Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index This is a List of accidents and incidents on commerical airliners grouped by location of the incident Table of contents 1 Africa 2 Antarctica 3 Asia 4 Atlantic Ocean 5 Bight of Benin 6 Europe 7 Indian Ocean 8 North America 9 Pacific Ocean 10 Philippine Sea 11 Sea of Okhotsk 12 South America 13 Strait of Hormuz 14 Taiwan Strait Africa Air France Flight 8969 - Hijacked after takeoff from Algiers and taken back in France KLM Flight 4805 and Pan Am Flight 1736 - KLM plane crashes into Pan Am plane during takeoff from Tenerife in the Canary Islands (Tenerife disaster) UTA Flight 772 - Blown up over the Sahara Desert by Libyan terrorists. Antarctica Air New Zealand Flight 901 - Crashed into Mount Erebus Asia All Nippon Airways Flight 61 - Hijacked and taken back over Tokyo, Japan Flash Airlines Flight 604 - Crashed off of Sharm el-Shaikh, Sinai Peninsula, Egypt Indian Airlines Flight 814 - Hijacked on the way to India, and flown to India, Pakistan, the UAE, and Afghanistan before the passengers are released Mandarin Airlines Flight 642 - Crashed upon landing in Hong Kong, People's Republic of China Singapore Airlines Flight 6 - Crashed upon takeoff in Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China Atlantic Ocean Air India Flight 182 - Bombed off the coast of Ireland American Airlines Flight 63 - Attempted bombing over Atlantic Ocean, terrorist is restrained and sedated Egyptair Flight 990 - Crashed off the coast of Nantucket Swissair Flight 111 - Crashed off the coast of Nova Scotia TWA Flight 800 - Crashed off the coast of Long Island Bight of Benin UTA Flight 141 - Crashed after takeoff Europe Air France Flight 4590 - Concorde that crashed in Gonesse, France Air France Flight 8969 - Hijacked after takeoff from Algiers and taken back in France British European Flight 548, crashed in the United Kingdom (Staines air disaster) British European Flight 609, crashed in Munich, West Germany (Munich air disaster) British Midland Flight 92, crashed in Kegworth, United Kingdom (Kegworth air disaster) JAT Yugoslav Flight 364, bombed, then crashed in Srbska Kamenice, Czechoslovakia Luxair Flight 9642, crashed on final approach to Luxembourg Pan Am Flight 103, bomb exploded over Scotland (Lockerbie disaster) Scandinavian Airlines Flight 686 - Crashed upon takeoff in Milan, Italy (Linate Airport disaster) TWA Flight 840 - Bombed on the way to Athens, Greece, sucking out 4 on board - the plane landed safely. Turkish Airlines Flight 981 - Crashed in Ermenonville, France (Ermenonville air disaster) Indian Ocean Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 - crashed off of the Comoros Islands North America American Airlines Flight 11 - Hijacked after takeoff from Boston, crashed in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States (September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks) American Airlines Flight 77 - Hijacked after takeoff from Dulles, crashed in Arlington, Virginia, United States (September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks) American Airlines Flight 191 - Crashed at O' Hare International Airport, Chicago, Illinois American Airlines Flight 587 - Broke up over Queens, New York City, New York, United States American Airlines Flight 1420 - Crashed upon landing at Little Rock National Airport in Little Rock, Arkansas Delta Airlines Flight 191 - Crashed upon landing in Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport near Dallas, Texas, United States Delta Airlines Flight 1411 - Crashed after takeoff from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport near Dallas, Texas, United States PSA Flight 182 - Collided with a Cessna over San Diego, California, United States Prinair Flight 191 - Crashed upon landing in Ponce, Puerto Rico, United States United Airlines Flight 93 - Hijacked after takeoff from Newark, New Jersey, crashed in Pennsylvania, United States (September 11 Terrorist Attacks) United Airlines Flight 175 - Hijacked after takeoff from Boston, crashed in Manhattan, New York City, United States (September 11 Terrorist Attacks) ValuJet Flight 592 - Crashed in the Everglades in Florida after takeoff Pacific Ocean AeroPeru Flight 603 - Off of the coast of Peru Alaska Airlines Flight 261 - Off the coast of Oxnard, California Philippine Sea Philippine Airlines Flight 434 - bombed over Minami Daito Island, near Okinawa, Japan Sea of Okhotsk Korean Air Flight 7 - Shot down over Soviet airspace South America American Airlines Flight 965 - Crashed into a mountain in Colombia Avianca Flight 410 - Crashed in Santander, Colombia Strait of Hormuz Iran Air Flight 655 - Shot down by an American naval vessal Taiwan Strait China Airlines Flight 611 - Broke up in the Taiwan Strait This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.