 Aeroflot Flight 11 27P [64]
1958-05-20 US Air Force / Maryland Air National Guard T-33 mid-air collision with Capital Airlines Flight 300 12Capt. Julius McCoyFlag of the United States.svg United States 34MCCaptain of the flight. [65] [66]
1958-08-11 Lóide Aéreo Nacional Douglas DC-4 crash in Belém 10Cassiano Cirilo AnunciaçãoFlag of Brazil.svg Brazil 27MP [67] [68]
1959-01-16 Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 205 51Roberto ServenteFlag of Argentina.svg Argentina 39MP [69] [70]
1959-10-23 Aeroflot Flight 200 28P [71]
1959-10-30 Piedmont Airlines Flight 349 26Ernest P. "Phil" BradleyFlag of the United States.svg United States 33MP [72] [73]
1959-12-01 Allegheny Airlines Flight 371 25Louis MatarazzoFlag of the United States.svg United States 35MP [74] [75]
1960-02-26 Aeroflot Flight 315 32Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 33MP [76]
1961-09-23 Turkish Airlines Flight 835 28Salih KalafatoğluFlag of Turkey.svg Turkey 40MP [77] [78]
1962-01-27 Aeroflot Antonov An-10 training crash in Baratayevka Airport 13C [79]
1963-08-12 Air Inter Flight 2611 16 [j] Elsa SimonFlag of France.svg France 5FP [80] [81]
1965-04-14 British United Airways Flight 1030X 26Dominique SillièreFlag of France.svg France 22FCFlight attendant on the flight. [82] [83]
1966-02-02 Pakistan International Airlines Flight 17 23 Muhammad Abdul Mannan Flag of Pakistan.svg East Pakistan 19MP [84] [85]
1967-04-25 US Air Force Lockheed EC-121H crash off Nantucket Island 15Lt. Joseph "Leo" GuenetFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 29MCNavigator of the flight. [86] [87]
1967-04-26 Avianca Douglas C-47 crash near Sogamoso 17C [88]
1967-06-24 Saudi Arabian Airlines Douglas C-47 crash en route to Jeddah 16Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland P [89] [90] [91]
1968-02-29 Aeroflot Flight 15 83Vassily AndrienkoFlag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 21MP [92]
1968-03-09 Groupe de Liaisons Aériennes Ministérielles (GLAM) Sainte-Marie Douglas DC-6 crash 19Michèle RenardFlag of France.svg France 27FP [93] [94]
1970-01-25 Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE) Convair CV-240 crash in Veracruz 19Jesús KramskyFlag of Mexico.svg Mexico 22MP [95] [96]
1970-02-04 TAROM Flight 35 20Ludovic Alexandru SarkadiFlag of Romania (1965-1989).svg Romania 43MP [97] [98]
1970-05-04 US Air Force Convair T-29 crash near Hamilton Air Force Base 13Capt. George A. Burk Flag of the United States.svg United States 28MP [99]
1970-08-09 LANSA Flight 502 101 [k] Juan LooFlag of Peru.svg Peru 26MCFirst officer of the flight. [100]
1971-06-06 United States Marine Corps F-4 mid-air collision with Hughes Airwest Flight 706 50Lt. Christopher E. SchiessFlag of the United States.svg United States 24MCRadar operator of the flight. [101] [102]
1971-12-24 LANSA Flight 508 91 Juliane Koepcke Flag of Germany.svg West Germany 17FPFell 10,000 feet (3,000 m) while strapped to her seat. [103] [104]
1972-01-26 JAT Airways Flight 367 27 Vesna Vulović Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia 22FCFlight attendant on the flight; survived falling from 33,000 feet (10,000 m). [105] [104]
1973-07-22 Pan Am Flight 816 78Neil James CampbellFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 28MP [106] [107]
1977-07-20 Aeroflot Flight B-2 39Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 21MP [108]
1979-01-15 Aeroflot Antonov An-24 crash near Minsk-1 Airport 13Vika BendeberyaFlag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 3FP [109] [110]
1979-05-30 Downeast Airlines Flight 46 17John McCaffertyFlag of the United States.svg United States 16MP [111] [100]
1981-08-24 Aeroflot Flight 811 mid-air collision with Soviet Air Forces Tu-16 37Larisa SavitskayaFlag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 20FP [112] [113]
1981-09-02Taxi Aéreo El Venado Embraer Bandeirante crash in Paipa 21Remberto AparicioFlag of Colombia.svg Colombia 26MP [114] [115]
1982-06-17Ministry of Radio Equipment Production Tupolev Tu-134 crash near Severomorsk-1 Naval Air Station15Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union CCaptain of the flight. [116] [117]
1983-04-30 US Navy Convair C-131 crash in Jacksonville 14Melissa KellyFlag of the United States.svg United States 30FP [118] [119]
1984-12-23 Aeroflot Flight 3519 110Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 27MP [120] [100]
1985-01-21 Galaxy Airlines Flight 203 70George Lamson Jr.Flag of the United States.svg United States 17MP [105] [100]
1985-02-22 Air Mali Air Mali Antonov An-24 crash 51OuologuemFlag of Mali.svg Mali MP [121] [122]
1987-01-03 Varig Flight 797 50Neuba Yessoh DamaseFlag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast 44MP [123] [124]
1987-08-16 Northwest Airlines Flight 255 156 [k] Cecelia Cichan [l] Flag of the United States.svg United States 4FP [103]
1987-12-08 Peruvian Navy Alianza Lima plane crash 43Lt. Edilberto VillarFlag of Peru.svg Peru MCCaptain of the flight. Fatalities included multiple members of Peruvian football club Alianza Lima. [126]
1988-12-11 Soviet Air Force Soviet Air Force Ilyushin Il-76 crash 77Fahraddin BalaevFlag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union MP [127]
1991-10-05 Indonesian Air Force Jakarta Indonesian Air Force C-130 crash 135 [k] Bambang SumadiFlag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia 25MP [128]
1992-10-19 Aeroflot Antonov An-28 crash in Syktyvkar 15P [129]
1992-11-14 Vietnam Airlines Flight 474 30Annette HerfkensFlag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 31FP [130] [100]
1993-12-26 Kuban Airlines Flight GW-5719 35Smbat MartirosianFlag of Georgia (1990-2004).svg Georgia 21MP [131] [132]
1994-04-25 Dirgantara Air Service Britten-Norman Islander crash in Sintang 10Nur Intan FitrianiFlag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia 31FP [133] [134]
1995-01-11 Intercontinental de Aviación Flight 256 51Erika DelgadoFlag of Colombia.svg Colombia 9FP [105]
1995-09-21 MIAT Mongolian Airlines Flight 557 42Ulziibayar SanjaaFlag of Mongolia.svg Mongolia 27MP [135]
1996-11-30 ACES Colombia DHC-6 Twin Otter crash near Olaya Herrera Airport 14Pedro Rafael RojasFlag of Colombia.svg Colombia 39MP [136] [137] [138]
1996-12-07 Dirgantara Air Service Flight 5940 18 [k] IriantoFlag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia 40MP [139]
1997-09-03 Vietnam Airlines Flight 815 65 [m] Chanayuth Nim-anongFlag of Thailand.svg Thailand 1 (14 months)MPYoungest known sole survivor, based on age at time of incident. [141] [140]
1997-12-15 Tajik Air Flight 3183 85Sergei PetrovFlag of Tajikistan.svg Tajikistan 37MCNavigator of the flight. [142] [143]
2001-03-17 Sociedade de Aviação Ligeira Beechcraft 1900 crash in Quilemba 16Manuel González PérezFlag of Spain.svg Spain 25MP [144] [145]
2003-03-06 Air Algérie Flight 6289 102Youcef DjillaliFlag of Algeria.svg Algeria 28MP [143] [100]
2003-07-08 Sudan Airways Flight 139 116Mohammed el-Fateh OsmanFlag of Sudan.svg Sudan 2MP [105] [146] [100]
2006-01-19 Slovak Air Force Slovak Air Force Antonov An-24 crash 42Lt. Martin FarkašFlag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia 27MP [147] [148]
2006-08-27 Comair Flight 5191 49James M. PolehinkeFlag of the United States.svg United States 44MCFirst officer of the flight. [149] [100]
2007-01-09 AerianTur-M AerianTur-M Antonov An-26 crash 34Abdülkadir AkyüzFlag of Turkey.svg Turkey 31MP [150] [151]
2007-08-26 Great Lakes Business Company Kongolo Antonov An-32B crash142MP [152]
2007-10-04 Malift Air Africa One Antonov An-26 crash 51 [n] Dédé NgambaFlag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Democratic Republic of the Congo MCAircraft's mechanic. Some sources state that there were two survivors. [153] [154]
2008-10-08 Yeti Airlines Flight 101 18Surendra KunwarFlag of Nepal.svg   Nepal MCCaptain of the flight. [155] [100]
2009-03-12 Cougar Helicopters Flight 91 17Robert DeckerFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 28MP [156]
2009-06-30 Yemenia Flight 626 152 Bahia Bakari Flag of France.svg France 12FP [103]
2010-05-12 Afriqiyah Airways Flight 771 103Ruben van AssouwFlag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 9MP [103] [157] [158]
2010-08-25 Filair Filair Let L-410 crash 20P [159] [160]
2011-04-04 Georgian Airways / United Nations Flight 834 32Francis MwambaFlag of the Republic of the Congo.svg Congo MP [161] [162]
2011-09-07 Yak-Service Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash 44Alexander SizovFlag of Russia.svg Russia 52MCAircraft's mechanic; oldest known sole survivor, based on age at time of incident. Fatalities included multiple members of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl ice hockey team. [163] [164]
2014-02-11 Algerian Air Force Algerian Air Force C-130 crash 77Nimer DjelloulFlag of Algeria.svg Algeria 21MP [165] [166]
2014-05-17 Lao People's Liberation Army Air Force Lao People's Liberation Army Air Force An-74 crash 16Flag of Laos.svg Laos [167]
2014-07-07 Vietnam Air Force Mil Mi-171 crash in Hanoi 20Đinh Văn DươngFlag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam 31MPInitially five survivors. [168] [169]
2018-05-18 Cubana de Aviación Flight 0972 112Mailen Diaz AlmaguerFlag of Cuba.svg Cuba 19FP [170] [171] [172]
2019-01-14 Saha Airlines Saha Airlines Boeing 707 crash 15Farshad MahdavinejadFlag of Iran.svg Iran MCFlight Engineer of the flight. [173] [174]
2019-11-24 Busy Bee Congo Busy Bee Congo Dornier 228 crash 27 [o] Muma EmmanuelFlag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon MP [175]
2020-09-25 Ukrainian Air Force Chuhuiv An-26 crash 26Viacheslav ZolochevskyFlag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine 20MP [176]
2024-07-24 Saurya Airlines Saurya Airlines Bombardier CRJ200 crash 18Manish ShakyaFlag of Nepal.svg   Nepal 37MCCaptain of the flight. [177] [178]
2025-01-29Light Air Services Light Air Services Beechcraft 1900 crash 20Emmanuel Maker MakoiFlag of South Sudan.svg South Sudan MP [179] [180]
2025-06-12 Air India Flight 171 260 [p] Vishwash Kumar RameshFlag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 40MP [181] [182]

See also

Notes

  1. Such incidents, from which an initial sole survivor later succumbed to their injuries, include: 1961 Ndola Transair Sweden DC-6 crash, Delta Air Lines Flight 723 (1973), and Avioimpex Flight 110 (1993).
  2. Such incidents, in which there was a collision between aircraft and there were multiple survivors in total, include the Air Vietnam incident of 20 September 1969 involving a commercial Douglas C-54 (1 survivor) and a USAF military F-4 Phantom (2 survivors).
  3. Such incidents, in which the sole occupant of the opposing aircraft survived, include: Eastern Air Lines Flight 537 (1949) and All Nippon Airways Flight 58 (1971).
  4. Non-combat events during World War II, such as the Dunbeath air crash, a VIP transport mission, are included.
  5. The aircraft involved, a Short Sunderland, was being used as a VIP transport.
  6. The aircraft involved, a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, was being used as a personnel transport.
  7. The aircraft involved, a Consolidated B-24 Liberator, was being used as a personnel transport.
  8. The aircraft involved, a Dornier Do 24, was being used to transport civilians.
  9. Chinese :黃裕, Hanyu Pinyin: Huáng Yù, Cantonese: Wong Yu
  10. Including 1 ground fatality
  11. 1 2 3 4 Including 2 ground fatalities
  12. Later known by her married name, Crocker. [125]
  13. Accident final report states two survivors, [140] as another passenger initially survived but later died from his injuries.
  14. Including 30 ground fatalities.
  15. Including 6 ground fatalities
  16. Including 19 ground fatalities

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