Major Commerical Airline Disasters
1980 - 1989

Boeing 747-121, 21st December 1988

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- Listing of Major Commerical Air Disasters 1980 - 1989

Date	Crash Site	Aircraft	Airline	Likely Reason for Crash as Reported	Fatalities	Report
21/01/1980	Elburz Mts	727-86	Iran Air	Hit high Ground	128
27/02/1980	Manila, Philippines	707-300	China Airlines	Crashed on landing	2
14/03/1980	Warsaw, Poland	Ilyushin 62	Polskie	Engine Failure	87
12/04/1980	Florianopolis, Brazil	727-27C	Transbrasil	Hit high ground	55
25/04/1980	Esperanxo Forest	727-64	Dan-Air Services	Hit a Mountain	146
27/04/1980	Bangkok	BAe-748	Thai Airways	On approach	44
10/05/1980	Rampur, India	737-200	Indian Airlines	Turbulance	2
27/06/1980	Ustica, Italy	DC9-15	Aerotransporti	Struck by missile	81
07/07/1980	Alma Ata	Tupolev 154B	China Nrthwest Airlines	Windsheer	163
19/08/1980	Riyadh Airport	Lockheed Tristar	Saudia	Fire	301
19/11/1980	Seoul	747-200	Korean Air Lines	On landing	15
23/12/1980	Arabian Gulf	L1011-200	Saudia	Tyre Burst	2
02/02/1981	Leningrad, USSR	Tupolev 134	Aeroflot	Not Available	73
27/7/1981	Chihuahua, Mexico	DC9-32	Aeromexico	Crash landing	50
22/08/1981	Miao-li	737-222	Far Eastern Air Transport	Structural Failure	110
07/10/1981	Moerdijk, Netherlands	F28-4000	KLM	Structural failure	17
09/11/1981	Zihuatanejo, Mexico	DC9-32	Aeromexico	Pressurization failure	18
16/11/1981	Norilsk	Tupolev 154-B2	Aeroflot	During Landing	99
01/12/1981	Mt. St. Pietro	DC-9-81	Inex Adria Aviopromet	Hit a Mountain	180
13/01/1982	Washington	737-222	Air Florida	Ice on Wings	74	Report
23/01/1982	Boston Massachusetts	DC-10-30	World Airways	Crashed before Runway	2	Report
08/02/1982	Haneda Airport, Japan	DC 8-61	Japan Airlines	Crashed into Sea	24
20/03/1982	Brantl Airport, Indonesia	F28-1000	Garuda Indonesian Airways	Crashed on landing	26
26/04/1982	Mt. Yangsu	Hawker Siddeley Trident	CAAC	Hit a Mountain	112
25/05/1982	Brasilia, Brazil	737-200	VASP	On landing	2
08/06/1982	Fortaleza, Brazil	727-212	VASP	During approach	135
21/06/1982	Bombay, India	707-400	Air India	Stalled at Take-off	17
28/06/1982	Belorussia, USSR	Yakoviev 42	Aeroflot	Mechanical Failure	132
06/07/1982	Moskva	Ilyushin 62M	Aeroflot	Systems Failure	90
09/07/1982	New Orleans	727-235	Pan AM	Storm	137	Report
11/08/1982	Pacific Ocean	747	Pan American World Airways	Bomb	1
16/08/1982	Hong Kong	747	China Airlines	Inflight Turbulance	2
13/09/1982	Malaga, Spain	DC 10-30CF	Spantax	During Take-off	51
09/01/1983	Minnesota	Convair 580-11-A	Republic Airlines	Not Available	1
16/01/1983	Ankara, Turkey	727-2F2	THY	Crashed on landing	47
11/03/1983	Barquisimeto, Venezuela	DC9-32	Avensa	On landing	23
02/06/1983	Tanjungkarang, Indonesia	F28-1000	Garuda Indonesian Airways	Crasked on take-off	61	Report
03/06/1983	Cincinnati	DC9-32	Air Canada	On board fire	23
11/07/1983	Cuenca, Ecuador	737-2V2	Tame	Hit a Mountain	118
30/08/1983	Alma Ata	Tupolev 134A	Aeroflot	Crashed on landing	90
01/09/1983	Sakhalin Island	747-230B	Korean Airlnes	Shot Down	269	Report
23/09/1983	Mino Jebel Ali	737-2P6	Gulf Air	Bomb	112
08/11/1983	Lubango	737-2M2	Angola Airlines	Shot Down	130
27/11/1983	Madrid, Barajas	747-283B	Avianca	Ground Collision	181	Report
28/11/1983	Enugu, Nigeria	F28-2000	Nigeria Airways	Crashed on approach	53
07/12/1983	Madrid-Barajas	727-256	Iberia	Collision with below	(93)	Report
07/12/1983	Madrid-Barajas	DC-9-32	Aviaco	Collision with above	(93)	Report
30/08/1984	Douala, Comeroon	737-2H7C	Cameroon Airlines	Engine Failure	2
11/10/1984	Omsk	Tuplev 154B-1	Aeroflot	Hit Trucks on Runway	178
28/10/1984	Kabul	Antonov 22	Aeroflot	Mid Air Collision	240
06/12/1984	Jacksonville, FL	Embraer 110P1	Boston Airlines	Systems Failure	13
23/12/1984	Kranoyarsk, USSE	Tupolev 154B	Aeroflot	Engine Failure	117
01/01/1985	Bolivia	727-225	Eastern Airlines	Hit a Mountain	21
19/01/1985	Havana, Cuba	Ilyushin 18D	Cubana	Engine failure	41
21/01/1985	Reno	Lockheed Electra 188A	Galaxy Airlines	Crashed at Take-off	64	Report
19/02/1985	San Francisco	747-SP	China Airlines	Engine Failure	2 Seriously Injured	Report
19/02/1985	Bilbau Spain	727-256	Iberia	Hit high ground	148
05/03/1985	Ukraine, USSR	Tupolev 134A	Aeroflot	Mid Air Collision	94
28/03/1985	Florencia, Columbia	Fokker 28	Satena	Hit a Mountain	52
15/04/1985	Phuket, Thailand	737-200	Thai Airways	Hit high ground	11	Report
28/04/1985	Maniheska	MD-83	Airtours	Structural Failure	0
14/06/1985	Athens, Greece	727	Trans World Airlines	Hijacking	1
23/06/1985	Irish Coast	747-200	Air India	Bomb	329	New
10/07/1985	Uch-Kuduc	Tupolev 154B-2	Aeroflot	Uncontrolled descent	200
02/08/1985	Dallas-Forth Worth	Locheed TriStar	Delta Air Lines	Windshear	135	Report
12/08/1985	Mount Otsuka	747 SR	Japan Air Lines	Structural Failure	520	New
22/08/1985	Manchester England	737-236	British Airtours	Engine Failure	55	Report
06/09/1985	Milwaukee	DC-9-14	Midwest Express Airlines	Engine Failure	31	Report
24/11/1985	Valletta, Malta	737-266	Egyptair	Hijacking	60	Report
12/12/1985	Gander	DC8-163	Arrow Airways	Not Available	248
18/01/1986	Peten, Guatemala	Caravelle	Aerovias de Guatemala	On Approach	94
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
02/03/1986	Bugulma, nr. Russia	Antonov 24	Aeroflot	Engine Failure	38	Report
31/03/1986	Maravatio, Mexico	727-264	Mexicana	Tyre burst	167
02/04/1986	Athens, Greece	727	TWA	Bomb	4
03/05/1986	Colombo	TriStar	Air Lanka	Bomb	20
31/08/1986	Cerritos, California	DC9-32	Aeromexico	Mid-Air Collision	82
20/10/1986	Kuybyshev, USSR	Tupolev 134A	Aeroflot	On Landing	70
23/10/1986	Peshawar, Pakistan	F28	Pakistan Int. Airlines	Ground collision	14
12/11/1986	Leninakan, USSR	Ilyushin 76	Aeroflot	Collision	78
25/12/1986	Ay, Saudi Arabia	737-270C	Iraqi Airways	Hijacked	63	Report
03/01/1987	Abidjan, Ivory Coast	707-300	Varig/Brazil	Explosion in Turbine	51
14/02/1987	Mexico	707-323B	Ports of Call	Not Available	1
04/03/1987	Detroit	CASA 212-CC	Northwest Airlines	On landing	9
04/04/1987	Medan, Indonesia	DC9-32	Garuda Indonesian Airways	Crashed on landing	27
09/05/1987	Warszawa, Poland	Ilyushin 62M	LOT	Engine Failure	183	Report
26/06/1987	Baguio, Philippines	BAe 748	Philippine Airlines	Hit high ground	50
04/08/1987	Calama, Chilie	737-200	LAN Chilie	Landing gear failure	1
16/08/1987	Detroit	DC-9-82	Northwest Airlines	Engine Failure	154	Report
31/08/1987	Phuket, Thailand	737-2P5	Thai Airways	Crashed into sea	83	Report
15/10/1987	Mt.Crezzo, Italy	ATR-42-312	ATI	37	Icing	Report
15/11/1987	Denver	DC9-14	Continental Airlines	Snow Storm	28	Report
28/11/1987	Indian Ocean	747-244B	South African Airways	Onboard fire	159	Report
29/11/1987	Andaman Sea	707-3B5C	Korean Air	Bomb	115	Report
07/12/1987	San Luis, CA	Pacific Southwest	Bae 146-200	Pilot's Shot	43
13/12/1987	Mindanao, Philippines	Shorts 360	Philippine Airlines	Hit a mountain	15
04/01/1988	Izmir, Turkey	737-230	Condor	Crashed on approach	16
18/01/1988	Chongqing	Ilyushin 18D	CAAC	Engine Failure	108
19/01/1988	Durango, USA	Fairchild Metro	Continental Airlines	Crashed on approach	11
19/02/1988	Cary, USA	Fairchild Metro	AVAir	Ground collision	12
01/03/1988	Not Available	Not Available	BOP Air	Bomb	17
04/03/1988	Melun, France	Fokker 27	TAT	Battery Failure	23
17/03/1988	Cucuta, Colombia	727-21	Avianca	Hit high ground	143
28/04/1988	Maui, Hawaii	737-297	Aloha Airlines	Structural	1	Report
12/06/1988	Posadas, Argentina	DC9-81	Austral Lineas	Crashed on approach	22
26/06/1988	France	Airbus A320	Chartered	Pilot Error	4
03/07/1988	Struit of Hormuz	Airbus A300	Iran Air	Shot Down	290	Report
31/08/1988	Dallas, Texas	727-232	Delta Air Lines	Crashed at Takeoff	14	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
25/10/1988	Juliaca, Peru	Fokker 28	Aero Peru	On Take-off	12
21/12/1988	Lockerbie Scotland	747-121	Pan Am	Bomb	270	Report
08/01/1989	Kegworth	737-400	British Midland	Engine Fire	47	Report
08/02/1989	Azores, Portugal	707-331B	Independant Air	Mountain Collision	144	Report
24/02/1989	Hawaii	747-122	United Airlines	Cargo Door Separation	9	Report
09/03/1989	Dayton, Ohio	737-201	Piedmount Airlines	Rapid Decompression	1
10/03/1989	Dryden, Ontario	Fokker F28	Air Ontario	Ground Collision	24	Report
21/03/1989	Guarulhos, Brazil	B707-349C	Transbrazil	On Approach	25
10/04/1989	Vercors, France	Fokker 27	EAS	Hit a mountain	22
07/06/1989	Paramaribo-Zanderij	DC-8-62	Surinam Airways	On landing	176
19/07/1989	IOWA	DC-10-10	United Air Lines	Engine Failure	111	Report
27/07/1989	Tripoli, Libya	DC-10-30	Korean Air Lines	During Landing	78
03/08/1989	Samos, Greece	Shorts 330	Olympic Airways	Ground collision	34
25/08/1989	Jalot, Pakistan	F27	Pakistan Int. Airlines	Ground collision	54
03/09/1989	Havana	Ilyushin 62M	Cubana	Crashed on take-off	140
03/09/1989	Amazon Forest	737-200	Varig	Crash Landing	14	Report
08/09/1989	Skagerrak, Denmark	Convair 580	Partnair	Structural Failure	55
19/09/1989	Tenere desert	DC-10-30	Union de Transportes Aeriens	Bomb	171	Report
20/09/1989	New York	737-400	US Air	Failed Take-off	2	Report
18/10/1989	Nasosny, USSR	Ilyushin 76MD	Aeroflot	Not Available	67
21/10/1989	Tegucigalpa, Honduras	B727-224	TAN Airlines	On landing	131
26/10/1989	Hualien, Tawian	737-209	China Airlines	Hit High Ground	56
25/11/1989	Seoul	F28-4000	Korean Air Lines	Engine Failure	1
27/11/1989	Bogota, Colombia	727-21	Avianca	Bomb	107
26/12/1989	Pasco, WA	Bae-3101	United Express	On approach	6
27/12/1989	Bolivia	727-225B	Eastern Airlines	Not Available	1

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