Boeing 757 accidents
The NTSB database holds 207 accidents and incidents involving the Boeing 757, recorded between 1986 to 2025. 6 of them were fatal (3%), and 370 people died.
The deadliest year was 1996, with 189 deaths.
Most of these records are from United States, Spain and United Kingdom.
83 of these records have no coordinates in the source data, so they appear in the list below but not on the map.
207
Records
6
Fatal
370
Deaths
3%
Share fatal
1986 to 2025
Period
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124 of 207 have coordinates
By decade
Where these happened
All 207 records by number of deaths, then by date
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Feb 1996 | Boeing 757-200 | Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic | Birgenair | Fatal | 189 |
| 1 Jul 2002 | Boeing 757-23F | Uberlingen, Germany | DHL Airways Inc | Fatal | 71 |
| 11 Sep 2001 | Boeing 757-200 | Arlington, Virginia, United States | American Airlines | Fatal | 64 |
| 11 Sep 2001 | Boeing 757 | Shanksville, Pennsylvania, United States | United Airlines | Fatal | 44 |
| 3 Aug 1997 | Boeing 757-200 | Lima, Peru | Continental Airlines | Fatal | 1 |
| 4 May 1992 | Boeing 757-222 | Denver, Colorado, United States | United Airlines | Fatal | 1 |
| 16 Jan 2025 | Boeing 757 | Brussels, Belgium | EAT Leipzig | Unknown | - |
| 10 Jan 2025 | Boeing 757 | Atlanta, Georgia, United States | Delta Air Lines Inc | Serious injuries | - |
| 18 Nov 2024 | Boeing 757-231 | Cooper Hill, Missouri, United States | Delta Air Lines Inc | Serious injuries | - |
| 19 Sep 2024 | Boeing 757-224 | Dunnigan, California, United States | United Airlines Inc | Serious injuries | - |
| 30 Aug 2024 | Boeing 757-224 | Brussels, Belgium | United Airlines Inc | Unknown | - |
| 24 Aug 2024 | Boeing 757 | Palma, Spain | - | Unknown | - |
| 26 Apr 2024 | Boeing 757 | Hogansville, Georgia, United States | Delta Air Lines Inc | Serious injuries | - |
| 28 Mar 2024 | Boeing 757-232 | Lakeland, Georgia, United States | Delta Air Lines Inc | Serious injuries | - |
| 26 Feb 2024 | Boeing 757-224 | San Francisco, California, United States | United Airlines Inc | No injuries | - |
| 5 Oct 2023 | Boeing 757-236 | Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States | Federal Express Corp | No injuries | - |
| 8 Sep 2023 | Boeing 757 | Manchester, United Kingdom | - | Unknown | - |
| 17 Jul 2023 | Boeing 757-232 | San Salvador, El Salvador | Delta Air Lines Inc | No injuries | - |
| 17 Apr 2023 | Boeing 757-232 | Mexico City, Mexico | Delta Air Lines Inc | Unknown | - |
| 10 Feb 2023 | Boeing 757 | Lake Butler, Florida, United States | United Airlines Inc | Serious injuries | - |
| 2 Nov 2022 | Boeing 757-232 | LIberia, Costa Rica | Delta Air Lines Inc | No injuries | - |
| 7 Aug 2022 | Boeing 757-251 | Atlanta, Georgia, United States | Delta Air Lines Inc | No injuries | - |
| 8 Jun 2022 | Boeing 757-236 | Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States | Federal Express Corporation | No injuries | - |
| 7 Apr 2022 | Boeing 757 | San Jose, Costa Rica | DHL | No injuries | - |
| 26 Mar 2022 | Boeing 757 | San Jose, Costa Rica | DHL | No injuries | - |
| 27 Sep 2021 | Boeing 757-224 | Newark, New Jersey, United States | United Airlines Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 24 Mar 2021 | Boeing 757-24APF | San Salvador, El Salvador | UPS | Unknown | - |
| 13 Feb 2021 | Boeing 757 | Leipzig, Germany | DHL Air Limited | Unknown | - |
| 1 Dec 2020 | Boeing 757 | Silao, Mexico | Delta Airlines | Unknown | - |
| 21 Mar 2020 | Boeing 757 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | American Airlines | No injuries | - |
| 9 Feb 2020 | Boeing 757 | San Jose, Costa Rica | American Airlines | No injuries | - |
| 31 Jan 2020 | Boeing 757 | Keflavik, Iceland | - | Unknown | - |
| 1 Jan 2020 | Boeing 757 | Mexico City, Mexico | Delta Air Lines | Unknown | - |
| 18 Aug 2019 | Boeing 757 | Ponta Delgada, Portugal | Delta Air Lines | No injuries | - |
| 23 Jul 2019 | Boeing 757 | San Francisco, California, United States | United Airlines | No injuries | - |
| 15 Jun 2019 | Boeing 757 | Newark, New Jersey, United States | United Airlines | No injuries | - |
| 31 Dec 2018 | Boeing 757 | Charlotte, North Carolina, United States | American Airlines | Unknown | - |
| 9 Nov 2018 | Boeing 757 | Georgetown, Guyana | Fly Jamaica Airways | Unknown | - |
| 24 Sep 2018 | Boeing 757 | Newark, New Jersey, United States | United Airlines | Serious injuries | - |
| 6 Sep 2018 | Boeing 757 | New York, New York, United States | American Airlines | Serious injuries | - |
| 6 Sep 2018 | Boeing 757 | Atlanta, Georgia, United States | Delta Air Lines | No injuries | - |
| 24 Aug 2018 | Boeing 757 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | Aer Lingua | Serious injuries | - |
| 31 Jul 2018 | Boeing 757 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | American Airlines | No injuries | - |
| 29 Mar 2018 | Boeing 757 | Mexico City, Mexico | DHL Aero Expreso SA | No injuries | - |
| 5 Feb 2018 | Boeing 757 | Auckland, New Zealand | - | Unknown | - |
| 30 Jan 2018 | Boeing 757 23A | Tel Aviv, Israel | Federal Express | Unknown | - |
| 29 Nov 2017 | Boeing 757 224 | Bogota, Colombia | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 6 Sep 2017 | Boeing 757 232 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | Delta Air Lines | No injuries | - |
| 21 May 2017 | Boeing 757 | Raleigh, North Carolina, United States | Delta Air Lines | No injuries | - |
| 26 Jan 2017 | Boeing 757-223 | Cancun, Mexico | American Airlines | No injuries | - |