McDonnell Douglas DC-9 safety record

Accidents and incidents from public aviation safety datasets

Last fatal hull loss: 2014

Color reflects time since the last recorded fatal hull-loss involving this type, drawn from public datasets (NTSB, Aviation Safety Network, Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives, Wikidata). It is not a commercial safety rating and does not normalise for flights flown, hours, or fleet size — for those, see the manufacturer or IATA Safety Report.

McDonnell Douglas DC-9 accidents by decade5419801990200020102020

Notable events

  1. West Caribbean Airways — 160 fatalities. Source.
  2. Dana Air — 159 fatalities. Source.
  3. Spanair — 154 fatalities. Source.
  4. Scandinavian Airlines System - SAS — 118 fatalities. Source.
  5. Air Algérie, lsf Swiftair — 116 fatalities. Source.

2020s

  • Laser Airlines — (incident)
  • Zagros Airlines — (incident)
  • — (incident)
  • 987 Investments, LLC — (incident)
  • — (incident)

2010s

  • Everts Air Cargo — (incident)
  • Air Algérie, lsf Swiftair — (116 fatal)
  • Aeronaves TSM — (incident)
  • American Airlines — (incident)
  • American Airlines — (incident)
  • Dana Air — (159 fatal)
  • Gryphon Airlines, lsf Swiftair — (incident)
  • AMC Airlines — (incident)
  • Aeropostal Alas de Venezuela — (incident)
  • Delta Air Lines — (incident)
  • ALLEGIANT AIR LLC — (incident)
  • Hewa Bora Airways — (incident)
  • AMERICAN AIRLINES INC — (incident)

2000s

  • Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation - CAA — (incident)
  • AMERICAN AIRLINES INC — (incident)
  • NORTHWEST AIRLINES INC — (incident)
  • Spanair — (154 fatal)
  • USA Jet Airlines, Inc — (1 fatal)
  • Hewa Bora Airways — (40 fatal)
  • Aserca Airlines — (incident)
  • Northwest Airlines — (incident)
  • Atlasjet Airlines, lsf World Focus Airlines — (57 fatal)
  • AMC Airlines — (incident)
  • American Airlines — (incident)
  • One-Two-Go Airlines, lsf Orient Thai Airlines — (90 fatal)
  • Atlasjet Airlines — (incident)
  • Northwest Airlines — (incident)
  • Allegiant Air — (incident)
  • Kish Air, lsf Bulgarian Air Charter — (incident)
  • Northwest Airlines — (incident)
  • Northwest Airlines — (incident)
  • American Airlines — (incident)
  • Lion Air — (incident)
  • Sosoliso Airlines — (108 fatal)
  • Wimbi Dira Airways, lsf Wetrafa — (incident)
  • West Caribbean Airways — (160 fatal)
  • Northwest Airlines — (incident)
  • Aero República — (incident)
  • Lion Air — (25 fatal)
  • Aero California — (incident)
  • Alitalia — (incident)
  • Austral Lineas Aéreas — (incident)
  • Japan Air System — (incident)
  • Líneas Aéreas Suramericanas (LAS Cargo) — (3 fatal)
  • Northwest Airlines — (1 fatal)
  • Wetrafa — (incident)
  • Aeroméxico — (incident)
  • Northwest Airlines — (incident)
  • Spirit Airlines — (incident)
  • China Northern Airlines — (112 fatal)
  • China Northern Airlines — (incident)
  • Northwest Airlines — (incident)
  • AirTran Airways — (incident)
  • Scandinavian Airlines System - SAS — (118 fatal)
  • Aeropostal Alas de Venezuela — (incident)
  • Northwest Airlines — (incident)
  • Spanair — (incident)
  • Northwest Airlines — (incident)
  • Northwest Airlines — (incident)
  • AirTran Airways — (incident)
  • Ghana Airways — (incident)
  • Aeroméxico — (4 fatal)
  • AirTran Airways — (incident)
  • Hawaiian Airlines — (incident)
  • SAS Scandinavian Airlines — (incident)
  • Alaska Airlines — (incident)
  • Alaska Airlines — (88 fatal)

1990s

  • TAESA — (18 fatal)
  • Trans World Airlines - TWA — (incident)
  • Midwest Express — (incident)
  • American Airlines — (11 fatal)
  • Korean Air — (incident)
  • Aeronautica Militare Italiana - AMI — (incident)
  • Alitalia — (incident)
  • SAS Scandinavian Airlines System — (incident)
  • US Airways — (incident)
  • Dinar Líneas Aéreas — (incident)
  • AirTran Airways — (incident)
  • Cebu Pacific Air — (104 fatal)
  • Northwest Airlines — (incident)
  • Austral Lineas Aéreas — (74 fatal)
  • ValuJet Airlines — (110 fatal)
  • USAir — (37 fatal)
  • China Northern Airlines — (12 fatal)
  • China Eastern Airlines — (2 fatal)
  • Linea Aeropostal Venezolana - LAV — (11 fatal)
  • Linea Aeropostal Venezolana - LAV — (45 fatal)
  • Ryan International Airlines — (2 fatal)
  • Alitalia — (46 fatal)
  • Eastern Air Lines — (1 fatal)

1980s

  • Evergreen International Airlines — (2 fatal)
  • Evergreen International Airlines — (1 fatal)
  • Garuda Indonesia Airways — (23 fatal)
  • AVENSA — (23 fatal)
  • Garuda Indonesia Airways — (4 fatal)

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