Delta Air Lines, Inc. accidents
The NTSB database holds 214 accidents and incidents involving Delta Air Lines, Inc., recorded between 1963 to 2026. 9 of them were fatal (4%), and 111 people died.
The deadliest year was 1973, with 88 deaths.
The phase of flight recorded most often is in flight (51 records).
The aircraft types that appear most often are Douglas DC-8, Boeing 757 and Douglas DC-9.
Most of these records are from United States, Brazil and Mexico.
135 of these records have no coordinates in the source data, so they appear in the list below but not on the map.
214
Records
9
Fatal
111
Deaths
4%
Share fatal
1963 to 2026
Period
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79 of 214 have coordinates
By decade
Aircraft types involved
Where these happened
All 214 records by number of deaths, then by date
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Jul 1973 | Douglas DC-9 | Boston, Massachusetts, United States | Delta Air Lines, Inc. | Fatal | 88 |
| 20 Dec 1972 | Convair 880 | Chicago, Illinois, United States | Delta Air Lines, Inc. | Fatal | 10 |
| 30 Mar 1967 | Douglas DC-8 | Kenner, Louisiana, United States | Delta Air Lines, Inc. | Fatal | 6 |
| 30 May 1972 | Douglas DC-9 | Ft.worth, Texas, United States | Delta Air Lines, Inc. | Fatal | 4 |
| 25 Nov 1979 | Lockheed L-1011 | Mineral Wells, Texas, United States | Delta Air Lines, Inc. | Fatal | 1 |
| 26 Dec 1971 | Lockheed Ga 382 | Chicago, Illinois, United States | Delta Air Lines, Inc. | Fatal | 1 |
| 13 Jan 1963 | Douglas DC-7 | Memphis, Tennessee, United States | Delta Air Lines, Inc. | Fatal | 1 |
| 14 Jul 2026 | Airbus A321-211 | New York, New York, United States | Delta Air Lines Inc | No injuries | - |
| 20 Jun 2026 | Airbus A319-114 | Boston, Massachusetts, United States | Delta Air Lines Inc | No injuries | - |
| 31 Mar 2026 | Airbus A350-941 | Antogafasta, Chile | Delta Air Lines Inc | No injuries | - |
| 30 Mar 2026 | Airbus A330-323 | Sao Paulo, Brazil | Delta Air Lines Inc | No injuries | - |
| 19 Mar 2026 | Airbus A350-941 | Sydney, Australia | Delta Air Lines Inc | Minor injuries | - |
| 10 Sep 2025 | Boeing 737-832 | Belize City, Belize | Delta Air Lines Inc | No injuries | - |
| 28 Aug 2025 | Airbus A320-212 | Chase City, Virginia, United States | Delta Air Lines Inc | Serious injuries | - |
| 30 Jul 2025 | Airbus A330 | Creston, Wyoming, United States | Delta Air Lines Inc | Serious injuries | - |
| 21 Jul 2025 | Embraer-Empresa Brasileira de ERJ 170-200 LR | Jacksonville, Georgia, United States | Delta Air Lines Inc | Serious injuries | - |
| 21 Jul 2025 | Boeing 737-832 | Ciudad de México, Mexico | Delta Air Lines Inc | No injuries | - |
| 19 Jul 2025 | Embraer-Empresa Brasileira de ERJ 170-200 LR | Minot, North Dakota, United States | Delta Air Lines Inc | No injuries | - |
| 1 May 2025 | Embraer ERJ 170-100 LR | Washington, District of Columbia, United States | Delta Air Lines Inc | Unknown | - |
| 28 Mar 2025 | Airbus A319-114 | Arlington, Virginia, United States | Delta Air Lines Inc | No injuries | - |
| 24 Feb 2025 | Boeing 717 | Atlanta, Georgia, United States | Delta Air Lines Inc | Minor injuries | - |
| 5 Feb 2025 | Boeing 737-832 | Seattle, Washington, United States | Delta Air Lines Inc | No injuries | - |
| 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 | - |
| 30 Oct 2024 | Boeing 737-832 | Miami, Florida, United States | Delta Air Lines Inc | Unknown | - |
| 19 Oct 2024 | Boeing 767-332 | Ndiass, Senegal | Delta Air Lines Inc | No injuries | - |
| 10 Sep 2024 | Airbus A350-941 | College Park, Georgia, United States | Delta Air Lines Inc | Minor injuries | - |
| 31 Aug 2024 | Airbus A330-323 | Atlanta, Georgia, United States | Delta Air Lines Inc | No injuries | - |
| 27 Jul 2024 | Boeing 737 | Salt Lake City, Utah, United States | Delta Air Lines Inc | No injuries | - |
| 26 Apr 2024 | Boeing 757 | Hogansville, Georgia, United States | Delta Air Lines Inc | Serious injuries | - |
| 3 Apr 2024 | Boeing 717-200 | Cecil, North Carolina, United States | Delta Air Lines, Inc. | Serious injuries | - |
| 28 Mar 2024 | Boeing 757-232 | Lakeland, Georgia, United States | Delta Air Lines Inc | Serious injuries | - |
| 18 Feb 2024 | Boeing 767-332 | Bogotá, Colombia | Delta Air Lines Inc | Serious injuries | - |
| 8 Feb 2024 | Boeing 737-900ER | Nassau, Bahamas | Delta Air Lines Inc | Unknown | - |
| 1 Sep 2023 | Boeing 767-332 | Prague, Czech Republic | Delta Air Lines Inc | No injuries | - |
| 24 Jul 2023 | Boeing 767-332 | Fuimicino, Italy | Delta Air Lines Inc | No injuries | - |
| 17 Jul 2023 | Boeing 757-232 | San Salvador, El Salvador | Delta Air Lines Inc | No injuries | - |
| 28 Jun 2023 | Boeing 717-200 | Charlotte, North Carolina, United States | Delta Air Lines Inc | No injuries | - |
| 17 Apr 2023 | Boeing 757-232 | Mexico City, Mexico | Delta Air Lines Inc | Unknown | - |
| 20 Nov 2022 | Airbus A320 | Red Oak, Iowa, United States | Delta Air Lines Inc | No injuries | - |
| 2 Nov 2022 | Boeing 757-232 | LIberia, Costa Rica | Delta Air Lines Inc | No injuries | - |
| 29 Aug 2022 | Boeing 717-200 | Detroit, Michigan, United States | Delta Air Lines Inc | Serious injuries | - |
| 7 Aug 2022 | Boeing 757-251 | Atlanta, Georgia, United States | Delta Air Lines Inc | No injuries | - |
| 7 Jul 2022 | Boeing 767-332 | New York, New York, United States | Delta Air Lines Inc | No injuries | - |
| 2 Jul 2022 | Airbus A330-323 | Barcelona, Spain | Delta Air Lines Inc | Unknown | - |
| 8 Feb 2022 | Boeing 767-332 | Madrid, Spain | Delta Air Lines Inc | Unknown | - |
| 25 Nov 2021 | Boeing 767-332 | Bogata, Colombia | Delta Air Lines Inc | No injuries | - |
| 1 Sep 2021 | Boeing 767-332 | Seattle, Washington, United States | Delta Air Lines Inc | Serious injuries | - |
| 22 Jul 2021 | Airbus A321-211 | Romulus, Michigan, United States | Delta Air Lines Inc | Serious injuries | - |
| 27 Aug 2019 | McDonnell Douglas MD88 | Chicago, Illinois, United States | Delta Air Lines, Inc | Serious injuries | - |