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Aviation accidents, mapped

Every deduplicated occurrence since 1902, from the Aviation Safety Network, B3A and Wikidata alongside official investigation authorities worldwide. Filter it, then read the analysis the filter produces.

Geocoded accident locations

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Reading this view

Severity and geography of every plotted occurrence — filters narrow both the map and the table below. See the cause analyses →

Filters are shareable. This view is /safety/global.

Boeing/Airbus/Embraer + scheduled/charter operators. Reflects what flight-search users actually fly on.

Top 10 aircraft by accident count

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Top 10 operators by accident count

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Counts on this page come from the ASN + B3A + Wikidata accident archive (deduplicated). Per-aircraft safety pages (e.g. Boeing 737) draw on FlightFinder's wider merged corpus — NTSB plus 30+ national investigation boards — so their totals run higher.

All recorded accidents

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Some records have unknown dates (“xx Oct 2024”) because not all sources publish exact days. Coordinates are available for ~18% of records — the rest are pending geocoding and don’t appear on the map yet. Counts may differ slightly from the original sources because we deduplicate cross-listed events.

Recent accidents and incidents

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Airlines by safety record

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Accidents by year & decade

Accidents by country

Notable accident reports

Methodology last reviewed 2026-05-06. See /about for data sources and editorial policy.

FlightFinder maintains a searchable global aviation accident database spanning more than a century of commercial, cargo, and general-aviation occurrences. Records are deduplicated across NTSB, Aviation Safety Network, B3A, and Wikidata into one occurrence-level dataset with aircraft type, operator, location, fatalities, and source attribution.

Use the charts and directories below to explore trends by year, airline, and country — or jump to aircraft-by-type safety pages for family-level hull-loss context before you book.

Aircraft families by fatal-hull-loss recency

Ranked by time since the last recorded fatal hull loss in public datasets — not fleet-size normalised. How we compile safety data →

AircraftRecency bandFatal accidentsDetail
Airbus A220 (C Series) No fatal hull losses on record 1 Full record →
Airbus A319 No fatal hull losses on record 1 Full record →
Embraer E170/E175 No fatal hull losses on record 1 Full record →
Airbus A340 (all variants) No fatal hull losses on record 0 Full record →
Airbus A380 No fatal hull losses on record 0 Full record →
Bombardier Dash 8 / Q400 No fatal hull losses on record 0 Full record →
Boeing 707 Last fatal hull loss: 2019 115 Full record →
McDonnell Douglas DC-9 Last fatal hull loss: 2014 83 Full record →
Boeing 757 Last fatal hull loss: 2018 17 Full record →
Boeing 777 (all variants) Last fatal hull loss: 2016 12 Full record →
Boeing 767 Last fatal hull loss: 2019 9 Full record →
Airbus A330 (all variants) Last fatal hull loss: 2010 8 Full record →
Airbus A321 (all variants) Last fatal hull loss: 2016 6 Full record →
Embraer E190/E195 Last fatal hull loss: 2013 5 Full record →
Boeing 737 (all variants) Last fatal hull loss: 2025 164 Full record →
Airbus A320 family (A319/A320/A321) Last fatal hull loss: 2024 35 Full record →
Airbus A320 (all variants) Last fatal hull loss: 2024 28 Full record →
Boeing 787 Dreamliner Last fatal hull loss: 2025 3 Full record →
Airbus A350 Last fatal hull loss: 2024 2 Full record →
Boeing 727 Recent fatal hull loss: 2025-10-23 91 Full record →
Boeing 747 Recent fatal hull loss: 2025-10-20 59 Full record →
ATR 42/72 Recent fatal hull loss: 2026-01-17 40 Full record →
Bombardier CRJ (all variants) Recent fatal hull loss: 2026-03-22 16 Full record →
Total occurrences
243,361
Fatal accidents
40,300
Total fatalities
269,647
Data span
1902–2026
Global aviation accidents per year675119021928194319581973198820032018 Fatal accidents per year95219021929194519611977199320092025

Airlines by safety record

+95 more airlines in the database

Accidents by year & decade

Accidents by country

Data stories & methodology

Counts reflect occurrences documented in our multi-source corpus (NTSB, ASN, B3A and 80+ national investigation authorities); coverage varies by source and era and these are not official totals.

Frequently asked questions

How many aviation accidents happen per year worldwide?
The annual count varies by decade and reporting coverage. FlightFinder aggregates more than 240,000 occurrence records since 1902 from NTSB, Aviation Safety Network, B3A, and Wikidata. Use the year and decade breakdowns on this page to see how totals trend over time.
Which aircraft type is the safest to fly?
There is no single universal safety score. FlightFinder shows time since the last recorded fatal hull loss for each aircraft family — a factual recency signal, not a utilisation-adjusted rating. Compare families in the safety ranking table and open each type page for the full event history.
Where does FlightFinder aviation accident data come from?
Records are compiled from official and open sources: US NTSB CAROL, Aviation Safety Network, Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives (B3A), and Wikidata. Each accident page links to its originating authority. Licensing details are on /legal/attributions.
How often is the global accident database updated?
The dataset is refreshed weekly from upstream feeds and investigation scrapers. Recent US NTSB events also appear on /safety/feed within days of publication.
Can I compare safety records by airline or country?
Yes. This hub links to airline, year, decade, and country analytics pages. You can also filter the interactive map and browse per-aircraft safety at /by-aircraft.
Is this database free to use?
Aggregate statistics and search on himaxym.com are free for personal and research use. Redistribution of narrative text follows each source licence; see /legal/attributions and /developers for API access.