Major Commerical Airline Disasters
1990 - 1997

Boeing 767-200ER, flight 961 23rd November 1996

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- Listing of Major Commerical Air Disasters 1990 - 1997

Date	Crash Site	Aircraft	Airline	Likely Reason for Crash as Reported	Fatalities	Report
18/01/1990	Atlanta Georgia	727-225A	Eastern Airlines	Collision with Beechcraft A100	1	Report
25/01/1990	JFK Airport	707	Avianca	No Fuel	73	Report
14/02/1990	Bangalore	A320	Indian Airlines	On approach	89
11/05/1990	Manila, Philippines	737-300	Philippine Airlines	Fuel tank explosion	8	Report
02/06/1990	Unalakleet, Alaska	737-246C	MarkAir	Crashed on Landing	1 Seriously Injured	Report
02/10/1990	Kuwait City	Ilyushin 60	Iraqi Airways	Shot Down	130
02/10/1990	Guangzhou, China	737	Xiamen Airlines	Ground Collision during Hijacking	132	Report
02/10/1990	Guangzhou, China	B757-21B	China Southwest Airlines	Collision with Above	132
03/10/1990	Cape Canaveral	DC-9-31	Eastern Airlines	Air Turbulance	1	Report
24/10/1990	Santiago, Cuba	Yak 40	Cubana	Hit high ground	29
14/11/1990	Stadelberg,Switzerland	DC-9-32	Alitalia	Crashed on approach	46
21/11/1990	Yakutsk-Magan, USSR	Ilyushin 62	Aeroflot	Crashed during approach	76
03/12/1990	Michigan	McDonnell Douglas	Northwest Airlines	Collision with Below	8	Report
03/12/1990	Romulus	727	Northwest Airlines	Collision with Above	0	Report
01/02/1991	Los Angeles	737-300	US Air	Collision with Below	22	Report
01/02/1991	Los Angeles	Metroliner SA-227-AC	Skywest	Collision with Above	12	Report
17/02/1991	Cleveland Ohio	DC-9-15	Ryan International	Crashed on Take-off	2	Report
20/02/1991	Puerto Williams, Chile	BAe146-200	LAN Chile	Overran runway	20
03/03/1991	Colorado Springs, Colorado	737/291	United Airlines	On landing approach	25	Report
05/03/1991	La Puerta, Venezuela	DC9-32	Linea Aeropostal	Hit a Mountain	43
23/03/1991	Navoi, USSR	Antonov 24B	Uzbek Civil Aviation	Overran Runway	34
05/04/1991	Brunswick, GA	Embraer 120RT	Atlantic Southeast Airlines	Engine Failure	26
26/05/1991	Phu Khao Kao Chan, Thailand	767-329ER	Lauda Air	Engine Mismanagemant	223
11/07/1991	Jeddah-King Abdulaziz	DC-8-61	Nigeria Airways	Systems Failure	261
16/08/1991	Imphal, India	B737-2A8	Indian Airlines	On approach	69
11/09/1991	Eagle lake, Texas	Embraer-120RT	United Airlines	Systems Failure	14
07/11/1991	Makhackala, USSR	Yakoviev-40	Aeroflot	Hit a Mountain	51
11/11/1991	Recife - Pe - Brazil	Bandeirante	Nordeste Limhas Aereas	Crashed on take-off	17
27/12/1991	Heidelberg	DC-3	Chartered	Hill Side Collision	26
27/12/1991	Stockholm	MD-80	SAS	Power Loss	0
29/12/1991	Wanli, Taiwan	B747-2R7F	China Airlines	Engine Fell off	5
20/01/1992	Alsace, France	A-320	Air Inter	Hit a mountain	87
22/03/1992	Flushing New York	Fokker 28-4000	US Air	Crashed on Take off	27	Report
06/06/1992	Tucuti, Panamire	B737-204	COPA Panama	High Speed Dive	47
20/07/1992	Tbilisi, USSR	Tupolev 154B	Gerogian Air	Crashed on take-off	24
30/07/1992	New York	L-1011	TWA	Crashed on take-off	10 Injuries	Report
31/07/1992	Jiangsu, China	Yakovlev 42D	China Gereral Aviation Corperation	Possible Engine Failure	109
31/07/1992	Kathmandu	Airbus A310	Thai International	Missed approach	113
27/08/1992	Ivanova, USSR	Tupolev 134A	Aeroflot	Crashed on approach	84
28/09/1992	Kathmandu	Airbus A300	Pakistan Int. Airlines	Hit high ground	167
04/10/1992	Amsterdam	747-258F	El Al	Engine Fell off	52
24/11/1992	Guilin, China	737-3Y0	China Southern Airlines	Mechanical Failure	141
21/12/1992	Faro, Portugal	DC10-30CF	Marinair	Crashed on landing	56
22/12/1992	Souk al-Sabt	727-2L5	Libyan Arab Airlines	Mid Air Collision	159
08/02/1993	Tehran	Tupolev 154M	Iran Air Tours	Mid Air Collision	132
05/03/1993	Skopje, Serbia	Fokker 100	Palair	Icing	81
31/03/1993	Anchorage	747-121	Japan Airlines	Engine Fell off	Not Available	Report
06/04/1993	Alaska	MD-11	China Eastern	Ground collision	2	Report
14/04/1993	Dallas	DC-10	American Airlines	Crashed on Landing	2 Seriously Injured	Report
26/04/1993	Aurangabad, India	737-2A8	Indian Airlines	Runway Collision	56
19/05/1993	Medellin	727-46	SAM Colombia	Not Available	133
01/07/1993	Sorong, Indonesia	Fokker 28	Mertati Nusantara Airlines	Crashed on landing	41
26/07/1993	Haenon, South Korea	737-5L9	Asiana Airlines	Mountain Collision	68
28/08/1993	Khorag, Tadzhikistan	Yakovlev 40	Tadzhikistan National Airlines	Crashed on take-off	82
14/09/1993	Warsaw	A320-200	Lufthansa	On landing	2
22/09/1993	Georgia, Sukhumi	Tupolev 154B	Transair	Hit by Missile	106
26/10/1993	Fuzhou, China	MD82	China Eastern Airlines	Crashed on landing	2
13/11/1993	Urumqui, China	MD82	China Northern Airlines	Crashed on landing	12
20/11/1993	Ohrid	Yakovlev 42D	Avioimpex	Crashed on approach	115
01/12/1993	Hibbing, USA	BAe Jetstream 31	Express Airlines	Ground collision	18	Report
26/12/1993	Armenia, Russia	Antonov 26	Kuban Airlines	Crashed on landing	35
03/01/1994	Irkutsk	Tupolev	Baikal Air	Engine Fire	125
02/03/1994	New York	MD-82	Continental Airlines	Rejected take-off	0	Report
22/03/1994	Russia	A310-304	Russian International Airways	Pilot Error	75
04/04/1994	Amsterdam	SAAB 340	KLM	Engine failure	24
06/04/1994	Pacific Ocean	MD11	China Eastern Airlines	Not Available	2
26/04/1994	Nagoya Japan	A300-600R	China Airlines	During Landing	264	Report
06/06/1994	Xian	Tupolev 154M	China Northwest Airlines	Ground Collision	160
30/06/1994	Toulouse, France	A330-321	Airbus Industrie	Crashed on take-off	7
01/07/1994	Tidjika, Mauritania	Fokker 28	Air Mauritanie	Crashed on landing	80
02/07/1994	Charlotte, USA	DC9-30	US Air	Crashed on approach	37	Report
21/08/1994	Morocco	ATR 42	Royal Air Maroc	Ground collision	44
08/09/1994	Aliquippa	737-300	US Air	Crashed on approach	127	Report
12/10/1994	Natanz, Iran	Fokker 28	Assemain	Mountain Collision	66
31/10/1994	Roselawn, Indiana	ATR-72-212	American Eagle	Ice Induced	68	Report
22/11/1994	Bridgeton, MO	DC9-82	Trans World Airlines	Collision on Runway	2
11/12/1994	Pacific Ocean	747-200	Philippine Airlines	Bomb	1
13/12/1994	Morrisville, USA	Jetstream 32	Flagship Airlines	On landing	15	Report
29/12/1994	Van, Turkey	737-400	THY	Crashed on approach	55
17/03/1995	Barranquilla, Columbia	DC9-15	Intercontinental de Aviacion	Ground Collision	52
31/03/1995	Balotesti, Romania	A310-324	Transporturile Aeriene Romane	Crashed at Take-off	60
08/06/1995	Atlanta, Georgia, USA	DC9-32	ValueJet	Engine Fire	None	Report
09/08/1995	Mt. Chichontepec, El Salvador	737-2H6	Aviateca	Mountain Collision	65	Report
21/08/1995	Carrolton, Georgia	Embraer 120ER	Atlantic South-East Airlines	On landing	8
15/09/1995	Tawau, Malaysia	F50	Malaysia Airlines	On landing	34
13/11/1995	Kaduna, Nigeria	737-2F9	Nigeran Airways	On landing	9
03/12/1995	Douala, Cameroon	737-2KY	Cameroon Airlines	On landing	72
07/12/1995	Grossevichi	Tupolev 154B	Aeroflot/Khabarovsk Airlines	Mountain Collision	97
13/12/1995	Villafranca, Italy	Not Available	Romanian Banat Air	Icing	45
20/12/1995	Kahengula, Angola	Lockheed 188C	Trans Service Airlift	Crashed at Take-off	141
20/12/1995	Cali, Colombia	B757	American Airlines	Hit a Mountain	160	Report
20/12/1995	JFK	747	Tower Air	Crashed on take-off	1 Seriously injured	Report
08/01/1996	Kinshasa - N'Dolo	Antonov 32	African Air	Not Available	298
06/02/1996	Puerto Plata	757-225	Birgenair	Instrument Malfunction	189
29/02/1996	Arequipa, Peru	737	Faucett	Engine Failure	123
11/05/1996	Miami	DC-9	ValuJet	Uncontrolled decent	110	Report
13/06/1996	Fukuoka, Japan	DC10-30	Garuda Indonesian Airways	Overran Runway	3	Report
07/07/1996	Pensacola	MD-88	Delta Airlines	Engine failure	2
17/07/1996	New York	747-100	TWA	Crashed after take-off	230	Report
29/08/1996	Opera Mountain, Salbard, Norway	Tupolev 154M	Vnukovo Airlines	Mountain Collision	141	Report
05/09/1996	Burkina Faso	747-400	Air France	Turblence	1
02/10/1996	Pasamayo, Peru	757-200	Aeroperu	Instrument Malfunction	70
22/10/1996	Manta, Ecuador	707-323C	Million Air	Not Available	22
28/10/1996	JFK	MD82	American Airlines	Nose gear did not deploy	3 Injuries	Report
31/10/1996	Sao Paulo	Fokker 100	TAM	Ground Collision	99
07/11/1996	Lagos, Nigeria	727-231	Aviation Development Corporation	Ground Collision	143
12/11/1996	Dadri, India	747-100	Saudia	Collision with below	312
12/11/1996	Dadri, India	Ilyushin 76TD	Kazakstan Airlines	Collision with above	37
23/11/1996	Moroni, Comoros Islands	767-200ER	Ethiopian Airlines	Ditched	127	Report
30/11/1996	Medellin, Columbia	De Havilland 6-300	Aerolines Centrales de Colombia	Mountain Collision	14

Commercial Airline Disasters - 1997 Supplement

Date	Crash Site	Aircraft	Airline	Likely Reason for Crash as Reported	Fatalities	Report
09/01/1997	Monroe County, USA	Embraer 120RF	Comair	Ground Collision	29	Report
31/01/1997	Yola, Nigeria	Embraer 110PIA	SkyPower Express Airways	Crashed on landing	5
01/02/1997	Tambacounda, Senegal	Hawker Siddeley 748-353	Air Senegal	Engine Failure	23
14/02/1997	Carajas, Brazil	737-2C3	Varig	Over-ran runway	1
18/03/1997	Caucasus, Russia	Antonov 24	Stavropol Airlines	Crashed into Forest	50	Report
08/05/1997	Shenzhen, China	737-31B	China Southern Airlines	Crashed on landing	35	Report
09/07/1997	San Paulo, Brazil	Fokker 100	TAM	Explosion	1	Update
12/07/1997	Santiago de Cuba	Antonov-24	Cubana de Aviacion	Crashed in sea	44	Update
17/07/1997	Bandung, Indonesia	Fokker F-27	Sempati Air	Engine Failure	28	Report
30/07/1997	Florence-Peretola, Italy	ATR-42-512	Air Littoral	Crashed on Landing	1
03/08/1997	Manchester, England	BAe Turpo-Prop	British Airways	Failed Landing Gear	0	Report
05/08/1997	Guam	747	Korean Air Lines	Crashed on Landing	227	Report
10/08/1997	Matsu, Taiwan	Dornier 228	Formosa Airlines	Hit a Mountain	16	Report
03/09/1997	Phnom Penh	Tupolev 134	Vietnam Airlines	Crashed on Approach	65	Report
26/09/1997	Sumatra, Indonesia	A 300 B4	Garuda Airlines	Crashed on Approach	234	Report
10/10/1997	Nuevo Berlin, Uruguay	DC-9	Austral	Bad Weather	74	Report
05/11/1997	London-Heathrow	Airbus 340	Virgin Atlantic	Failed Landing gear	0	Report
15/12/1997	Shafjah, United Arab Emirates	Tupolev 154	Tajikistan Airlines	Crashed on Approach	85
17/12/1997	Saloncia, Greece	Yak-42	Ukraine Airlines	Crashed on Approach	70	Report
19/12/1997	Sumatera, Indonesia	737-300	SilkAir	Crashed into Ocean	104	Report
28/12/1997	Pacific Ocean	747	United Airlines	Turbulance	1	Report

Commercial Airline Disasters - 1998 Supplement

Date	Crash Site	Aircraft	Airline	Likely Reason for Crash as Reported	Fatalities	Report
27/01/1998	Myanmar, Burma	Fokker F-27	Myanma Airways	Engine Failure	14	Report
04/02/1998	Claveria, Philippines	DC-9	Cebu Pacific Air	Ground Collision	104	Report
16/02/1998	Taibei, Taiwan	A-300	China Airlines	Crashed on Landing	204	Report
18/03/1998	Taipet, Taiwan	SAAB 360B	Formosa Airlines	Crashed into sea	13	Report
19/03/1998	Kabul, Afghanistan	727	Ariana Airlines	Unknown	22	Report
22/03/1998	Bacolod, Philippines	A-320	Philippines AL	Crashed on Landing	3	Report
31/03/1998	Stansted, England	BA 748	Emerald Air	Engine Fire	0	Report
20/04/1998	Bogtoa, Colombia	727	Air France	Crashed into Mountain	53	Report
27/05/1998	Mongolia	Y-12	MIAT	Unknown	28	Report
24/08/1988	Manibagi, Myanmar	Fokker F-27	Myanmar Airways	Hit a mountain	39	Report
29/08/1998	Quito, Ecuador	Tupolev 154M	Cubana	Crashed on take-off	80	Report
03/09/1998	Nova Scotia, Canada	MD-11	Swissair	Crashed into ocean	229	Report

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