This archive report was first published on 8 January 2020.
Deadly Crashes of the Boeing 737 ¶
The Boeing 737 has been involved in numerous fatal accidents throughout its history, resulting in significant loss of life and damage to aircraft. The most recent crash of a Boeing 737 was on January 8, 2020, when Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 crashed after takeoff from Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport.
Here are some of the most notable fatal accidents involving the Boeing 737:
- December 8, 1972 - United Airlines Flight 553, a 737-200, crashed while attempting to land at Chicago Midway International Airport, killing 43 of the 61 passengers and crew on board.
- May 31, 1973 - Indian Airlines Flight 440, a 737-200, crashed while on approach to Palam International Airport in New Delhi, India, killing 48 of the 65 passengers and crew on board.
- February 11, 1978 - Pacific Western Airlines Flight 314, a 737-200, crashed while attempting to land at Cranbrook Airport, British Columbia, Canada, killing 42 of the 44 passengers and crew on board.
- July 11, 1983 - TAME 737-2V2 Advanced, registration HC-BIG, crashed while attempting to land at Mariscal Lamar Airport, killing all 119 passengers and crew on board.
- August 22, 1985 - British Airtours Flight 28M, a 737-200, aborted its takeoff at Manchester Airport, UK, after it caught fire due to a crack in one of the combustors of the left Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15 engine, killing 56 of the 136 passengers and crew on board.
- April 28, 1988 - Aloha Airlines Flight 243, a 737-200, suffered extensive damage after an explosive decompression at an altitude of 24,000 feet, but was able to land safely at Kahului Airport on the island of Maui with one fatality.
- September 29, 2006 - Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907, a brand-new 737-800, broke up and crashed following a mid-air collision in Brazil with an Embraer Legacy 600, killing all 154 people on board.
- May 5, 2007 - Kenya Airways Flight 507, a 737-800, carrying 105 passengers and nine crew lost contact and crashed into a swamp on a flight to Nairobi, Kenya from Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, after making a scheduled stop at Douala, Cameroon, with no survivors.
- February 25, 2009 - Turkish Airlines Flight 1951, a 737-800, coming from Istanbul, crashed in a field near the Polderbaan while attempting to land at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport, killing nine of the 135 passengers and crew on board.
- January 25, 2010 - Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409, a 737-800, crashed into the Mediterranean Sea shortly after take-off from Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport, killing all 98 people on board.
- March 19, 2016 - Flydubai Flight 981, a 737-800, flying from Dubai, United Arab Emirates to Rostov-on-Don, Russia, crashed on the final approach to Rostov-on-Don Airport in inclement weather, killing all 62 people on board.
- October 29, 2018 - Lion Air Flight 610, a 737 MAX 8, registration PK-LQP, on a flight from Jakarta, Indonesia to Pangkal Pinang, Indonesia, crashed into the sea 13 minutes after takeoff, killing all 189 people on board.
- March 10, 2019 - Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, a 737 MAX 8, registration ET-AVJ, on a flight from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to Nairobi, Kenya, crashed 6 minutes after takeoff, killing all 157 people aboard.
