Air Canada accidents

The NTSB database holds 26 accidents and incidents involving Air Canada, recorded between 1979 to 2025. 1 of them were fatal (4%), and 23 people died.

The deadliest year was 1983, with 23 deaths.

The phase of flight recorded most often is static (1 records).

The aircraft types that appear most often are Airbus A320, Boeing 767 and Lockheed L-1011.

Most of these records are from United States, Canada and France.

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

Records

Fatal

Deaths

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1979 to 2025

Period

Show these on the map 14 of 26 have coordinates

By decade

1970s 1

1980s 4

1990s 3

2000s 3

2010s 11

2020s 4

Aircraft types involved

Airbus A320 4 Boeing 767 4 Lockheed L-1011 2 Airbus A319 2 Embraer ERJ190 2 Douglas DC-9 1

Where these happened

United States 14 Canada 9 France 1 United Kingdom 1 Mexico 1

All 26 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
2 Jun 1983	Douglas DC-9-32 CFTLU	Covington, Kentucky, United States no coordinates	Air Canada	Fatal	23
2 Sep 2025	Airbus Canada A220 C-GJYI	Toronto, Canada no coordinates	Air Canada	No injuries	-
31 Aug 2025	Airbus Canada BD500 C-GYLQ	Denver, Colorado, United States	Air Canada	Serious injuries	-
8 Nov 2022	Boeing 737 C-GEKZ	Winnipeg, Canada	Air Canada	Unknown	-
25 Dec 2021	Airbus A330 C-GFAF	Montreal, Canada	Air Canada	Unknown	-
4 Mar 2019	Boeing 767 C-FTCA	Halifax, Canada no coordinates	Air Canada	Unknown	-
14 Apr 2018	Airbus A320 C-FTJR	Orlando, Florida, United States	Air Canada	Unknown	-
27 Mar 2018	Boeing 767 C-GHLV	Mexico City, Mexico no coordinates	Air Canada	Unknown	-
8 Jul 2017	Airbus A320-211 C-FKCK	San Francisco, California, United States	Air Canada	Unknown	-
25 May 2016	Embraer ERJ190 C-FHOS	Boston, Massachusetts, United States	Air Canada	No injuries	-
31 Dec 2015	Boeing 777-333ER C-FRAM	Calgary, Canada no coordinates	Air Canada	Unknown	-
29 Mar 2015	Airbus A320-211 C-FTJP	Halifax, Canada no coordinates	Air Canada	Minor injuries	-
17 Sep 2011	Airbus A320-211 C-FGYL	Chicago, Illinois, United States	Air Canada	No injuries	-
10 Apr 2011	Boeing B777 C-FIVM	Paris, France no coordinates	Air Canada	No injuries	-
14 Jan 2011	Boeing 767 C-GHLQ	Atlantic Ocean, Canada	Air Canada	Serious injuries	-
31 Dec 2010	Embraer ERJ190 C-FHKA	Denver, Colorado, United States	Air Canada	Unknown	-
10 Jan 2008	Airbus 319 C-GBHZ	Penicton, Canada	Air Canada	Minor injuries	-
8 Sep 2006	Airbus A319-112 C-GJTA	New York, New York, United States	Air Canada	No injuries	-
30 Jan 2006	Airbus A319 C-FYKR	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States no coordinates	Air Canada	No injuries	-
16 Dec 1997	Bombardier CL-600-2B19 CFSKI	Fredericton, Canada no coordinates	Air Canada	Serious injuries	-
14 May 1997	Boeing 747-400 CGAGM	London, United Kingdom no coordinates	Air Canada	No injuries	-
10 Apr 1993	Boeing 767-233 CGAUP	Kansas City, Missouri, United States	Air Canada	No injuries	-
25 Nov 1983	Lockheed L-1011 CFTNJ	Charleston, South Carolina, United States no coordinates	Air Canada	Serious injuries	-
5 Jul 1982	Boeing 727-233 CGAAA	Flushing, New York, United States	Air Canada	No injuries	-
8 Jun 1980	Lockheed L-1011 CF-TNF	Los Angeles, California, United States no coordinates	Air Canada	Minor injuries	-
17 Sep 1979	McDonnell Douglas DC9 CF-TLU	Boston, Massachusetts, United States	Air Canada	Minor injuries	-