Aircraft
The Boeing appears in 34 of the incidents we cover, flown by 31 operators from 1977 to 2026. 30 rest on a final report and 4 on preliminary or official information. This page lists the incidents we have documented from official reports. It is not a measure of the aircraft's safety.
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| 30 September 2026 | flydubai Flight FZ1073 | Boeing 737-8 MAX | Not stated | Not stated | LEVEL 1 Officially confirmed |
| 6 September 2026 | 21 Air Flight 7598 | Boeing 767-33A freighter | Runway 30 and airport boundary, Miami International | 5, all in a ground vehicle | LEVEL 2 Preliminary findings |
| 3 October 2025 | Boeing 737-800 9H-QBD | Boeing 737-800 | Prestwick, Edinburgh and Manchester airports | No injuries reported | LEVEL 3 Final report |
| 26 July 2025 | American Airlines Flight 3023 | Boeing 737-8, MAX 8 | Runway 34L, Denver International Airport, Colorado | No reported passenger or crew injuries | LEVEL 3 Final report |
| 12 June 2025 | Air India Flight 171 | Boeing 787-8 | Not stated | 260: 241 aboard and 19 on the ground | LEVEL 2 Preliminary findings |
| 29 December 2024 | Jeju Air Flight 2216 | Boeing 737-800 | Not stated | 179 | LEVEL 2 Preliminary findings |
| 8 February 2024 | G-ONEE | Boeing 747-433 freighter | After departure from Heathrow; unreliable airspeed during descent toward Schiphol | No injuries reported | LEVEL 3 Final report |
| 5 January 2024 | Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 | Boeing 737-9, a member of the 737 MAX family | Climb after departure from Portland International Airport | 0 | LEVEL 3 Final report |
| 7 August 2020 | Air India Express Flight 1344 | Boeing 737-800 | Runway 10, Kozhikode International Airport, Kerala, India | 21: 19 passengers and both pilots | LEVEL 3 Final report |
| 8 January 2020 | Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752 | Boeing 737-800 | Khalajabad near Shahriar, southwest of Tehran | All 176 occupants fatally injured | LEVEL 3 Final report |
| 10 March 2019 | Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 | Boeing 737-8 MAX | Near Ejere, southeast of Addis Ababa | 157 fatalities | LEVEL 3 Final report |
| 23 February 2019 | Atlas Air Flight 3591 | Boeing 767-375BCF | Trinity Bay, Texas; about 41 miles east-southeast of Houston airport | 3 occupants | LEVEL 3 Final report |
| 29 October 2018 | Lion Air Flight 610 | Boeing 737-8 MAX | Sea off Tanjung Karawang, West Java | 189 fatalities | LEVEL 3 Final report |
| 17 April 2018 | Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 | Boeing 737-7H4 | Not stated | One fatality and eight minor injuries | LEVEL 3 Final report |
| 3 August 2016 | Emirates Flight 521 | Boeing 777-31H | Runway 12L, Dubai International Airport | 1 firefighter; 0 aboard | LEVEL 3 Final report |
| 17 July 2014 | Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 | Boeing 777-200 | Eastern Ukraine, near Hrabove, Rozsypne and Petropavlivka | 298 fatalities; no reported ground casualties | LEVEL 3 Final report |
| 8 March 2014 | Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 | Boeing 777-200ER | Last military radar track near MEKAR; subsequent flight towards the southern Indian Ocean inferred | 239 missing; injuries could not be established in the 2018 report | LEVEL 3 Final report |
| 6 July 2013 | Asiana Airlines Flight 214 | Boeing 777-200ER | Seawall before runway 28L, San Francisco airport | Three passengers killed | LEVEL 3 Final report |
| 25 February 2009 | Turkish Airlines Flight 1951 | Boeing 737-800 | Field about 1.5 km short of runway 18R, Schiphol | 9: 5 passengers and 4 crew | LEVEL 3 Final report |
| 17 January 2008 | British Airways Flight 38 | Boeing 777-236ER | London Heathrow, short of Runway 27L | No fatalities | LEVEL 3 Final report |
| 8 December 2005 | Southwest Airlines Flight 1248 | Boeing 737-7H4 | Runway 31C and adjacent roadway, Chicago Midway | 1 on the ground; 0 aboard | LEVEL 3 Final report |
| 14 August 2005 | Helios Airways Flight 522 | Boeing 737-31S | Near Grammatiko, about 33 km northwest of Athens airport | All 121 occupants fatally injured; aircraft destroyed | LEVEL 3 Final report |
| 1 July 2002 | Bashkirian Airlines 2937 and DHL 611 | Tupolev TU154M and Boeing B757-200 | North of Uberlingen, near Lake Constance, Germany | 71 killed; both aircraft destroyed | LEVEL 3 Final report |
| 19 December 1997 | SilkAir Flight 185 | Boeing 737-300 | Musi River delta, north-north-east of Palembang, Indonesia | 104 aboard; no fatalities on the ground | LEVEL 3 Final report |
| 17 July 1996 | TWA Flight 800 | Boeing 747-131 | Atlantic Ocean near East Moriches, New York | 230 killed; aircraft destroyed | LEVEL 3 Final report |
| 20 December 1995 | American Airlines Flight 965 | Boeing 757-223 | El Deluvio mountain, near Buga, Colombia | 159 | LEVEL 3 Final report |
| 8 January 1989 | British Midland Flight 92 | Boeing 737-400 | M1 motorway embankment near Kegworth, about 900 metres from Runway 27 at East Midlands | 47 passengers: 39 at the scene and eight later | LEVEL 3 Final report |
| 21 December 1988 | Pan Am Flight 103 | Boeing 747-121 | Breakup near Lockerbie, Scotland; debris extended far east | 270: 259 aboard and 11 on the ground | LEVEL 3 Final report |
| 28 April 1988 | Aloha Airlines Flight 243 | Boeing 737-297, in the 737-200 series | Near Maui; landing at Kahului Airport | One flight attendant lost in flight and presumed dead | LEVEL 3 Final report |
| 22 August 1985 | British Airtours Flight 28M | Boeing 737-236 series 1 | Runway 24 and the entrance to link Delta, Manchester International Airport | 55: 53 passengers and two cabin crew | LEVEL 3 Final report |
| 12 August 1985 | Japan Airlines Flight 123 | Boeing 747SR-100 | Mountainous terrain in Ueno, Gunma, Japan | 520 fatalities | LEVEL 3 Final report |
| 23 July 1983 | Air Canada Flight 143 | Boeing 767, fleet number 604 | Gimli, Manitoba, Canada | 0 | LEVEL 3 Final report |
| 13 January 1982 | Air Florida Flight 90 | Boeing 737-222 | 14th Street Bridge and Potomac River, Washington area | 78: 74 aboard and four on the ground | LEVEL 3 Final report |
| 27 March 1977 | KLM Flight 4805 and Pan Am Flight 1736 | KLM Boeing 747-206 B and Pan Am B-747-121 | Runway at Los Rodeos airport, Tenerife, Canary Islands | 583 died: 248 KLM and 335 Pan Am including nine later deaths; 61 Pan Am survivors, calculated from report table | LEVEL 3 Final report |
FZ1073 diverted to Tabuk after the co-pilot allegedly attacked the captain in the cockpit. Everyone aboard survived. The UAE Attorney General has since said investigators found a planned attack, including an intent to crash the aircraft into Ben Gurion Airport's passenger terminal. These are prosecution findings; no final investigation report has been published.
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An Amazon cargo service landed far down Miami's runway 30 and continued through the airport boundary, striking two occupied vehicles.
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LEVEL 2 Preliminary findings
Three windshear escapes and a refused diversion left a passenger jet landing at Manchester with 363 kg of fuel.
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Thermal relief plugs released tire pressure during takeoff. The left wheels failed, the aircraft tilted, and smoke and fire prompted an evacuation.
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A Boeing 787-8 lost thrust shortly after liftoff from Ahmedabad and struck buildings beyond the airport.
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A Boeing 737-800 landed with its landing gear retracted, overran runway 19 at Muan and struck an obstacle beyond it.
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Rainwater reached electrical equipment in a cargo 747, disabling critical systems before an icing encounter corrupted every airspeed indicator.
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A missing set of securing bolts let a door plug move out of position. The crew returned to Portland with everyone alive.
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An unstable approach, a prolonged float and a late touchdown left too little runway to stop at Kozhikode.
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Iran AAIB attributed the loss to missile damage after air-defence misidentification. Canada challenged the explanation and its supporting evidence.
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Repeated MCAS nose-down trim followed erroneous angle-of-attack data. The final report and participating authorities disagree about sensor failure and crew performance.
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An unintended go-around mode change during descent was followed by spatial disorientation, nose-down inputs and a fatal dive into Trinity Bay.
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A miscalibrated angle-of-attack sensor triggered repeated automatic nose-down trim amid conflicting indications and warnings.
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A fractured fan blade triggered structural damage, a cabin window loss and an emergency diversion.
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A Boeing 777 lifted off after a brief touchdown at Dubai with its engines still at idle, then struck the runway. All 300 occupants survived; a firefighter died after a fuel-tank explosion.
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The Dutch Safety Board found that a Buk missile warhead detonated outside the cockpit, causing the aircraft to break up.
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A scheduled flight disappeared after leaving its planned route. The 2018 investigation could not determine why.
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The crew lost automatic speed control, inadequately monitored airspeed and delayed a go-around while descending below the visual glidepath.
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A false radio-altimeter reading drove the autothrottle to idle on approach to Schiphol. The crew recognised the falling airspeed at the stall warning, and the aircraft crashed short of runway 18R.
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Ice in the fuel system restricted thrust from both engines during the final approach to Heathrow.
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A snowy landing at Chicago Midway ended beyond the perimeter after delayed reverse thrust. One child in an automobile was killed.
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The crew did not identify inadequate cabin pressurization. The aircraft continued automatically until fuel depletion and impact.
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BFU identified late separation intervention, a descent contrary to TCAS and weaknesses in staffing and collision-avoidance integration.
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A Boeing 737 descended from 35,000 feet into the Musi River, killing all 104 aboard. Indonesia could not determine the cause; NTSB concluded that intentional pilot action explained the accident.
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NTSB found that a center wing tank fuel-air explosion initiated the breakup. The exact ignition source remained uncertain.
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A hurried change of approach, an unverified beacon selection and a continuing descent took a Boeing 757 into the mountains east of Cali.
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A left engine fan blade failed. The crew shut down the right engine, and the damaged left engine lost thrust on final approach.
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An explosive device in a forward-hold baggage container destroyed the fuselage structure and initiated a rapid breakup over Scotland.
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A large section of the upper fuselage separated during an interisland flight. The crew landed the damaged aircraft, while the investigation exposed failures in structural inspection and oversight.
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An engine failure punctured a fuel tank during takeoff. Wind drove the resulting fire around the stopped aircraft as smoke and exit restrictions overwhelmed the evacuation.
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An improperly repaired pressure bulkhead failed in flight, damaging the tail and all four hydraulic systems. The crew struggled with severe oscillations before the aircraft struck mountainous terrain.
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Incorrect fuel calculations and dispatch with blank gauges left a Boeing 767 short of fuel. Both engines stopped, and its crew glided to Gimli.
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After a long wait in falling snow, a contaminated aircraft took off with too little thrust. It struck the 14th Street Bridge and entered the ice-covered Potomac River.
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KLM began its takeoff while Pan Am was still taxiing on the same runway. Low cloud prevented the tower from seeing the developing collision.
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LEVEL 3 Final report