Boeing 747 accidents

The NTSB database holds 429 accidents and incidents involving the Boeing 747, recorded between 1969 to 2026. 25 of them were fatal (6%), and 2,547 people died.

The deadliest year was 1977, with 1,148 deaths.

The phase of flight recorded most often is in flight (43 records).

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

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

429

Records

Fatal

2,547

Deaths

Share fatal

1969 to 2026

Period

Show these on the map 118 of 429 have coordinates

By decade

1960s 1

1970s 106

1980s 54

1990s 73

2000s 72

2010s 84

2020s 39

Where these happened

United States 200 Japan 18 United Kingdom 18 Europe 13 Germany 13 Taiwan 10

Operators involved

Pan American World Airways, Inc. 25 Northwest Airlines, Inc. 21 United Airlines 20 Trans World Airlines, Inc. 17 American Airlines, Inc. 15 United Air Lines, Inc. 14

All 429 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
29 Nov 2021	Boeing 747-4B5F N705CK	Miami, Florida, United States	Kalitta Air LLC	No injuries	-
28 Jul 2021	Boeing 747 LX-GCL	Zhengzhou City, China	-	No injuries	-
20 Jul 2021	Boeing 747-8F N624UP	Hone Kong, Hong Kong	United Parcel Service Co	Unknown	-
22 Mar 2021	Boeing 747 LX-VCD	Dubai, United Arab Emirates no coordinates	CargoLux	No injuries	-
15 Mar 2021	Boeing 747 B-LJE	Mexico City, Mexico no coordinates	-	Unknown	-
20 Feb 2021	Boeing 747 VQ-BWT	Maastricht, Netherlands, Netherlands no coordinates	Aquiline International Corporation	Unknown	-
1 Feb 2021	Boeing 747 JA13KZ	Narita, Japan no coordinates	Nippon Cargo Airlines Co., Ltd	No injuries	-
26 Jan 2021	Boeing 747 EX-47001	Karachi, Pakistan no coordinates	Aerostan Airlines of Kyrgyz Republic	No injuries	-
3 Feb 2020	Boeing 747 412 N703CK	Los Angeles, California, United States	Kalitta Air	No injuries	-
31 Jan 2020	Boeing 747 TC-MCT	Dammam, Saudi Arabia no coordinates	Saudia Cargo	No injuries	-
11 Dec 2019	Boeing 747 9V-SFO	Auckland, New Zealand no coordinates	-	Unknown	-
28 Nov 2019	Boeing 747 9V-SFO	Sydney, Australia no coordinates	-	Unknown	-
14 Nov 2019	Boeing 747 G-CLAE	Leipzig, Germany no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
11 Nov 2019	Boeing 747 TC-ACR	Ataturk, Turkey no coordinates	-	Unknown	-
9 Jul 2019	Boeing 747 PH-CKA	Harare, Zimbabwe no coordinates	Martinair	Unknown	-
9 Mar 2019	Boeing 747 B-18211	Taiwan, Taiwan no coordinates	China Airlines	Unknown	-
21 Dec 2018	Boeing 747-428 N919CA	Delhi Airspace, India no coordinates	National Airlines	Unknown	-
13 Dec 2018	Boeing 747 B18717	Taipei, Taiwan no coordinates	-	Unknown	-
7 Nov 2018	Boeing 747 N908AR	Halifax, Canada	-	No injuries	-
16 Oct 2018	Boeing 747 N578UP	Kolkata, India no coordinates	United Parcel Service	Unknown	-
8 Oct 2018	Boeing 747 HS-TGF	Bangkok, Thailand no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
16 Sep 2018	Boeing 747 TC-ACM	Frankfurt, Germany no coordinates	ACT Airlines	No injuries	-
30 Aug 2018	Boeing 747 N415MC	Hong Kong, Hong Kong no coordinates	Atlas Air	No injuries	-
21 Jun 2018	Boeing 747 B-18711	Chicago, Illinois, United States	China Airlines Ltd	No injuries	-
29 Mar 2018	Boeing 747 JA18KZ	Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
11 Nov 2017	Boeing 747 TC-ACR	Maastricht, Netherlands no coordinates	-	Unknown	-
26 Aug 2017	Boeing 747 ER-BAT	Delhi, India	-	No injuries	-
1 Aug 2017	Boeing 747 D-ABYS	Frankfurt, Germany no coordinates	-	Unknown	-
18 Jul 2017	Boeing 747 422 N121UA	Frankfurt, Germany no coordinates	United Airlines	Unknown	-
15 Jul 2017	Boeing 747-87UF N852GT	Narita, Japan no coordinates	Atlas Air	Unknown	-
7 Jun 2017	Boeing 747 451 N668US	Tokyo, Japan	Delta Air Lines	No injuries	-
7 Apr 2017	Boeing 747 VH-OJU	Kong Kong, China	-	Unknown	-
30 Mar 2017	Boeing 747 LX-VCF	Glasgow, United Kingdom no coordinates	-	Unknown	-
21 Jun 2016	Boeing 747 VH-OJS	Los Angeles, California, United States	-	Unknown	-
9 Mar 2016	Boeing 747 TF-AMU	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia no coordinates	-	Unknown	-
30 Jan 2016	Boeing 747 G-CIVX	London, United Kingdom no coordinates	British Airways	Unknown	-
2 Oct 2015	Boeing 747 N662US	Russian airspace, Japan	Delta Air Lines	No injuries	-
11 Aug 2015	Boeing 747 D-ABYJ	Frankfurt, Germany no coordinates	-	Unknown	-
27 Jul 2015	Boeing 747 B-HUL	New Delhi, India no coordinates	Cathey Pacific	No injuries	-
25 Feb 2015	Boeing 747-468 HZ-AIX	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
13 Jan 2015	Boeing 747-406 HL7417	Novosibirisk, Russia no coordinates	-	Unknown	-
22 Oct 2014	Boeing 747 422 N120UA	Frankfurt, Germany no coordinates	United Airlines	Unknown	-
21 Sep 2014	Boeing 747 N669US	Atlanta, Georgia, United States	Delta Air Lines	No injuries	-
22 Dec 2013	Boeing 747 G-BNLL	Johannesburg, South Africa	-	Unknown	-
4 Dec 2013	Boeing 747 EK-74798	Abuja, Nigeria	-	Unknown	-
22 Nov 2013	Boeing 747-409LCF N780BA	Wichita, Kansas, United States	Atlas Air , Inc.	No injuries	-
31 Jul 2013	Boeing 747 VQ-BGZ	China no coordinates	Air Bridge Cargo Airlines	No injuries	-
9 Jun 2013	Boeing 747-400 G-CIVA	London, United Kingdom no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
19 May 2013	Boeing 747 B18701	Atlanta, Georgia, United States	China Airlines Ltd.	No injuries	-
22 Apr 2013	Boeing 747-400 N119UA	Melbourne, Australia no coordinates	-	No injuries	-