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.

151 of these records cannot be placed at all, so they appear in the list below but not on the map.

For 628 of them the NTSB recorded no coordinates, so their position on the map is approximate.

1,317

Records

Fatal

3,379

Deaths

Share fatal

1968 to 2026

Period

Show these on the map 1,166 of 1,317 can be placed (628 approximate)

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
23 Jul 2010	Boeing 737 EI-CWW	Milan, Italy approximate position	AirOne	No injuries	-
22 Jul 2010	Boeing 737 B-18612	Taipei, Taiwan approximate position	China Airlines	No injuries	-
19 Jun 2010	Boeing 737 N3730B	New York, New York, United States	Delta Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
7 Jun 2010	Boeing 737 EI-DAX	Girona, Spain approximate position	Ryanair	Serious injuries	-
6 Jun 2010	Boeing 737 CN-RMF	Amsterdam Schiphol IAP, Netherlands approximate position	Royal Air Maroc	No injuries	-
8 May 2010	Boeing 737 SE-RHX	Vienna, Austria approximate position	Viking Airline	Unknown	-
28 Apr 2010	Boeing 737-7H4 N242WN	Houston, Texas, United States	Southwest Airlines Co	No injuries	-
24 Apr 2010	Boeing 737-300 N444HE	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia approximate position	Mirage Aviation Ltd	No injuries	-
19 Apr 2010	Boeing 737-7H4 N473WN	Burbank, California, United States	Southwest Airlines	No injuries	-
13 Apr 2010	Boeing 737 PK-MDE	Manokwari, Indonesia approximate position	Merpati Airlines	Unknown	-
10 Apr 2010	Boeing 737-3H4 N624SW	Los Angeles, California, United States	Southwest Airlines Co	No injuries	-
25 Mar 2010	Boeing 737 N27239	Worton, Maryland, United States	Continental Airlines Inc	Unknown	-
1 Mar 2010	Boeing 737 EIDYI	Brussels, Belgium approximate position	Ryanair	No injuries	-
13 Feb 2010	Boeing 737-7H4 N221WN	Santa Clarita, California, United States	Southwest Airlines Co	Serious injuries	-
13 Feb 2010	Boeing 737 PK-YTR	Surabaya, Indonesia not on the map	Metro Batavia	No injuries	-
8 Feb 2010	Boeing 737 AP-BIK	Peshawar, Pakistan approximate position	-	Unknown	-
19 Jan 2010	Boeing 737 PK-LFM	Padang, Indonesia not on the map	Lion Mentari Airline	No injuries	-
4 Jan 2010	Boeing 737 EI-DAK	Hahn, Germany not on the map	Ryan Air	Minor injuries	-
3 Jan 2010	Boeing 737 D-ABKF	Dortmund, Germany approximate position	Air Berlin	Unknown	-
23 Dec 2009	Boeing 737 N977AN	Kingston, Jamaica	American Airlines Inc.,	Serious injuries	-
30 Oct 2009	Boeing 737 PK-GGQ	Jakarta, Indonesia approximate position	PT. Garuda Indonesia Airline	No injuries	-
22 Oct 2009	Boeing 737 TC-SKD	Budapest, Hungary approximate position	Sky Airlines	No injuries	-
19 Oct 2009	Boeing 737 G-CELI	Manchester, United Kingdom approximate position	Jet2.Com	No injuries	-
19 Oct 2009	Boeing 737 VH-VUI	Melbourne Airport, Australia approximate position	Virgin Blue Airlines PTY LTD	Unknown	-
2 Oct 2009	Boeing 737 9M-MMR	Kuching, Malaysia approximate position	Malaysian Airlines System Berhad	No injuries	-
29 Sep 2009	Boeing 737 EI-DWD	Birgi, Trapani, Sicily, Italy, Italy approximate position	Ryanair	No injuries	-
24 Sep 2009	Boeing 737 TF-BBD	Bologna, Italy approximate position	Bluebird Cargo Limited - Blagfugl HF	No injuries	-
8 Sep 2009	Boeing 737 N670SW	Los Angeles, California, United States	Southwest Airlines, Co.	No injuries	-
21 Aug 2009	Boeing 737 VH-VOC	Launceton, Tasmania, Australia not on the map	Virgin Blue	No injuries	-
19 Aug 2009	Boeing 737-236 HC-CFD	Coca, Ecuador, Ecuador approximate position	-	Unknown	-
10 Aug 2009	Boeing 737 JA56AN	Tokyo, Japan approximate position	Air Nippon Co., Ltd	No injuries	-
17 Jul 2009	Boeing 737 EI-DLJ	Stansted, United Kingdom approximate position	Ryanair	Serious injuries	-
15 Jul 2009	Boeing 737-3B7 N506AU	Charlotte (CLT), North Carolina, United States	US Airways Inc	No injuries	-
13 Jul 2009	Boeing 737 N387SW	Charleston, West Virginia, United States	Southwest Airlines Co	No injuries	-
14 Jun 2009	Boeing 737 TC-TLA	Diyarbakir, Turkey	Tailwinds Airlines	Minor injuries	-
12 Jun 2009	Boeing 737 CN-RMX	Marrakesh Airport, Morocco approximate position	Atlas Blue Airlines	Unknown	-
3 Jun 2009	Boeing 737-7H4 N299WN	Cleveland, Ohio, United States	-	No injuries	-
13 May 2009	Boeing 737 N371SW	Houston, Texas, United States	Southwest Airlines Co	Minor injuries	-
2 May 2009	Boeing 737 F-GFUF	Antalya, Turkey approximate position	Europe Airpost	Unknown	-
27 Apr 2009	Boeing 737 XA-MAF	Guadalajara, Mexico approximate position	Magnicharter	Minor injuries	-
18 Apr 2009	Boeing 737-724 N27722	McAllen, Texas, United States	Continental Airlines Inc	Serious injuries	-
27 Feb 2009	Boeing 737 PK-YTX	South Jakarta, Indonesia	Batavia Air	No injuries	-
12 Jan 2009	Boeing 737 G-EZJK	East Anglia, United Kingdom not on the map	easyJet	No injuries	-
31 Dec 2008	Boeing 737 G-EZKB	Luton Airport, United Kingdom approximate position	-	No injuries	-
24 Dec 2008	Boeing 737-890 N516AS	Seattle, Washington, United States	Alaska Airlines	No injuries	-
21 Dec 2008	Boeing 737-524 N18611	Denver, Colorado, United States	Continental Airlines Inc	Serious injuries	-
20 Dec 2008	Boeing 737-4Q8 N771AS	Sitka, Alaska, United States	Alaska Airlines	Minor injuries	-
7 Nov 2008	Boeing 737-700 N254WN	Salt Lake City, Utah, United States	Southwest Airlines Co	No injuries	-
28 Oct 2008	Boeing 737 PK-GZI	Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia approximate position	Garuda Indonesia Airlines	Unknown	-
18 Oct 2008	Boeing 737 D-AXLF	Belgrade, Serbia, Serbia approximate position	XL Airways Germany GmbH	No injuries	-