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 Mar 2008	Boeing 747-400 TF-ARS	Dhaka, Bangladesh no coordinates	Air Atlanta Icelandic	Unknown	-
7 Jan 2008	Boeing 747-400 OJM	Bangkok, Thailand no coordinates	Qantas	No injuries	-
16 Dec 2007	Boeing 747-228F N751SA	Cairo, Egypt no coordinates	Ethiopian Airlines	No injuries	-
29 Jun 2007	Boeing 747-400 B-2470	Los Angeles, California, United States	Air China	No injuries	-
27 Jun 2007	Boeing 747-422 N120UA	Oceanic, United States no coordinates	-	Serious injuries	-
19 Apr 2007	Boeing 747-300 TFATJ	Dammam, Saudi Arabia no coordinates	Air Atlanta Icelandic	Unknown	-
3 Apr 2007	Boeing 747-400 CARGO HL7499	Chengdu, China no coordinates	Korean Airlines	Unknown	-
21 Mar 2007	Boeing 747 B2450	Shanghai, China no coordinates	China Air Cargo	Unknown	-
10 Feb 2007	Boeing 747 HL7488	Seoul, Republic Of Korea no coordinates	Korean Airlines	Unknown	-
26 Dec 2006	Boeing 747-436 G-BNLM	Miami, Florida, United States	-	No injuries	-
24 Dec 2006	Boeing 747-228F N752SA	Anchorage, Alaska, United States	-	No injuries	-
7 Dec 2006	Boeing 747-4Q8 G-VHOT	London, United Kingdom no coordinates	Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd	Unknown	-
31 Oct 2006	Boeing 747-400 D-ABVY	Newark, New Jersey, United States	-	No injuries	-
9 Oct 2006	Boeing 747-400 CARGO HL7448	Seoul, Republic Of Korea no coordinates	Korean Air	Unknown	-
17 Jul 2006	Boeing 747-200F N516MC	Amsterdam, Netherlands no coordinates	Atlas Air Inc	No injuries	-
7 Jun 2006	Boeing 747-200 N922FT	Rio Negro, Colombia no coordinates	Tradewinds Airlines Inc	No injuries	-
23 Apr 2006	Boeing 747-400 DABVN	Denver, Colorado, United States	-	No injuries	-
1 Feb 2006	Boeing 747 LX-GCV	Istanbul, Turkey no coordinates	Cargolux	Unknown	-
20 Dec 2005	Boeing 747-400 VT-AIM	Los Angeles, California, United States	Air India	No injuries	-
19 Aug 2005	Boeing 747-200 N627US	Agana, United States no coordinates	-	Minor injuries	-
4 Jul 2005	Boeing 747-200B N714CK	Sapporo, Japan no coordinates	Kalitta Flying Service Inc	Unknown	-
20 Feb 2005	Boeing 747-400 G-BNLG	Manchester, United Kingdom no coordinates	British Airways	No injuries	-
29 Dec 2004	Boeing 747-123 N858FT	Anchorage, Alaska, United States	-	No injuries	-
14 Dec 2004	Boeing 747-200 TF-ARH	Incheon, Republic Of Korea no coordinates	Air Atlanta Icelandic	No injuries	-
12 Dec 2004	Boeing 747 N523MC	London, United Kingdom no coordinates	Atlas Air Inc	No injuries	-
5 Dec 2004	Boeing 747SR-146B SF JA8158	Anchorage, Alaska, United States	-	No injuries	-
21 Oct 2004	Boeing 747-132 N709CK	Lake Michigan, United States	-	No injuries	-
31 Aug 2004	Boeing 747-400 JA8083	Hanamaki, Japan no coordinates	Japan Airlines Co Ltd	Serious injuries	-
29 Jul 2004	Boeing 747-200F N645NW	Osaka, Japan no coordinates	Northwest Airlines	Unknown	-
29 Nov 2003	Boeing 747-200 ZS-OOS	Lagos, Nigeria	Hydro Air Cargo	No injuries	-
14 Nov 2003	Boeing 747-422 N178UA	San Francisco, California, United States	United Air Lines Inc	No injuries	-
2 Oct 2003	Boeing 747-100 N479EV	Lyon, France no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
1 Apr 2003	Boeing 747-422 N175UA	Chicago, Illinois, United States	United Airlines Inc	No injuries	-
12 Mar 2003	Boeing 747-400 9V-SMT	Auckland, New Zealand no coordinates	Singapore Airlines Ltd	Unknown	-
12 Mar 2003	Boeing 747-300F ZS-SAJ	Johannesburg no coordinates	-	Unknown	-
13 Feb 2003	Boeing 747 JA8129	Okinawa, Japan no coordinates	Japan Asia Airlines	Unknown	-
10 Oct 2002	Boeing 747-400 N661US	Anchorage, Alaska, United States	Northwest Airlines Inc	No injuries	-
30 Aug 2002	Boeing 747-419 ZK-NBS	Auckland, New Zealand no coordinates	Air New Zealand	Unknown	-
11 Aug 2002	Boeing 747-256 EC-DNP	Jamaica, New York, United States	-	Serious injuries	-
13 Jun 2002	Boeing 747-240B AP-BAT	Manchester, United Kingdom no coordinates	Pakistan International Airlines COR	Unknown	-
1 May 2002	Boeing 747-422 N182UA	Pacific Ocean, United States	-	Serious injuries	-
2 Apr 2002	Boeing 747-400 G-BNLS	Atlantic Ocean	-	Serious injuries	-
1 Mar 2002	Boeing 747 G-BNLD	Sydney, Australia no coordinates	British Airways	Unknown	-
3 Jan 2002	Boeing 747-228F F-GCBG	Houston, Texas, United States	-	No injuries	-
28 Dec 2001	Boeing 747-128 N3203Y	Anchorage, Alaska, United States	Evergreen International Airlines Inc	No injuries	-
27 Nov 2001	Boeing 747-200F 9G-MKI	Port Harcourt, Nigeria no coordinates	MK Airlines	Unknown	-
23 Nov 2001	Boeing 747-200	Jakarta, Indonesia no coordinates	Garuda Indonesia	Unknown	-
4 Feb 2001	Boeing 747-300 FGETB	Point A Pitre, Guadeloupe no coordinates	Air France	Unknown	-
6 Jan 2001	Boeing 747-200F N470EV	Honolulu, Hawaii, United States	Evergreen International Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
12 Dec 2000	Boeing 747-422 N119UA	Port Heiden, Alaska, United States	-	Minor injuries	-