737 - Major Air Disasters

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- Table of 737 Air Disasters -

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Date	Crash Site	Aircraft	Airline	Likely Reason for Crash as Reported	Fatalities	Report
08/12/1972	Chicago	737-222	United Airlines	Crashed on landing	61	Report
04/12/1977	Johore Strait	737-2H6	Malaysian Airlines System	Explosion	100
10/05/1980	Rampur, India	737-200	Indian Airlines	Turbulance	2
22/08/1981	Miao-li	737-222	Far Eastern Air Transport	Structural Failure	110
13/01/1982	Washington	737-222	Air Florida	Ice on Wings	74	Report
25/05/1982	Brasilia, Brazil	737-200	VASP	On landing	2
11/07/1983	Cuenca, Ecuador	737-2V2	Tame	Hit a Mountain	118
23/09/1983	Mino Jebel Ali	737-2P6	Gulf Air	Bomb	112
08/11/1983	Lubango	737-2M2	Angola Airlines	Shot Down	130
30/08/1984	Douala, Comeroon	737-2H7C	Cameroon Airlines	Engine Failure	2
15/04/1985	Phuket, Thailand	737-200	Thai Airways	Hit high ground	11	Report
22/08/1985	Manchester England	737-236	British Airtours	Engine Failure	55
24/11/1985	Valletta, Malta	737-266	Egyptair	Hijacking	60	Report
28/01/1986	Sao Paulo, Brazil	737-200	VASP	On take-off	1
16/02/1986	Pescadores Islands	737-200	China Airlines	Crashed on landing	13
25/12/1986	Ay, Saudi Arabia	737-270C	Iraqi Airways	Hijacked	63	Report
04/08/1987	Calama, Chilie	737-200	LAN Chilie	Landing gear failure	1
31/08/1987	Phuket, Thailand	737-2P5	Thai Airways	Crashed into sea	83	Report
04/01/1988	Izmir, Turkey	737-230	Condor	Crashed on approach	16
28/04/1988	Maui, Hawaii	737-297	Aloha Airlines	Structural	1	Report
15/09/1988	Bahar Dar, Ethiopia	737-230	Ethiopian Airways	Engine damage	31	Report
19/10/1988	Ahmedabad	737-2A8	Indian Airlines	On Approach	124
08/01/1989	Kegworth	737-400	British Midland	Engine Fire	47	Report
09/03/1989	Dayton, Ohio	737-201	Piedmount Airlines	Rapid Decompression	1
03/09/1989	Amazon Forest	737-200	Varig	Crash Landing	14	Report
20/09/1989	New York	737-400	US Air	Failed Take-off	2	Report
26/10/1989	Hualien, Tawian	737-209	China Airlines	Hit High Ground	56
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	Guangzhou, China	737	Xiamen Airlines	Ground Collision during Hijacking	132	Report
01/02/1991	Los Angeles	737-300	US Air	Collision	22	Report
03/03/1991	Colorado Springs, Colorado	737/291	United Airlines	On landing approach	25	Report
16/08/1991	Imphal, India	B737-2A8	Indian Airlines	On approach	69
06/06/1992	Tucuti, Panamire	B737-204	COPA Panama	High Speed Dive	47
24/11/1992	Guilin, China	737-3Y0	China Southern Airlines	Mechanical Failure	141
26/04/1993	Aurangabad, India	737-2A8	Indian Airlines	Runway Collision	56
26/07/1993	Haenon, South Korea	737-5L9	Asiana Airlines	Mountain Collision	68
08/09/1994	Aliquippa	737-300	US Air	Crashed on approach	127	Report
29/12/1994	Van, Turkey	737-400	THY	Crashed on approach	55
09/08/1995	Mt. Chichontepec, El Salvador	737-2H6	Aviateca	Mountain Collision	65	Report
13/11/1995	Kaduna, Nigeria	737-2F9	Nigeran Airways	On landing	9
03/12/1995	Douala, Cameroon	737-2KY	Cameroon Airlines	On landing	72
29/02/1996	Arequipa, Peru	737	Faucett	Engine Failure	123
14/02/1997	Carajas, Brazil	737-2C3	Varig	Over-ran runway	1
08/05/1997	Shenzhen, China	737-31B	China Southern Airlines	Crashed on landing	35	Report

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