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
25 Feb 2013	Boeing 747 B18701	Dallas, Texas, United States	China Airlines	No injuries	-
19 Feb 2013	Boeing 747-422 N174UA	Pacific Ocean, Unknown	United Airlines	Serious injuries	-
11 Sep 2012	Boeing 747-8F VQ-BLR	Shanghai, China no coordinates	Air Bridge Cargo Airlines, LLC	No injuries	-
9 Sep 2012	Boeing 747-47UF N409MC	Melbourne, Australia no coordinates	Atlas Air Inc	Unknown	-
20 Aug 2012	Boeing 747-400 YI-AQQ	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia no coordinates	Iraqi Airways	Unknown	-
17 Aug 2012	Boeing 747-400 9M-MPL	London, United Kingdom no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
9 Jul 2012	Boeing 747 4X-ELD	London England, United Kingdom no coordinates	El al Israel Airlines Ltd	Unknown	-
5 Jul 2012	Boeing 747-400 HL7473	Tokyo, Japan no coordinates	Korean Air Lines Co.,	Serious injuries	-
18 Jun 2012	Boeing 747 EP-MND	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia no coordinates	Mahan Air	Unknown	-
30 May 2012	Boeing 747 B16481	Chicago, Illinois, United States	EVA Airways Corp	No injuries	-
25 Mar 2012	Boeing 747-400 B-16411	Taoyuan, Taiwan no coordinates	EVA Airways	No injuries	-
31 Jan 2012	Boeing 747 4X-ELF	Tel Aviv, Israel no coordinates	El al Israel Airlines Ltd	No injuries	-
17 Jan 2012	Boeing 747 HL7601	London, United Kingdom no coordinates	Korean Air	Unknown	-
23 Oct 2011	Boeing 747-451 N661US	Detroit, Michigan, United States	Delta Air Lines Inc	No injuries	-
29 Jul 2011	Boeing 747-422 N173UA	Tangshan, China	United Airlines	Serious injuries	-
26 Jul 2011	Boeing 747-230F 4X-ICO	Liege, Belium, Belgium no coordinates	C.A.L. Cargo Airlines	Unknown	-
5 May 2011	Boeing 747 HZ-AIR	Lahore, Pakistan no coordinates	Saudi Arabian Airlines Corp	No injuries	-
16 Feb 2011	Boeing 747 HZ-AIS	Madinah, Saudi Arabia no coordinates	Saudi Arabian Airlines Corp	No injuries	-
12 Dec 2010	Boeing 747 HZ-AWA1	Medina, Saudi Arabia no coordinates	Al Wafeer Airlines	No injuries	-
5 Dec 2010	Boeing 747-47UF N499MC	Chicago, Illinois, United States	Atlas Air Inc	No injuries	-
28 Nov 2010	Boeing 747 N482EV	Chubu, Japan, Japan no coordinates	Evergreen International Airlines	No injuries	-
26 Nov 2010	Boeing 747 D-ABVM	Frankfurt Main (FRA), Germany	-	No injuries	-
9 Nov 2010	Boeing 747 D-ABVT	Frankfurt, Germany no coordinates	Deutsche Lufthansa	No injuries	-
10 Oct 2010	Boeing 747 HL7489	Seoul, Republic Of Korea no coordinates	Korean Air	Unknown	-
23 Sep 2010	Boeing 747 N758SA	Frankfurt, Germany no coordinates	Southern Air	No injuries	-
21 Sep 2010	Boeing 747 D-ACGD	Hong Kong, China no coordinates	Air Cargo Germany	No injuries	-
2 Sep 2010	Boeing 747 B-16410	Taipei, Taiwan no coordinates	EVA Airways Corp	Unknown	-
30 Jul 2010	Boeing 747 VH-OJP	Pacific Ocean, United States	Qantas Airways Limited	Unknown	-
17 Jul 2010	Boeing 747	Cairo, Egypt	Saudi Arabian Airlines	Unknown	-
11 Jun 2010	Boeing 747-481F JA01KZ	Tokyo, Japan, Japan no coordinates	Nippon Cargo Airlines	Unknown	-
31 May 2010	Boeing 747 B-HKH	Heathrow Intl Apt, United Kingdom no coordinates	Cathay Pacific Airlines	Unknown	-
17 May 2010	Boeing 747 N498MC	Miami, Florida, United States	Atlas Air Inc	No injuries	-
7 May 2010	Boeing 747-422 N128UA	Sydney, Australia no coordinates	United Air Lines Inc	No injuries	-
4 May 2010	Boeing 747-300 SERIES N749SA	Seoul, Republic Of Korea no coordinates	Southern Air Inc	No injuries	-
8 Apr 2010	Boeing 747 B-HOV	Paris, France no coordinates	Cathay Pacific Airways Limited	No injuries	-
18 Mar 2010	Boeing 747 HS-TGL	Paris, France no coordinates	Thai Airways International Public Company Limited	Unknown	-
4 Mar 2010	Boeing 747 B-18723	Taipai, Taiwan no coordinates	China Airlines Ltd	No injuries	-
19 Feb 2010	Boeing 747 N173UA	Anchorage, Alaska, United States	United Air Lines Inc	Serious injuries	-
3 Feb 2010	Boeing 747 HS-TGB	Bangkok, Thailand, Thailand no coordinates	Thai Airways	Unknown	-
21 Jan 2010	Boeing 747 LX-OCV	Luxembourg, Luxembourg no coordinates	Cargolux Airlines International S A	No injuries	-
17 Dec 2009	Boeing 747 JV-JEB	Changi Airport, Singapore no coordinates	Jett8 Airlines Cargo Pte Ltd	Unknown	-
11 May 2009	Boeing 747-436 G-BYGA	Johannesburg, South Africa no coordinates	British Airways	Unknown	-
20 Feb 2009	Boeing 747 N676NW	Tokyo, Japan	-	Serious injuries	-
23 Dec 2008	Boeing 747-212B N486EV	Rockford, Illinois, United States	Evergreen International Airlines Inc	No injuries	-
27 Oct 2008	Boeing 747 OO-CBA	Brussels, Belgium no coordinates	Cargo B	No injuries	-
2 Oct 2008	Boeing 747 B-18202	Bangkok, Thailand no coordinates	China Airlines	Serious injuries	-
26 Aug 2008	Boeing 747-209B N715CK	Bogota, Colombia	Kalitta Flying Service Inc	No injuries	-
25 Jul 2008	Boeing 747-400 VH-OJK	Manila, Philippines no coordinates	Qantas Airways Limited	No injuries	-
7 Jul 2008	Boeing 747-200FM N714CK	Madrid, Colombia	Kalitta Flying Service Inc	Fatal	-
20 Apr 2008	Boeing 747 N704CK	Newark, New Jersey, United States	Kalitta Air LLC	No injuries	-