Boeing 737 accidents

The NTSB database holds 1,317 accidents and incidents involving the Boeing 737, recorded between 1968 to 2026. 51 of them were fatal (4%), and 3,379 people died.

The deadliest year was 2018, with 305 deaths.

The phase of flight recorded most often is in flight (24 records).

Most of these records are from United States, Indonesia and United Kingdom.

779 of these records have no coordinates in the source data, so they appear in the list below but not on the map.

1,317

Records

Fatal

3,379

Deaths

Share fatal

1968 to 2026

Period

Show these on the map 538 of 1,317 have coordinates

By decade

1960s 8

1970s 36

1980s 73

1990s 135

2000s 177

2010s 452

2020s 436

Where these happened

United States 483 Indonesia 56 United Kingdom 55 Australia 48 Mexico 40 Spain 35

Operators involved

Southwest Airlines, Co. 80 Ryanair 37 United Air Lines, Inc. 30 United Airlines 29 Southwest Airlines 25 United Airlines, Inc. 18

All 1,317 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
29 Oct 2018	Boeing 737 PK-LQP	Jakarta, Indonesia no coordinates	-	Fatal	191
8 Jan 2020	Boeing 737 UR-PSR	Tehran, Iran no coordinates	Ukraine International Airlines	Fatal	176
29 Dec 2024	Boeing 737 HL8088	Muan County, Republic Of Korea no coordinates	Jeju Air	Fatal	173
22 May 2010	Boeing 737 VT-AXV	Manglaore, India no coordinates	Air India Charters	Fatal	158
10 Mar 2019	Boeing 737 ET-AVJ	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia no coordinates	Ethiopian Airlines	Fatal	157
29 Sep 2006	Boeing 737-800 PR-GTD	Azevedo, Brazil no coordinates	-	Fatal	154
21 Mar 2022	Boeing 737 B-1791	Wuzhou, China no coordinates	China Eastern Airlines	Fatal	132
19 Apr 2000	Boeing 737-200 RPC30	Samal Island, Philippines no coordinates	Air Philippines	Fatal	131
20 Apr 2012	Boeing 737 AP-BKC	Islamabad, Pakistan no coordinates	Bhoja Air	Fatal	127
1 Mar 1996	Boeing 737-222 OB145	Arequipa, Peru no coordinates	Compania de Aviacion Faucett	Fatal	123
22 Oct 2005	Boeing 737-200 5N-BFN	Lagos, Nigeria no coordinates	Bellview Airlines	Fatal	117
8 Jul 2003	Boeing 737-200 ST-AFK	Port Sudan, Sudan no coordinates	Sudan Airways	Fatal	115
18 May 2018	Boeing 737 XA-UHZ	Havana, Cuba no coordinates	Cubana de Aviación	Fatal	112
3 Feb 2005	Boeing 737-200 EX-037	Kabul, Afghanistan no coordinates	Phoenix Aviation	Fatal	104
1 Jan 2007	Boeing 737-400 PK-KKW	Makassar, Indonesia no coordinates	Adam Airlines	Fatal	102
6 Mar 2003	Boeing 737-2T4 7T-VEZ	Tamanrassett, Algeria no coordinates	Air Algerie	Fatal	102
19 Dec 1997	Boeing 737-300 9VTRF	Indonesia no coordinates	Silkair	Fatal	97
29 Oct 2006	Boeing 737-200 5N-BFK	Abuja, Nigeria no coordinates	Aviation Development Company	Fatal	96
25 Jan 2010	Boeing 737 ET-ANB	Beirut, Lebanon	Ethiopian Airlines	Fatal	90
14 Sep 2008	Boeing 737-500 VP-BKO	Perm, Russia no coordinates	Aeroflot-Nord	Fatal	88
6 May 1998	Boeing 737-200 UNK	Andoas, Peru no coordinates	Air Force of Peru	Fatal	87
31 Aug 1999	Boeing 737-200 LVWRZ	Ba, Argentina no coordinates	Lapa	Fatal	80
13 Jan 1982	Boeing 737-222 N62AF	Washington, District of Columbia, United States no coordinates	Air Florida, Inc	Fatal	74
24 Aug 2008	Boeing 737 Ex-009	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	Itek Air	Fatal	65
10 Aug 1995	Boeing 737-200 N125GU	San Vicente, El Salvador no coordinates	Aviateca, SA	Fatal	65
9 Jan 2021	Boeing 737 PK-CLC	Jakarta, Indonesia	Sriwijaya Air	Fatal	62
19 Mar 2016	Boeing 737 A6-FDN	Rostov-on-Don, Russia no coordinates	FlyDubai	Fatal	62
17 Jul 2000	Boeing 737-200 VT-EGD	Patna, India no coordinates	Airlines Allied Sevices Ltd	Fatal	55
17 Nov 2013	Boeing 737-500 VQ-BBN	Kazan, Russia	-	Fatal	50
23 Aug 2005	Boeing 737-200 OB-1809-P	Pucallpa, Peru no coordinates	Transportes Aereos de Selva (TANS) Peru	Fatal	45
8 Dec 1972	Boeing 737 N9031U	Chicago, Illinois, United States no coordinates	United Air Lines, Inc.	Fatal	43
8 May 1997	Boeing 737-300	Shenzhen, China no coordinates	China Southern Airlines	Fatal	35
2 Feb 1991	Boeing 737-300 N388US	Los Angeles, California, United States no coordinates	Usair	Fatal	34
3 Mar 1991	Boeing 737-291 N999UA	Colorado Spgs, Colorado, United States no coordinates	United Airlines	Fatal	25
7 May 2002	Boeing 737-500 SU-GBI	Tunis, Tunisia no coordinates	Egyptair	Fatal	14
5 Sep 2015	Boeing 737 3C-LLY	Tambacounda, Senegal	-	Fatal	7
29 Apr 2009	Boeing 737 TL-ADM	Kwilu, Bandundu, Congo	Bako Air	Fatal	7
28 Jun 2007	Boeing 737-200 D2-TBP	M'banza Congo, Angola	TAAG Anoglan Airline	Fatal	6
7 Apr 1999	Boeing 737-400 TC-JEP	Ceyhan Adana, Turkey no coordinates	-	Fatal	6
5 Feb 2020	Boeing 737 TC-IZK	Istanbul, Turkey no coordinates	Pegasus Airlines	Fatal	3
21 Sep 1989	Boeing 737-400 N416US	Flushing, New York, United States	Usair	Fatal	2
28 Sep 2018	Boeing 737 P2-PXE	Chuuk, Federated States Of Micronesia	Air Niugini	Fatal	1
17 Apr 2018	Boeing 737 7H4 N772SW	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States	Southwest Airlines Co	Fatal	1
16 Aug 2010	Boeing 737 HK-4682	San Andres Island, Colombia no coordinates	Aires	Fatal	1
10 Jul 2007	Boeing 737-232 N332DL	Tunica, Mississippi, United States	Sky King, Inc.	Fatal	1
16 Jan 2002	Boeing 737-300 PK-GWA	Solo (Java Is.), Indonesia no coordinates	Garuda Indonesia	Fatal	1
3 Mar 2001	Boeing 737-400 HS-TDC	Bangkok, Thailand no coordinates	Thai Airways International Ltd	Fatal	1
28 Apr 1988	Boeing 737-297 N73711	Maui, Hawaii, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
11 Jul 2026	Boeing 737 SP-RNT	Barcelona, Spain no coordinates	Buzz Air	Unknown	-
10 Jul 2026	Boeing 737 9H-QEU	Polykastro, Greece no coordinates	Malta Air	Serious injuries	-