MD81 — accident and safety record

Every recorded MD81 accident and incident from public aviation safety datasets

MD81 safety overview

  • 13 recorded occurrences
  • 1 fatal
  • 0 hull losses
  • Records 1980–2022

Most affected: VE (2), US (2), DK (1)

Top operators: Scandinavian Airlines System - SAS (3), Swissair (1), SAS Scandinavian Airlines (1), Midwest Airlines, Inc. (1), Midwest Airlines (1)

MD81 accidents by decade519801990200020102020

All recorded MD81 occurrences

2020s

  • — LASER AIRLINES, C.A. — YV480T — (incident)
  • — LASER, C.A — YV1240 — (incident)

2010s

  • — Scandinavian Airlines System - SAS — (incident)

2000s

  • — JAL Express — (incident)
  • — Midwest Airlines, Inc. — (incident)
  • — Japan Air Lines — (incident)
  • — Midwest Airlines — (incident)
  • — SAS Scandinavian Airlines — (incident)

1990s

  • — Scandinavian Airlines System - SAS — (incident)
  • — Swissair — (incident)
  • — Scandinavian Airlines System - SAS — OY-KHO — (incident)

1980s

  • — Austral Lineas Aéreas — N1003G — (22 fatal)
  • — McDonnell Douglas Industries — N1002G — (incident)

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